Childcare Floater

Overview:

Do you want to make a difference in the life of young children? Join our Greater Louisville HeadStart team at St Benedict Center! We are searching for an enthusiastic and dedicated Childcare Floater.

St. Benedict Center for Early Childhood Education is a not-for-profit licensed childcare center that has been serving Louisville for over 50 years. St. Benedict Center creates a high-quality learning environment for children ranging from 6-weeks of age to 12 -years-old.

St. Benedict supports the intellectual, emotional, physical development of each child, utilizing federal Head Start curriculum. The environment of our Center is one of care and respect for each child as an individual. We encourage the child to be independent and to be responsible for his/her own actions.

St. Benedict Center is a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Directions Housing Corporation, a not-for-profit organization which has also been serving Louisville and Southern Indiana for over 50 years.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Uses knowledge of the principles of child growth and development to work with children and communicate with families, internal and external stakeholders.
• Implements child-centered daily routine, curriculum and learning environment that encourages the development of age-appropriate positive social interactions.
• Follow the program curriculum providing ample opportunities for natural play and hands on experiences that reflect the learning styles of individual children in the group.
• Establish and maintain a safe, healthy learning environment in accordance with Head Start and day care licensing requirements.
• Implement Individual Family Services Plans (IFSPs) for children with disabilities.
• Invite parent involvement in the development of the program's curriculum and approach to child development and education.
• Encourage parent participation in staff-parent conferences and home visits discussing their child's development and education.
• Work with Early Head Start and Head Start Teacher to schedule and complete two home visits per year and at least two parent-teacher conferences per year.
• Maintain regular contact with parents and complete appropriate documentation (e.g. daily reporting on infant sleep, eating and elimination).
• Assist in gathering and maintaining individual, family and classroom data for documentation, on-going assessment, evaluation and recording keeping for successful individual and program planning.
• Participates in assigned meetings, events and training as required.

General Requirements:

• Must pass background check and health screening.
• Must be able to work in a smoke-free environment.

Reporting to this Position: None

Physical Demands, Work Environment, Machines, Tools & Equipment:

The characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands & Effort: May be required to sit or stand for long periods of time, reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear. Position may require moderate amount of lifting, carrying items, bending and stretching. Regular requirement, and as needed, to lift children (up to 45 lbs.), including bending, stooping, stretching, squatting, pushing and pulling, and sitting and walking while working indoors or outdoors. Must be able to assume postures in low levels to allow physical and visual contact with children, see and hear well enough to keep children safe, and engage in physical activity with children.

• Work Environment: Fast-paced, safety-focused classroom environment. Noise level can be moderate to loud within center. Require to engaged in indoor and outdoor activities, dependent on weather.
• Machines, Tools & Equipment: Ability to use and understand the operation of basic office equipment that incudes, but not limited to computers and various applications, printer, photocopy machine, telephone, cell phone, calculator and shredder.

Additional Information

In addition to a sense of purpose and pride in their work, eligible employees enjoy paid holidays, paid leave, paid Life, Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401k Retirement Planning and 3% employer match, as well as access to SBC's Section 125 Health Plan which includes Medical, Dental and Supplemental Insurance. All offered benefits and the waiting periods are described in depth in our Employee Benefits Guide.

To apply, interested applicants may apply online by mailing, faxing or emailing a cover letter and resume to:

ATTN: Human Resources Fax: (502) 371-3008
New Directions Housing Corp.
1617 Maple Street
Louisville, KY 40210

Submissions that include cover letters will be reviewed more favorably.

No phone calls please.

St. Benedict Center and New Directions Housing Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Center’s employment practices consist of recruiting and hiring qualified employees without discrimination with regard to age, color, disability, familial status, gender, gender identification, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic identifying information, or veteran status. It is our policy that equal employment opportunity be provided with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits and all other privileges and conditions of employment.

St. Benedict Center reserves the right to revise this Job Posting as it deems necessary. Revised 6/2022

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $13.00 - $15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Louisville, KY 40210 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Louisville, KY 40210: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 25% (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $13 - $15