Part-time Nursery Care and Classroom Assistant

POSITION SUMMARY

Nursery Care and Classroom Assistant provides care for infants and toddlers of parents who are on site in adult programming. They will interface with the parents to meet their child’s individual needs and developmental stages.

The Classroom Assistant for Children and Family provides lesson planning, teaching, and support to the Children and Families Faith Formation and Education programs on Sunday mornings.

The payrate for this position is $20-30 an hour. Weekly Schedule: Sunday (8:30am-1:30pm), Monday-Thursday (9:30am -12:30pm) mornings with occasional weekday or Saturday flexibility. Seasonal church Holy Days are mandatory (Christmas Eve, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support but don’t rush parent-child separation.
• Ask and listen to parents’ description of the baby’s current feeding, diapering, and sleep needs, as well as their physical and emotional status and developmental abilities including language preference (for verbal and non-verbal babies).
• Make sure anything that is left with the baby (car seats, diaper bags and contents, etc.) are labeled and used only for that baby.
• Provide comfort and stimulation to each baby in accordance with the individual baby’s needs and parent’s requests.
• Confirm pick up time and the parent’s program location in Trinity Commons or church.
• Comply with TCWS safety and health policies and procedures.
• Maintain a hygienic and organized space, and track supply inventory.
• Work with manager, other staff, and volunteers to prepare and deliver faith formation content and experiences in person with children, ages 3-12, as per direction from the manager.
• Classroom set up and clean up.
• Smart board set up, if needed.
• Check in/out students with software program.
• Materials/supplies preparation, clean up, maintenance.
• Full compliance with Safe Church, and all Trinity HR trainings and privacy policies.
• Provide hands on Childcare and Supervision, including but not limited to: feeding, dressing, toileting support as needed, (within policy compliance), model and enforce Trinity’s safety and security policies, maintain and enforce Trinity health and hygiene policies, maintain and enforce Trinity space usage policies, transition children to different spaces, maintain and support classroom policies and best practices.
• Provide support and communication to parents, other staff, and volunteers.
• Maintain awareness and sensitivity for all students with special needs, allergies, known medical or emotional needs, as per parent/guardian’s instructions and Trinity policies.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ACTIVITIES

• 2+ years experience working with infants and children, ages 0 - 12
• 2+ years experience working in an education setting with children
• Ability to communicate fluently (verbal and written) in Spanish and English
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent reading skills
• Patience and warmth for children and parents
• Able to take direction and follow curriculum (regardless of personal beliefs)
• Available to work on any Sunday morning
• Experience/training on Hybrid learning equipment and software
• Experience/training with event management systems
• Detail oriented
• Creative 
• Friendly
• Reliable
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks
• Able to work collaboratively
• Able to extrapolate and take initiative
• Role flexibility: able to work with any student age group and any team teacher

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor’s degree, or some college (Education or Theology, a plus)
• Experience providing childcare for infants and toddlers
• 2-5 years experience in a religious setting or community a plus
• Ability to work with multi-media
• First Aid/Child CPR certified, a plus
• Excellent ability to engage with children at their developmental level
• Excellent ability to engage with parents