Floater - ***$750.00 sign-on bonus*** - Greensboro & High Point

Job title  

Floater  

Program 

Head Start and Early Head Start  

Reports to  

Center Director 

General Description 

It is the responsibility of Floaters to function as an assistant with groups of children according to assignment by the Center Director. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Develop and implement an integrated program of activities, experiences and opportunities which contributes to the growth and development of each child and are appropriate to the developmental levels of the children being served; Maintain effective communication with children that fosters physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. Ensure supervision of children including playground activities. 

• Assist with breakfast, lunch and PM snack duties, general housekeeping duties and kitchen detail as assigned.  

•  Maintain daily activities with children to include changing diapers, feeding, playing, reading and daily cleaning.  

• Assist the Teacher of any group as assigned by the Center Director  

• Assist with plans and procedures for meeting individual needs of children in the group and assist in all tasks related to the activities of the children.  

• Attend Parents' Meetings, center activities, and center staff meetings as requested  

• Be responsible for the group when the Teacher is absent or out of the group  

• Be acquainted with Agency Personnel Policies, Sanitation Regulations and use them as a guide for your job responsibilities.  

• Complete end of month reporting: milk bill, food, and program inventory; fax allergy sheet to Staley Kitchen etc.  

• Complete required paperwork according to daily deadlines: entering Breakfast, Lunch and PM snack (BLP) meal count into Child Plus; complete Sanitation Checklist daily; complete Lunch count sheets and fax to Staley Kitchen daily no later than 9:30am. 

• Perform other job-related tasks as assigned. 

Essential Qualifications 

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• Early Childhood Child Care Credentials preferred. High school diploma or GED required and must obtain Early Childhood Child Care Credentials within twelve months of hire. Bilingual (Spanish) preferred.  

• Demonstrated ability to adjust to working with different age groups of children. 

• Demonstrated ability to perform effectively the duties required for the job including verbal ability to communicate, auditory capacity to respond to children and adults, visual ability to complete written assignments and physical ability to complete assignments given accommodations required by law. 

Americans with Disability and Workers’ Compensation Specifications 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk hear, taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close, distance, color, peripheral depth and the ability to adjust focus.  

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.  

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.