Infant/Toddler caregiver

A Child’s Place is seeking to hire caregivers to work with infants, toddlers, and/or preschoolers.

• This can be either a full time or part time position.

• Daily job duties include:

  • Gentle, Safe, and Loving care

  • Close supervision at all times (especially when a child becomes mobile)

  • Keeping children clean throughout the day:

    • Diaper changing or regular bathroom breaks

    • Wiping noses

    • Wiping faces and hands

    • Changing clothes when necessary

  • Feeding:

    • Formula or breast milk from a bottle for infants

    • Introducing solid foods when appropriate at parent’s direction

    • Adapting “table food” that the older children are eating so it is safe for the younger child

    • Assisting older children at mealtimes

  • For infants: Encouraging “tummy time”, crawling and walking as appropriate

  • For toddlers and preschoolers: Directing children in appropriate activities

  • Outside time twice a day (weather permitting)

• Logging and communicating with parents about their child’s day

• Cleaning up the room as necessary:

  • Emptying diaper genies

  • Picking up toys

  • Sweeping

  • Cleaning up spills

• You will be expected to adhere to state licensing rules. This includes annual training requirements, CPR certification, a criminal background check, and others. We also expect all of our staff to work towards qualification as a “Lead Caregiver”.

A Child’s Place has been providing care for children in northwest Ann Arbor for more than 10 years. Our founder is Pam Gee, a Montessori trained early childhood professional with more than 40 years of experience. You can read about our philosophy on our website at http://www.AChildsPlaceA2.com. We are a small center (30 children max). Every caregiver knows every child and every child knows every caregiver. That means we are able to be very flexible - and that we expect you to be also.

There are three essential things you must bring to the job. We will train you on anything else you need to know. The three things are:

1. Love the children

2. Show up

3. Communicate

Beyond these three, there are additional qualifications that we value. Compensation may be increased based on experience and/or credentials. These include things like:

• An early childhood education degree or coursework in early childhood education

• CDA

• Experience caring for young children in a child-care setting

• Willingness to be on a “sub” list and take on extra shifts or extra hours when called

We prefer this to be a full-time position (40 hours per week), but we can discuss part-time schedules. Since we are open from 7am to 6pm, your shift will either start early or end late, but not both. You will need to be flexible and adaptable - every day brings new challenges (people get sick, it rains, somebody is having a tough morning, etc.) and the children need us to be their stability.

Compensation starts at $16 per hour for someone with not very much experience but with lots of energy. People with more experience, more credentials, or both can expect more. The economics of child care are hard - parents struggle to pay and caregivers don’t get what they deserve - but at A Child’s Place we work very hard to pay well above the industry median. We also offer two weeks of paid vacation time, two weeks of paid sick time, and four paid training days per year.

Please send your resume, send a text message, or call:

Pam Gee

A Child’s Place

1301 Morningside Drive

Ann Arbor, MI 48103

dpall_gee@yahoo.com

Cell: 313-550-6588