Part-Time to Full-Time Respite Buddy Jobs in San Diego, CA | Flexible Childcare Position

Location: San Diego, CA

About the role

Jovie is hiring compassionate, dependable caregivers to provide in-home respite care for children with support needs throughout the San Diego area. If you have childcare experience and enjoy creating fun, engaging experiences while giving families the support they need, this is a rewarding opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, engaging in-home care for children with support needs
• Create fun activities, including crafts, games, reading, imaginative play, and outdoor activities
• Help children feel safe through patience, consistency, and encouragement
• Support daily routines while maintaining a positive, structured environment
• Communicate with parents about each child's day and individual needs
• Build meaningful relationships with local families

Schedule

• Part-time and full-time opportunities available
• Flexible scheduling based on your availability
• Assignments with vetted local families throughout the San Diego area
• Daytime, evening, and weekend opportunities may be available

Requirements

• At least 1 year of professional childcare experience
• Enjoy working with children of all ages
• Experience supporting children with support needs is a plus
• Dependable, patient, and engaging
• Strong communication skills with both children and parents
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver's license
• Can provide three references (at least two childcare-related and one character reference)
• At least 18 years old
• Must be able to lift up to 35 pounds safely
• Frequently bend, squat, reach, and get up and down from the floor
• Participate in active indoor and outdoor play
• Respond calmly and safely to changing situations

Experience may come from nannying, babysitting, daycare, preschool, after-school programs, camps, church nursery, or other professional childcare settings. Volunteer experience working with children is also considered.

Pay

$18-$20/hour + $2/hour for each additional sibling in your care

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay with additional sibling pay opportunities
• Flexible scheduling that fits your lifestyle
• Paid orientation and ongoing professional development
• Employer-sponsored CPR, First Aid, and California Trustline registration
• Direct deposit and legal W-2 employment
• Assignments matched to your availability and close to home whenever possible
• Opportunities to build long-term relationships with local families
• Eligible full-time team members may receive PTO, paid holidays, healthcare stipends, and retirement savings matching