CHILD DEVELOPMENT TECHNICIAN
Clark County · Las Vegas, NV · 2 wk ago
ManagementPart-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (or About The Position?), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: About The Position (description). Duties list (Examples of Duties). Minimum Requirements (Education and Experience). Working Conditions (shifts, exposure). Licensing and Certification. Background Investigation. Citizenship. Pre-Employment Drug Testing. Physical Demands. Also note about benefits: "The successful selected candidates will be eligible for benefits during the duration of employment." That's a benefit statement. Also mention "Some positions may be Grant Funded..." but that's not benefit specifics. So we can include Benefits section with that statement. Pay: not specified. Schedule: mention "Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section.
We need headings: for each section. Use
for each section. Use - for lists. Use
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is Child Development Technician. Not to use as heading.
We must not include Job ID etc. Not present.
We must remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, etc. Not present.
We must preserve all substantive info.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe "About the position" but heading should be "About the role"? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those exact headings if content exists. For About the role we have description. For Responsibilities we have Examples of Duties. For Requirements we have Minimum Requirements Education and Experience plus Licensing and Certification etc. Could combine into Requirements. For Qualifications maybe we could include experience working with children etc. But we might not need separate Qualifications if covered. Better to have Requirements and Qualifications separate if content distinct. The posting includes "Ideal candidate will have experience working with children ages 0 to 17, including youth who may be behaviorally or emotionally impaired, medically fragile and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Successful candidates demonstrate patience, professionalism, strong communication skills, and a genuine commitment to helping children heal and thrive." That's qualifications/skills. Could put under Qualifications or Skills. We'll decide: Qualifications section for education/experience? Actually Requirements already covers education/experience. Qualifications could cover the ideal candidate traits. Skills could cover specific skills like communication, case planning, etc. But we might combine to avoid thin sections. Instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including education, experience, licensing, certifications, background, citizenship, drug test, physical demands), Benefits, Schedule. That's 5 sections.
We need to include Benefits: "The successful selected candidates will be eligible for benefits during the duration of employment." Also maybe mention "Some positions may be Grant Funded..." but that's not benefit. We'll keep Benefits with that statement.
Schedule: "Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts." Also maybe mention 24-hour temporary emergency shelter facility implies shifts. We'll include that.
Now format.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use headings.
Prose in
. Lists in
- .
Let's craft.
About the role: paragraph summarizing the position description.
Responsibilities: list of duties from Examples of Duties. Need to preserve all substantive info; we should not omit any duty. The list is long; we need to include each bullet as
- . Must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to copy each duty exactly as in the posting. Let's extract them:
Examples of Duties list:
- Provide on-going physical care, emotional nurturing and daily supervision of abused, neglected, and abandoned children ages 0-17 years.
- Performs initial assessment of admitted youths to Child Haven to determine potential risk to themselves and others.
- Assesses child's behavior and assists Senior Child Development Specialist in developing treatment plans to modify targeted behaviors.
- Serves as a contributing team member in case planning and placement planning for children; facilitates, supervises and documents parental and sibling visitation; uses various assessment and screening tools to identify needs and strengths of children and families; uses sound case planning and therapeutic activities; uses case management activities of providing, coordinating and facilitating needed services and interventions.
- Identifies and responds to children's needs, including hunger and illness; orients children to Child Haven and assists them in adjusting to the new environment.
- Implements treatment plans, provides feedback, and makes suggestions for modification, as necessary through routine observations of children's behavior and their adjustment to the cottage.
- Recognizes and reports conditions related to medically fragile or developmentally delayed infants and toddlers.
- Utilizes CHATTA model in order to "pre-teach" skills to children.
- Intervenes when children are out of control, using authorized strategies.
- Monitors parental visits with children.
- Feeds, bathes and dresses infants and toddlers.
- Ensures appropriate hygiene, attire and nutrition.
- Conducts and records bed checks.
- Performs housekeeping duties as necessary.
- Directs the work of part-time staff and volunteers.
- Maintains daily behavioral records and reports, records of work performed, prepares incident reports and logs progress of development plans in the case management system.
