What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Care Staff PT position at Casa de Esperanza de Los Ninos?
Direct Care Staff (Part-Time) provide child-care and supervision to children in placement in the Casa de Esperanza Neighborhood. This care includes feeding, holding, comforting, and giving medications to infants and young children during an assigned shift.
HOURS: Saturdays 7am-3pm; some opportunities for up to an additional 16 hours per week (additional hours not guaranteed)
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
Roles And Responsibilities
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
The position entails exerting up to 10 lbs. of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. The position entails frequently lifting/moving up to 40 pounds. The position involves sitting, walking, standing, and/or climbing stairs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee must use oral communication with children; use auditory skills to assess and respond to children. The employee must be able to maintain his or her emotional regulation in response to a child’s potential outbursts or emotional distress. The employee must complete documentation on paper and electronically.
HOURS: Saturdays 7am-3pm; some opportunities for up to an additional 16 hours per week (additional hours not guaranteed)
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Empathy for the needs of children in care
- Desire to serve the children in care
- Sound judgement and decision making
- Excellent work ethic
- Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with others
- Flexibility
- Patience
- Strong communication skills
- Emotional regulation in high stress and high emotion situations
Roles And Responsibilities
- Provides care to infants, toddlers, and young children including:
- Feeding, bathing, hair care, diaper changing
- Responding appropriately to and managing behaviors demonstrated by the children
- Playing with children
- Planning, preparing, and serving meals to children
- Maintaining children’s safety through supervision that is appropriate for the children’s developmental needs
- Meets the daily emotional needs of children by:
- Providing consistent daily care, comfort, support, respect, stability, affection, and reassurance
- Manages the household by completing household duties including, but not limited to, cooking, cleaning, laundry and maintaining the house, and vehicle
- Meets the daily medical and therapeutic needs of children by administering medications to children as prescribed
- Maintains all standards of care and documentation within Casa de Esperanza’s policies and Residential Child Care Licensing Guidelines
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned at the discretion of supervisors
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
The position entails exerting up to 10 lbs. of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. The position entails frequently lifting/moving up to 40 pounds. The position involves sitting, walking, standing, and/or climbing stairs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee must use oral communication with children; use auditory skills to assess and respond to children. The employee must be able to maintain his or her emotional regulation in response to a child’s potential outbursts or emotional distress. The employee must complete documentation on paper and electronically.