Childcare Services Team Member Lead-Van Nuys Courthouse

Childcare Services Team Member Lead – Van Nuys Courthouse

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Under general supervision from the Children’s Operations Supervisor or designee, the Child Services Team Lead is responsible for maintaining site communication with team members, parents, and supervisors and reporting incidents to the supervisor, while caring for children in Noah’s Place Child Waiting Room in the courthouse. The Child Care Services Team Lead performs a variety of tasks, such as record keeping, inventory, new hire orientation, sign-in logs, along with regular duties such as keeping children safe, supervising all children at all times, providing enriching activities in the courthouse waiting room, providing snacks, overseeing play, and supporting children with toileting, including changing diapers.

Ensure that company-set ratios are always followed.

• Sign children in and out of all children in the waiting rooms
• Must ONLY release children to authorized adults following agency procedures.
• Assist Volunteers and manage sign in sheet
• Maintain communication with the supervisor
• Report Incidents to Supervisor
• Communicate facility work orders, such as leaky faucets, overflowing toilets, power outages etc., to the Supervisor and Court Administration
• Provide new hire and substitute staff orientation
• Ensure all intake forms are properly completed by staff, and provide training as needed to staff on the process of intake forms
• Track services provided to clients (intake and narratives)
• Scan/email monthly reports to supervisor
• Inventory supplies weekly and monthly.
• Ensure child supplies are in stock for a 3-week period, including snacks, infant formulas, and diapers
• Complete and send supply requests to the supervisor
• Inform Supervisor of any issues that may be of immediate importance
• Monitor the waiting room for any housekeeping that needs to be addressed
• On occasion, the lead may need to travel to pick up supplies
• Responsible for the safety and handling of petty cash monies, tracking expenses, usage, and collecting, maintaining, and verifying receipts of money spent.
• Reviewing, printing, and sharing agency-wide communications with the employees at the site.
• Along with the Lead responsibilities, this position also requires all of the responsibilities of the Child Care Team Member, as described below
• Plan, organize, and implement activities that stimulate children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social growth. This includes and is not limited to reading to children, and teaching simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs
• Maintain a nurturing environment to foster healthy development for children from birth to 13 years of age
• Instructing children in health and personal habits, such as eating, resting, and toilet habits.
• Provide nurturing and responsive care for children. Provide a child's basic needs. Respond to children in distress and determine the cause of distress. Communicate to the Program supervisor for any need for support due to unsafe behaviors displayed by children.
• Must maintain visual and auditory supervision of children and always ensure the safety of children. Teach manners through leading by example.
• Change diapers if needed and must accompany children to and from the restroom.
• Dressing children, when necessary (typically after diaper change)
• Ensure proper and frequent handwashing (upon arrival, during the time child is in the room, before and after snack, after using restrooms, etc.)
• Serve healthy and nutritious snacks on schedule.

Feed infants on demand following the agency’s infant feeding procedures.

• Supervise children's activities
• Respond to children's behaviors in a positive manner, redirect, and maintain the safety of all children at all times.
• If requested by parent or child, assist with homework.
• Sanitizing toys and play equipment; organizing/storing toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas and performing general housekeeping duties
• Keep records on individual children, including observations and information about activities, meals served.

• Minimum 2 years of experience providing care to children
• 2 verifiable work references
• 2 verifiable personal references
• A proven track record of successful childcare
• CPR and AED Certified
• A genuine, compassionate nature
• Reliable transportation or access to reliable transportation (transit, train, etc.)
• A valid driver's license
• Successful completion of drug screen and background check
• High school diploma;
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  6 or more units in early childhood education

• Not Applicable

• Full-time

• Education

• Primary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, and Education Administration Programs