- Develops and implements a variety of social and recreational programs for the children.
- Consults with other professional staff regarding children.
- Transports children to hospitals, admits children to hospital.
- Diffuses hostile situations between parents and/or children.
- Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
- Performs various office and administrative support duties, including the operation of standard office equipment.
- Reads, interprets and administers medical instructions.
- Makes reports to child abuse and neglect Hotline as a mandated reporter.
- Drives a County motor vehicle in order to attend off-site meetings, visit job sites, and transport children.
We need to keep punctuation as is.
Now Requirements: include Education and Experience, Licensing and Certification, Background Investigation, Citizenship, Pre-Employment Drug Testing, Physical Demands, Working Conditions (shifts, exposure). Also maybe mention "Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment." etc.
We'll create a
list for each requirement? Could combine into one list but better to keep as prose? The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should list each requirement as
- . We'll create a list.
Items:
- Associate's Degree in Behavioral Science, Child Development, Counseling, Early Childhood Education, Education, Health Science, Human Services, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, or Special Education, or a closely related field. Equivalent combination of education or directly related experience working with and caring for juveniles, preferably in a child welfare, social service, juvenile justice, residential treatment or other nurturing setting may be considered. All qualifying education and each experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see attached resume" on your application. All details must be written in your own words and cannot be copied from job descriptions or other external sources.
- Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment.
- Possess or obtain all licensing certifications required to work in a licensed child care institution.
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Periodically after employment background investigations may be conducted.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note, Clark County does not provide H1B visa sponsorships or transfers for any employment positions.
- Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.
- Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts.
- Work with exposure to infectious or contagious diseases.
- Work with abused, neglected, and abandoned children ages 0-17 years.
- Mobility to work in a treatment shelter home and office setting, use standard home appliances and office equipment, and to drive a motor vehicle in order to transport children; strength to lift, carry children; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.
We could also include "Physical Demands" as separate but it's part of requirements.
Now Benefits: statement.
Schedule: we already included shift work in requirements; but we need a Schedule section if posting actually states them. It does state "Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts." So we can have Schedule section with that sentence.
But we already included shift work in Requirements list; maybe we should not duplicate. Better to keep shift work under Schedule section only, and not duplicate in Requirements. However Requirements also includes other things like exposure etc. We'll keep shift work in Schedule only.
Thus Requirements list will exclude shift work.
Now Benefits: "The successful selected candidates will be eligible for benefits during the duration of employment."
Now we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Benefits
...
Schedule
...
Make sure no extra whitespace issues.
Now craft About the role paragraph: combine description from About The Position.
Paragraph: "Clark County Family Services is seeking qualified and compassionate candidates to apply for the Child Development Technician position. This role provides daily supervision and care; general trauma informed support and participates in various aspects of daily engagement activities with youth placed on the Child Haven campus. The incumbent will work directly with abused, neglected, and abandoned children in a 24-hour temporary emergency shelter facility. The position may be tasked with supporting the Child Haven campus through; aiding in the transportation of youth, leading program activities and assisting lead staff as needed. Child Development Technicians play a key role in creating a safe, structured, and supportive environment, by ensuring adequate sight supervision and assisting with basic needs of youth. The ideal candidate will have experience working with children ages 0 to 17, including youth who may be behaviorally or emotionally impaired, medically fragile and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Successful candidates demonstrate patience, professionalism, strong communication skills, and a genuine commitment to helping children heal and thrive. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team focused on child safety, growth, and stability."
We could keep as is.
Now Responsibilities list as above.
Now Requirements list as above (excluding shift work). Let's list each item.
Item 1: Education and Experience paragraph.
Item 2: Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment.
Item 3: Possess or obtain all licensing certifications required to work in a licensed child care institution.
Item 4: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Periodically after employment background investigations may be conducted.
Item 5: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note, Clark County does not provide H1B visa sponsorships or transfers for any employment positions.
Item 6: Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.
Item 7: Work with exposure to infectious or contagious diseases.
