Child Care Assistant PT

Child Care Assistant (PT 6567)

Coast Guard Exchange (USCGCSC)

• Announcement #: 6567
• Opening Date: 16 December 2025
• Closing Date: Until Filled
• Work Schedule: Part-Time (20-29 hr/wk)
• Salary: $19.61 per hour
• Location: New London, CT

• Plans and executes appropriate early childhood education experiences with a variety of material to promote the healthy emotional, social, intellectual, and physical development of each child.
• Works with the director and teachers in developing and implementing age‑appropriate curriculum and activities.
• Helps establish a program environment that promotes positive child and youth interactions with other children, youth and adults.
• Assists in providing and leading planned activities for program participants.
• Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.
• Interacts professionally with staff members, parents, and the command.
• Assists in maintaining program participation data and completing required daily reports.
• Helps prepare, arrange, and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedule.
• Monitors children in the classroom, on the playground, in hallways and restrooms, during study halls, during lunch, and in bus loading areas.
• Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children at all times.
• Helps arrange for/serve appropriate snacks/meals where applicable.
• Performs routine caregiving tasks, helping with materials and activities, receiving children, interacting with children and attending to the children's physical needs.
• Ensures care is provided in accordance with standards, assists in planning, and conducting activities, conducts health checks, ensures the safety and well‑being of children, completes reports, and interacts with parents.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• Must be able to read, write and speak in English.
• One year of general experience working with children, or working in a group program with children and/or youth.
• Possess and maintain the physical ability to lift and carry up to 45 pounds or more, sit and rise from the floor, walk, bend, and stoop and stand on a routine basis; duties may involve working both indoors and outdoors.
• Ability to satisfactorily complete Tier 1 background investigation, including state checks, upon hiring and renew every 5 years.
• Ability to satisfactorily pass the Civilian Medical Clearance Examination performed at preplacement and then every two years for every childcare position type.

• Two (2) years of education above the high school level, which includes twelve (12) semester hours of college credit in early childhood/elementary/secondary/special education, child/youth development, psychology, human development, youth program administration or related behavioral sciences or a one (1) year vocational certificate in childcare.

• Paid Annual and Sick Leave
• Holiday Pay
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible/Dependent Spending Account
• Pension Plan
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave

• Selectee will be required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer as the standard method of payment for payroll and travel purposes.
• Males born after 12/31/59 and who are at least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System unless exempt;
  Selectee will provide written statement regarding registration status unless exempted by statute.
• Must satisfactorily complete a federal background check and all pre‑employment requirements, which may include background checks, security clearances, drug testing, verification of employment history, and any other requirements applicable to this position.
• Applicants may not be employed in the chain of command of their relatives.
• This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please notify the agency; the decision on granting accommodation will be on a case‑by‑case basis.

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