Afternoon/Evening Child Care Worker – Board of Child Care – Hagerstown, MD

Are you looking to work for an extraordinary mission of “Enriching Communities One Family at a Time”, while enjoying the best benefits and working environments?

The Board of Child Care is where you need to be! Enjoy generous vacation and sick time; platinum level medical, dental and vision insurance; free parking and lunches; tuition reimbursement; on the job training and opportunity to earn job specific certifications; 403b matching. To view a summary of employee benefits visit www.boardofchildcare.org/careers. Take a look at the description below and apply through the link.

The Board of Child Care is seeking a Child Care Worker – Afternoon/Evening Shift.

The child care worker provides direct childcare services, ensures that day-to-day supervision of residents is consistent with agency standards and effectively works as a member of an interdisciplinary team.

JOB LOCATION

Hagerstown, MD Group Home (Western Maryland)

Essential Functions:

• Consistently implements each resident’s treatment plan and completes documentation as required.
• Accurately administers medication according to physician and/or nurse’s orders and documents the medication administration record (MAR).
• Actively encourages and reinforces resident’s participation in maintaining established standards of cleanliness and orderliness in the home.
• Ensures that each resident’s health needs are identified and met within the specified time frame.
• Actively encourages and supports each resident’s need to achieve satisfactory academic performance.
• Participates in the development of home’s activities, recreation activities and spiritual life awareness while providing direct supervision as required.
• Provides safe transportation in BCC provided vehicles for residents to keep scheduled appointments as required.
• Provides direct mealtime supervision to assure that residents are provided a balanced meal and that dining procedures are modeled and consistently followed.
• Work with residents on life skills building
• Completes a thorough inventory for each resident’s belongings upon admission, visits, and discharges and on a quarterly basis.
• Completes assigned unit system responsibilities and documentation.
• Demonstrates knowledge and compliance of health and safety standards through daily/weekly on-site inspections according to BCC guidelines.
• Demonstrates the ability to receive, transmit, store and retrieve information as evidenced through written and verbal communication.
• Contributes to the prevention and management of challenging behaviors.
• Promotes effective communication through the timely submission of documentation and compliance with BCC policies.
• Provides coverage, as needed, for direct care vacancies.
• Provides mandatory on-call coverage as required.
• Fosters quality and diversity in problem identification and conflict resolution among residents and co-workers.
• Perform duties, as requested, to achieve agency goals.

Preferred Education:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited College or University.

The Board of Child Care is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity.

Apply for vacancies as appropriate by going to https://www.boardofchildcare.org/careers/view-open-jobs/