Item 8: Work with abused, neglected, and abandoned children ages 0-17 years.
Item 9: Mobility to work in a treatment shelter home and office setting, use standard home appliances and office equipment, and to drive a motor vehicle in order to transport children; strength to lift, carry children; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.
Now Benefits paragraph.
Schedule paragraph: "Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts."
Now output.
Check for any duplicated lines: we removed shift
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. The job title is Child Development Technician. Not to use as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. Not present. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, legal, etc. Not present. We must preserve all substantive info. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe "About the position" but heading should be "About the role"? The instruction: use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those exact headings if content exists. For About the role we have description. For Responsibilities we have Examples of Duties. For Requirements we have Minimum Requirements Education and Experience plus Licensing and Certification etc. Could combine into Requirements. For Qualifications maybe we could include experience working with children etc. But we might not need separate Qualifications if covered. Better to have Requirements and Qualifications separate if content distinct. The posting includes "Ideal candidate will have experience working with children ages 0 to 17, including youth who may be behaviorally or emotionally impaired, medically fragile and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Successful candidates demonstrate patience, professionalism, strong communication skills, and a genuine commitment to helping children heal and thrive." That's qualifications/skills. Could put under Qualifications or Skills. We'll decide: Qualifications section for education/experience? Actually Requirements already covers education/experience. Qualifications could cover the ideal candidate traits. Skills could cover specific skills like communication, case planning, etc. But we might combine to avoid thin sections. Instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (including education, experience, licensing, certifications, background, citizenship, drug test, physical demands), Benefits, Schedule. That's 5 sections.
We need to include Benefits: "The successful selected candidates will be eligible for benefits during the duration of employment." Also maybe mention "Some positions may be Grant Funded..." but that's not benefit. We'll keep Benefits with that statement.
Schedule: "Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts." Also maybe mention 24-hour temporary emergency shelter facility implies shifts. We'll include that.
Now format.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /. Use headings.
Prose in
. Lists in
- . Let's craft. About the role: paragraph summarizing the position description. Responsibilities: list of duties from Examples of Duties. Need to preserve all substantive info; we should not omit any duty. The list is long; we need to include each bullet as
- . Must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to copy each duty exactly as in the posting. Let's extract them:
Examples of Duties list:
- Provide on-going physical care, emotional nurturing and daily supervision of abused, neglected, and abandoned children ages 0-17 years.
- Performs initial assessment of admitted youths to Child Haven to determine potential risk to themselves and others.
- Assesses child's behavior and assists Senior Child Development Specialist in developing treatment plans to modify targeted behaviors.
- Serves as a contributing team member in case planning and placement planning for children; facilitates, supervises and documents parental and sibling visitation; uses various assessment and screening tools to identify needs and strengths of children and families; uses sound case planning and therapeutic activities; uses case management activities of providing, coordinating and facilitating needed services and interventions.
- Identifies and responds to children's needs, including hunger and illness; orients children to Child Haven and assists them in adjusting to the new environment.
- Implements treatment plans, provides feedback, and makes suggestions for modification, as necessary through routine observations of children's behavior and their adjustment to the cottage.
- Recognizes and reports conditions related to medically fragile or developmentally delayed infants and toddlers.
- Utilizes CHATTA model in order to "pre-teach" skills to children.
- Intervenes when children are out of control, using authorized strategies.
- Monitors parental visits with children.
- Feeds, bathes and dresses infants and toddlers.
- Ensures appropriate hygiene, attire and nutrition.
- Conducts and records bed checks.
- Performs housekeeping duties as necessary.
- Directs the work of part-time staff and volunteers.
- Maintains daily behavioral records and reports, records of work performed, prepares incident reports and logs progress of development plans in the case management system.
- Develops and implements a variety of social and recreational programs for the children.
- Consults with other professional staff regarding children.
- Transports children to hospitals, admits children to hospital.
- Diffuses hostile situations between parents and/or children.
- Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.
- Performs various office and administrative support duties, including the operation of standard office equipment.
- Reads, interprets and administers medical instructions.
- Makes reports to child abuse and neglect Hotline as a mandated reporter.
