Job Description

SUMMARY: Provides safe, nurturing, and welcoming environment for young children, attends to physical needs of children, serves snacks and drinks; plays indoor and/or outdoor games; reads to children; supervises children playing. Maintains communications with parents and guardians. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Is committed to the vision and mission of Head Start of York County and Community Progress Council, Inc;
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with diverse individuals, including children, families, co-workers, and staff in related agencies and the general public;
• Assist in maintaining a clean, safe and positive classroom environment that facilitates respect, active learning, group management, self-expression, cultural responsibility, child-initiated learning;
• Prepares and develops developmentally appropriate learning activities for children, in accordance with the program curriculum;
• Assist in following a consistent schedule;
• Assist in preparing classroom materials prior to the children’s arrival;
• Assist in preparing and maintaining the required paperwork, attendance reports, medication log, meal counts, and other documents and records;
• Assist in carrying out regular health observations to ensure children are well and have no contagious diseases and to check for signs of abuse or neglect; report suspicions of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse or neglect;
• Maintain confidentiality of information regarding children and families; assist in reviewing and upholding Confidentiality Policy with parent volunteers, community volunteers and staff from outside agencies;
• Serve as a role model and mentor for parent and community volunteers by performing job duties in accordance with program curriculum, and agency policy and procedures;
• All other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Competencies:

• Communication Skills – Oral and Written
• Cooperation/Teamwork
• Customer Service – Internal and External
• Dependability
• Personal Responsibility
• Professionalism
• Flexibility

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization. Whenever possible, speak the client’s language to the best of your ability.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

COMPUTER: Experience with Microsoft Office Suite in a Windows environment helpful and preferred.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Current (less than 1-year), satisfactory Pennsylvania State Criminal and Child Abuse History Certifications are required prior to hire; Federal FBI Clearance results, along with a physical assessment, including a tuberculosis skin test, required within 30-days of hire; Mandated Reporter Child Abuse training certification required within 90-days of hire; Valid driver’s license and current insurance coverage is required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.  The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.  The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Must meet one of the following qualification levels for an AGS, as set by Department of Human Services guidelines:

1.  A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field.
2. A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate, including 600 or more hours of secondary training described in §  3270.31(c) (relating to age and training).
3. A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate, 15 credit hours from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education or the human services field and 1 year of experience with children.
4.  A high school diploma or a general education development certificate and completion of a post-secondary training curriculum described in §  3270.31(c).
5. A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years experience with children.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Current (less than 1-year), satisfactory Pennsylvania State Criminal and Child Abuse History Certifications are required prior to hire; Federal FBI Clearance results, along with a physical assessment, including a tuberculosis skin test, required within 30-days of hire; Mandated Reporter Child Abuse training certification required within 90-days of hire; Valid driver’s license and current insurance coverage is required.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, as well as be committed to the mission and goals of the agency.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Additional Information

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Current (less than 1-year), satisfactory Pennsylvania State Criminal and Child Abuse History Certifications are required prior to hire; Physical Assessment, including a tuberculosis skin test, and Federal FBI Clearance results required within 30-days of hire; Mandated Reporter Child Abuse training certification required within 90-days of hire; Valid driver’s license and current insurance coverage is required.

We are currently seeking two AGS's to fill positions in the morning and afternoon. This position is part-time, up to 29-hours per week, but additional hours may be available, and 44 weeks per year.

Community Progress Council complies with applicable state and Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. Community Progress Council  does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

EOE M/F/D/V

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

All your information will be kept confidential according to state and Federal guidelines.