Infant Toddler Support Teacher
About the role
At Youth In Need, we value community and relationships. We encourage courageous spaces, leaning into discomfort, and stretching your learning muscles. As an Infant Toddler Support Teacher, you'll create a warm, welcoming classroom environment that helps children reach their highest potential while partnering with parents and your colleagues to help make this happen. You'll show exemplary Infant/Toddler responsive care, while demonstrating classroom management skills, lesson planning and developmentally appropriate practice.
About Youth In Need
Youth In Need has been around since 1974 helping to create safe places for the area's most vulnerable children. We have more than 400 full- and part-time staff who serve more than 8,000 children, teens and families at nearly 100 locations in six counties in Eastern Missouri. Youth In Need has been named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace for seven straight years. We are nationally recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services as an exemplary program. We value social justice and are dedicated to enhancing racial equity in our organization.
Qualifications
- Minimum of an Infant/Toddler Child Development Associate (we can help you get this!)
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 1 or more years' experience working in an Early Head Start Program or a licensed community childcare program
Pay & Schedule
- Starting pay at $16.29/hour
- 35 hours per week
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance at low cost
- Paid Time Off including 12 Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, 12 Sick Days and 2 Weeks Vacation (which increases with years of service)
- 401k with 3% Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance
- Opportunity for growth
For the full job description, please email Careers@YouthInNeed.org or visit www.youthinneed.org. If you have questions, please email Careers@YouthInNeed.org. No phone calls please.