Child Care Specialist

Kids need Teachers and Caregivers BEFORE the Classroom!

Salary: $18.00-$19.00/Hour

A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency, with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area.

Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually within your neighborhoods and communities so our success depends on those we employ.

Under the general direction of the Program Director, the Child Care Specialist role provides onsite child care for resident children following the prescribed curriculum. This work is carried out in support of the mission and goals of Samaritan Daytop Village.

• Conduct daily activities as per the prescribed curriculum.
• Organize and participates in recreational activities.
• Instruct children in health and personal activities.
• Observe and monitors children’s play activities.
• Organize and stores toys and materials to ensure order in activity areas
• Support and encourages children’s emotional and social development.
• Read to children, and teaches them simple painting, drawing, handicrafts, and songs.
• Serve beverages and snacks to children and regulates rest periods
• Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and brings them to parents’ or guardians’ attention.

• Minimum of 2 years experience in the provision of child care services preferably within a preschool setting
• CPR certificate
• Knowledge of child development and age-appropriate children’s activities.
• Ability to demonstrate good interpersonal skills to interact with co-workers, children, parents, etc.
• Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.