Child Care Worker 2 - Minimum Qualifications Waived

The Position

Child Care Workers assist in preschool programs designed for care of children and for stimulation of their social, emotional, academic, and physical development.

PER EXECUTIVE ORDER 2023-11, ALL MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN WAIVED FOR THIS POSITION UNTIL JUNE 30TH, 2024. Please refer to the link for more information: https://gov.nv.gov/Newsroom/ExecOrders/Executive-Orders/ Incumbents perform the full range of child care duties.

Additionally, Child Care Worker II's participate and assist in the development of programs and curriculum, in collaboration with professional staff, and may serve as a lead worker for students and other personnel. Incumbents assist in developing programs and curriculum by working with supervising teachers and writing curriculum within articulated parameters in subject areas of the Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Standards to include Language/Early Literacy, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Creative Arts, Physical Development and Health. Lesson plans and activities are reviewed and approved prior to implementation.

This class is distinguished from the Child Care Worker I level by the participation in program curriculum development and by greater involvement and interaction with children and parents. The Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is recruiting for a Child Care Worker II with the Latency Age Day Treatment Program, located in Las Vegas, Nevada is recruiting candidates for the Child Care Worker II position. The Latency Age Day Treatment Program provides after-school treatment services at a 1 adult to 2 children ratio for children ages seven to eleven and their caregivers using relationship-focused and trauma-informed programming.

The program is aimed towards improving emotional regulation, self-esteem, and child-family relationships through use of trauma-informed, evidenced based interventions that celebrate creativity, artistry, and imagination as powerful tools for mental health treatment. The program provides extensive and ongoing training in evidence-based social and emotional learning/development models, trauma-informed care, and emotional regulation skills.

The Child Care Worker will support and engage in youth programming within a cooperative and multidisciplinary team of trauma-informed mental health professionals to include bachelor's degree level Public Service Interns, Developmental Specialists, and Psychiatric Case Workers all reporting to a Clinical Program Manager I. The Child Care Worker will support daily routines, schedules, and accepted norms and responses reflective of the assessed strengths and needs of the children and their families; respond to crisis and safety issues in alignment with trauma-informed care principles to maintain classroom and child safety; design and implement developmentally appropriate activities; Create a positive learning environment that sparks curiosity and fosters growth; actively engage with caregivers and families to foster relationship, connection, support; and active engagement in reflective supervision and daily debriefings.

Typical hours are 7:00AM-6:00PM Monday through Thursday. The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse, inclusive, and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. * THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE*

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-5_0/