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Summary: Nursery Caregivers are responsible for the safety, care, and comfort of children ages 0-3 during Sunday services and for children ages 0-14 for special events.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Provide childcare for infants and children on Sunday mornings from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. by:
o observing safety procedures at all time
o overseeing free play on the equipment and with toys, ensuring that this is done safely
o providing care and comforting children as needed
o providing bottles of milk brought from home as requested
o changing diapers
o providing information and reassurance to parents as needed
o help to ensure that the Nursery is clean and inviting
Other responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
· Providing childcare outside of Sunday mornings for special events held at the church or off-site for training, annual events, and meetings, interest or affiliation group events, and others as your schedule permits
Qualifications:
- Verifiable history of providing dependable care to infants and children
- Ability to interface with a diverse population of children, teens, and adults.
- Consent to and pass a criminal background check.
- Fully vaccinated against COVID-19
- Complete the free online training made available by the State of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services found here: http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Training/Reporting/default.asp
Language Ability: Ability to read schedules. Ability to interact appropriately with children, youth, and adults.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to set priorities, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret various instructions and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
Certificates and Licenses: Certification in infant CPR or willingness to become certified. Documentation demonstrating completion of CPR training is required.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounter while performing this job's essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to high when infants, toddlers, and children are in attendance.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to use the keyboard of a computer to assist with check-in while sitting or standing. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and go up and down flights of stairs.