Childcare Associate

Join the caring, compassionate team at the Easterseals Early Learning Center and make a difference in young lives!

Easterseals Rehabilitation Center is seeking the right person to fill an immediate opening for a Full-Time Teacher’s Assistant position in our Easterseals Early Learning Center. The Early Learning Center is a licensed, inclusive early childhood center providing early care and educational programming to children of all abilities - with and without disabilities - between six weeks and six years of age. The goal is to help ALL children prepare to enter kindergarten ready to learn and reach their full potential!

Benefits:

• PayActiv – Access a portion of your Earned Income before payday!
• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• FSA
• 401k with company match
• Company paid Life Insurance and Disability Insurance
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Paid holidays
• Paid Training
• Financial Assistance – Opportunity for financial assistance to obtain a degree in Early Childhood Education with on-site classes

Basic Responsibilities:

• Provide a nurturing, loving and safe learning environment for young children to ensure school readiness in their early childhood education
• Assist in meeting the developmental needs of children with and without special needs
• Assist in supervision and meeting the needs of children including feeding, changing diapers, and basic cleaning and organizing of classroom environment
• Assist in implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum to support children’s early childhood education
• Build positive and meaningful relationships with families to support child’s growth and development
• Ensure all rules and regulations are being followed set forth by Indiana State Licensing, Paths to Quality, NAEYC and Easterseals Rehabilitation Center

Qualifications:

Required:

• Must enjoy working with young children and have patience and dedication toward meeting the needs of each child in their early childhood education
• Must be at least 21 years old with either a High School Diploma or GED
• Must pass a Physical, Drug Screen, TB Test, Reference checks and background checks
• Must be a flexible, team player in all types of environments

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift 40 pounds routinely.

Additional Notes:

• Hours required are Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:30pm.
• No nights or weekends!

EOE / M / F / VET / DISB