School Age Child Care Caregiver

Washington County School Age Child Care (SACC) Program provides a safe, educationally enriched, quality care program for children attending Washington County Schools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain children's safety
• Provide a clean and safe environment
• Supervise and guide children through scheduled activities
• Implement state rules and regulations
• Effective and positive communication with parents and children
• Report suspected child abuse
• Prepare weekly lesson plans
• Report equipment hazards and safety concerns to the Site Director
• Arrive on time for scheduled shifts
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Site Director
• Knowledge of proper safety drill procedures, including evacuation procedures and safe areas within the facility
• Maintain the policies and procedures of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older with a high school diploma or equivalent
• Background check (every 5 years)
• First Aid, CPR, and AED training (will be provided when cleared for employment)
• Physical examination (every 3 years)
• 12 hours of state-approved professional development training each year (staff will be guided to websites to achieve the required training)

Temperament

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria
• Adaptability to dealing with students

Skills & Abilities

• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles, reason, and make judgments
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully
• Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures
• Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color

Work Conditions

Normal working environment.