Childcare Director

SHIFT:
Monday
- Friday
- Full-time
Salary: $55,000.00

SUMMARY:


The Child Care Center (CCC) Director creates and implements a stimulating and enrichening program for children in care while providing general supervision and case management support. The Director assumes responsibility, supervision, oversight, and guidance for the provision of high-quality early childhood development services that will include responsible and effective child interactions; the facilitation and implementation of a research-based curriculum; and screening and assessment procedures, and to promote education development and school readiness.

• Develop a written curriculum and schedule of activities designed to provide developmentally appropriate learning experiences to children living at Chrysalis House, in coordination with their individual treatment and educational needs.
• Ensure that children in the Child Care Center maintain a schedule of structured daily activities.
• Maintain written documentation for each child in residence in the program and any additional record keeping as instructed by Clinical Team and required by the state of Maryland.
• Coordinate the scheduling of additional services for mothers and their children through existing and new partnerships to enhance the development of skills of both mother and child.
• Prepare progress reports and other documentation as required by the CHI and the state Behavioral Health Administration regarding services rendered in the CCC.
• Assist with the monitoring of children’s growth and development and make the Clinical Team immediately aware of developmental concerns.
• Participates in weekly meetings and staffing sessions to inform counselors and therapists of any mother and child behavioral issues or concerns.
• Alert Clinical Team and/or others (as necessary) of any problems or special concerns regarding children and/or mothers.
• Coordinate children’s activities, etc. with the Child Care Team to ensure an appropriate, nurturing child-centered environment is maintained at all times.
• Act as a positive role model in the treatment and discipline of children, in accordance with the resident manuals and Chrysalis House policies and procedures.
• Complete a daily note of children’s activities and actions.
• Provide regular and ongoing communication and supervision to support individual staff professional development and continuous program quality improvement.
• Performs all duties of childcare to include feeding, changing, providing recreation and supervision to children.
• Lead by example by assisting with the general cleanliness and maintenance of CCC by performing routine cleaning and basic maintenance tasks with staff.
• Serves as a mentor to clients and staff within the program regarding childcare, child development and appropriate parenting techniques.
• In order to maintain 24-hour facility supervision, staff may be scheduled to work holidays, and/or provide additional coverage during inclement weather, overnights, or weekends.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Ability to provide genuine warmth, empathy, honesty, and sensitivity towards clients to help assist in fostering positive transformation by maintaining a supportive availability to provide additional information to candidates to promote admission to the program.
• Must demonstrate understanding of special treatment needs of women substance abusers in a residential treatment setting and show evidence of empathy, sensitivity, and maturity.
• Must demonstrate the highest professional ethical standards and adhere to Chrysalis House Core Values and Code of Ethics.

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field. A master’s degree in early child education or child…