Child Care Provider - Part Time

Our Mission & Values

At Children's Health Council, we believe in the promise and potential of every child, teen, and young adult. We specialize in ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression, and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Our strategic priorities include:

• Being people first and empowering our workforce
• Creating systems built on equity, access, and inclusion
• Elevating technology and strengthening community partnerships

Why Join Our Team?

We're building a workplace where clinicians thrive professionally and personally. Here's what sets CHC apart:

• Excellence in Evidence-Based Therapy – Deliver high-quality care backed by research and best practices, including measurement-based care to track and enhance client  progress
• Specialized Consultation Groups – Access age and presenting-concern-specific consultation to deepen your clinical expertise
• Commitment to Lifelong Learning – Expand your expertise with free continuing education (CE) courses, an annual training stipend, regular consultation groups, and in-house training designed to support your professional growth
• True Interdisciplinary Collaboration – Work alongside psychologists, therapists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, educational specialists, neuropsychologists, and nurse practitioners to provide holistic, whole-child care. Being part of a diverse team broadens your clinical perspective, enhances your skill set, and fosters deeper professional growth
• Diverse Career Pathways – Explore opportunities including clinical supervision, colleague observations, and school-based contracts
• Integrated Care Model – Support clients and caregivers through our onsite Intensive Outpatient Program, making it seamless to connect families with quality care
• Professional Support – CHC covers all license renewal fees
• Culture of Diversity & Inclusion – Join a welcoming community that values cultural humility, equity, and ongoing learning, ensuring clinicians of all backgrounds feel supported and empowered
• Competitive Compensation & Meaningful Benefits – Enjoy a fulfilling career in a mission-driven organization that genuinely values and invests in its team
• Technology Support – Benefit from tools designed to reduce administrative burden, including note-writing assistance

The CHC Ravenswood program focuses on supporting children, youth, and families experiencing trauma, adversity, systemic barriers, and cultural stressors. This position is ideal for a clinician-leader who is passionate about providing culturally responsive, community-based mental health services to historically underserved populations and advancing health equity through evidence-based care. 

Job Summary

The Child Care Provider is an aspiring educator with a deep love of working with, supporting and spending time with young children. In this role, the childcare provider will support a variety of parent-facing events, ensuring that parents and caretakers have the opportunity to fully engage in wellness coaching and other school meetings.

This position is a Part-time position (about 12 hours a week) and must be available to work mornings and/or evenings (i.e. 8:30am-11am, 5:30pm-8pm)

  Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

● Support Parent Coaches in creating a warm and welcoming environment for children.

● Preparing the childcare space with appropriate toys, activities, and snacks

● Support parent sign-in/-out process, transition to/from parents/caregivers, and/or other operational procedures.

● Proactively communicate the supply needs to the Operations team.

● Clean-up and break-down space after each childcare session.

Required Qualifications:

● Experience working with children in a school, after school program, summer camp, babysitting or similarly structured environment.

● Flexible schedule   with the ability to work evenings, or mornings

● Demonstrated enthusiasm for working with kids

● Ability to engage confidently across differences. You believe that differences - in race, culture, gender, age, background, experiences - enrich our community and know how to bridge those differences with grace and humility.

● Kind, humble, and collaborative, with a positive attitude and willingness to learn from challenges.

● At least 18 years old.

Preferred Qualifications:

● Understanding of early childhood education and child development.

●  Fluency in Spanish.

· Connection to East Palo Alto or Belle Haven and/or have experience working with a community similar to East Palo Alto and Belle Haven.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and communicate with both adults and children. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to high.

Special Job Requirements: Flexibility will be required in work schedule; evening and weekend hours may be required. This is an in-person position requiring onsite presence at CHC’s office in East Palo Alto. Ideally: Tue and Thu 8:30am-11am, 5:30pm-8pm

Compensation:

This is an hourly, part-time position with about 12 hours a week. Hourly pay is $19-22/hour.

Contact with Others: Extensive interpersonal interaction with peers, subordinates, and outside contacts.