Childcare Director

SHIFT: Monday - Friday - Full-time
Salary: $55,000.00

SUMMARY:
The Child Care Center (CCC) Director creates and implements a stimulating and enrichening program for children in care while providing general supervision and case management support. The Director assumes responsibility, supervision, oversight, and guidance for the provision of high-quality early childhood development services that will include responsible and effective child interactions; the facilitation and implementation of a research-based curriculum; and screening and assessment procedures, and to promote education development and school readiness.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop a written curriculum and schedule of activities designed to provide developmentally appropriate learning experiences to children living at Chrysalis House, in coordination with their individual treatment and educational needs.
• Ensure that children in the Child Care Center maintain a schedule of structured daily activities.
• Maintain written documentation for each child in residence in the program and any additional record keeping as instructed by Clinical Team and required by the state of Maryland.
• Coordinate the scheduling of additional services for mothers and their children through existing and new partnerships to enhance the development of skills of both mother and child.
• Prepare progress reports and other documentation as required by the CHI and the state Behavioral Health Administration regarding services rendered in the CCC.
• Assist with the monitoring of children’s growth and development and make the Clinical Team immediately aware of developmental concerns.
• Participates in weekly meetings and staffing sessions to inform counselors and therapists of any mother and child behavioral issues or concerns.
• Alert Clinical Team and/or others (as necessary) of any problems or special concerns regarding children and/or mothers.
• Coordinate children’s activities, etc. with the Child Care Team to ensure an appropriate, nurturing child-centered environment is maintained at all times.
• Act as a positive role model in the treatment and discipline of children, in accordance with the resident manuals and Chrysalis House policies and procedures.
• Complete a daily note of children’s activities and actions.
• Provide regular and ongoing communication and supervision to support individual staff professional development and continuous program quality improvement.
• Performs all duties of childcare to include feeding, changing, providing recreation and supervision to children.
• Lead by example by assisting with the general cleanliness and maintenance of CCC by performing routine cleaning and basic maintenance tasks with staff.
• Serves as a mentor to clients and staff within the program regarding childcare, child development and appropriate parenting techniques.
• In order to maintain 24-hour facility supervision, staff may be scheduled to work holidays, and/or provide additional coverage during inclement weather, overnights, or weekends.
• Other duties as assigned.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to provide genuine warmth, empathy, honesty, and sensitivity towards clients to help assist in fostering positive transformation by maintaining a supportive availability to provide additional information to candidates to promote admission to the program.
• Must demonstrate understanding of special treatment needs of women substance abusers in a residential treatment setting and show evidence of empathy, sensitivity, and maturity.
• Must demonstrate the highest professional ethical standards and adhere to Chrysalis House Core Values and Code of Ethics

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or related field. A master’s degree in early child education or child development or related field is preferred.
• Knowledge of Child development/early childhood education theory and practice, Head Start Early Learning Outcome Framework: Ages Birth to Five.
• Direct teaching experience with children ages Newborn-Five preferred
• Direct supervisory experience in an early childhood setting, preferably Early Head Start/Head Start, is a plus.
• Proficiency implementing developmentally appropriate activities based on the interests of children supported by foundations in child development.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers.

STANDARD REQUIREMENTS:

• Clean driving record and valid driver’s license
• Clear criminal background check and clear drug screen
• Chrysalis House, Inc. offer a generous benefits package to all full-time employees that includes health, dental, vision, retirement, etc.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Most days, employees will be working a portion of the day outside in temperatures ranging from 20F with wind chill to 95F. 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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Chrysalis House, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected class.