- Drives a County motor vehicle in order to attend off-site meetings, visit job sites, and transport children.
We need to keep punctuation as is.
Now Requirements: include Education and Experience, Licensing and Certification, Background Investigation, Citizenship, Pre-Employment Drug Testing, Physical Demands, Working Conditions (shifts, exposure). Also maybe mention "Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment." etc.
We'll create a
- list for each requirement? Could combine into one list but better to keep as prose? The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should list each requirement as
- . We'll create a list.
Items:
- Associate's Degree in Behavioral Science, Child Development, Counseling, Early Childhood Education, Education, Health Science, Human Services, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, or Special Education, or a closely related field. Equivalent combination of education or directly related experience working with and caring for juveniles, preferably in a child welfare, social service, juvenile justice, residential treatment or other nurturing setting may be considered. All qualifying education and each experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see attached resume" on your application. All details must be written in your own words and cannot be copied from job descriptions or other external sources.
- Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment.
- Possess or obtain all licensing certifications required to work in a licensed child care institution.
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Periodically after employment background investigations may be conducted.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note, Clark County does not provide H1B visa sponsorships or transfers for any employment positions.
- Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.
- Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts.
- Work with exposure to infectious or contagious diseases.
- Work with abused, neglected, and abandoned children ages 0-17 years.
- Mobility to work in a treatment shelter home and office setting, use standard home appliances and office equipment, and to drive a motor vehicle in order to transport children; strength to lift, carry children; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone.
We could also include "Physical Demands" as separate but it's part of requirements.
Now Benefits: statement.
Schedule: we already included shift work in requirements; but we need a Schedule section if posting actually states them. It does state "Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts." So we can have Schedule section with that sentence.
But we already included shift work in Requirements list; maybe we should not duplicate. Better to keep shift work under Schedule section only, and not duplicate in Requirements. However Requirements also includes other things like exposure etc. We'll keep shift work in Schedule only.
Thus Requirements list will exclude shift work.
Now Benefits: "The successful selected candidates will be eligible for benefits during the duration of employment."
Now we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Benefits
...
Schedule
...
Make sure no extra whitespace issues. Now craft About the role paragraph: combine description from About The Position. Paragraph: "Clark County Family Services is seeking qualified and compassionate candidates to apply for the Child Development Technician position. This role provides daily supervision and care; general trauma informed support and participates in various aspects of daily engagement activities with youth placed on the Child Haven campus. The incumbent will work directly with abused, neglected, and abandoned children in a 24-hour temporary emergency shelter facility. The position may be tasked with supporting the Child Haven campus through; aiding in the transportation of youth, leading program activities and assisting lead staff as needed. Child Development Technicians play a key role in creating a safe, structured, and supportive environment, by ensuring adequate sight supervision and assisting with basic needs of youth. The ideal candidate will have experience working with children ages 0 to 17, including youth who may be behaviorally or emotionally impaired, medically fragile and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Successful candidates demonstrate patience, professionalism, strong communication skills, and a genuine commitment to helping children heal and thrive. This position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working as part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team focused on child safety, growth, and stability." We could keep as is. Now Responsibilities list as above. Now Requirements list as above (excluding shift work). Let's list each item. Item 1: Education and Experience paragraph. Item 2: Must possess a valid Nevada Class C driver's license at time of appointment. Item 3: Possess or obtain all licensing certifications required to work in a licensed child care institution. Item 4: Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Periodically after employment background investigations may be conducted. Item 5: Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note, Clark County does not provide H1B visa sponsorships or transfers for any employment positions. Item 6: Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination. Item 7: Work with exposure to infectious or contagious diseases. Item 8: Work with abused, neglected, and abandoned children ages 0-17 years. Item 9: Mobility to work in a treatment shelter home and office setting, use standard home appliances and office equipment, and to drive a motor vehicle in order to transport children; strength to lift, carry children; vision to read printed materials; and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone. Now Benefits paragraph. Schedule paragraph: "Work evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts." Now output. Check for any duplicated lines: we removed shift