Primary Caregiver - Infant Room

Job Description

Job Description

About This Role

We're seeking caring and energetic individuals who want to make a difference in young children's lives. If you're passionate about playing and interacting with children aged 0-5, and are looking for a fun and rewarding role, we'd love to hear from you! At Next Horizons, we focus on social-emotional development and foster healthy relationships between children, peers, and adults. As a member of our team, you'll play a key role in creating a clean, safe, and engaging environment for our children. No prior childcare experience is required, but a desire to learn about children's growth and development is essential.

We're looking for part-time staff who are interested in staying with a group of children continuously as they progress through age groups, providing consistency and continuity of care. If you're looking for a role that brings meaning and purpose to your life, please apply!

We will provide information on how to obtain the necessary criteria for working with children, including TB testing, immunizations, and fingerprint clearance cards.

Next Horizons is a great place to work if you're looking for a fun, supportive environment where you can make a real difference in the lives of young children.

Developing individualized curriculum plans for infants 0-12 months, taking into account each child's unique needs and development.

Planning and implementing educational activities that align with developmentally appropriate practices and early learning standards, and which actively engage children and promote social, cognitive, and emotional growth.

Maintaining open communication with parents through regular updates, progress reports, and parent-teacher conferences.

Leading by example, and guiding teaching teams to achieve their full potential through coaching and mentoring.

Ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of children in your care, by maintaining a clean and organized classroom environment, and adhering to safety protocols.

Maintaining accurate records and files, and staying up-to-date with ongoing professional development to enhance your skills and knowledge.

Must clear a full background check and pass a health screening.

Infant/child CPR and First Aid certification is required.

A strong understanding of child development, and excellent leadership, organizational, and interpersonal skills are essential.

Must test negative for TB, provide proof of immunizations, and apply for a fingerprint clearance card. Next Horizons will provide information on how to obtain these requirements.

A high level of physical fitness, including the ability to walk, use hands and fingers, handle objects, tools or controls, talk to and hear voices at many levels, and to kneel, bend, squat or crawl.

A specific vision ability, including the ability to see up close and up to a certain distance, to see colors, have peripheral vision and depth perception.

We're particularly interested in candidates with an Associate's Degree in early childhood education or a related field of study, with a minimum of 30 credits in ECE. If you have a passion for early childhood education and are committed to ongoing professional development, we'd love to hear from you!

• Health insurance

  Paid sick days

  Vision

  Dental

  Free telehealth and virtual mental health provided to all staff.

Next Horizons is founded on the philosophy that childcare programs are an extension of home and family. In accordance with this philosophy, the center provides a family style environment that is warm and nurturing, as well as educational and stimulating. We believe that childhood needs to be a time of fun, joy, and exploration. Our goal is to partner with families to provide a safe, healthy and enriched environment for each child.

We follow a developmentally appropriate curriculum. Developmentally appropriate curriculum is based on the premise that play is the primary medium through which young children develop intellectual, social, and perceptual motor competence. Structuring the environment and planning activities for self-directed play is a fundamental part of the education program. Curriculum activities include pretend play, open-ended creative and sensory experiences (painting, sand and water play, modeling clay, collage activities, etc.) construction activities with blocks and manipulative toys, mathematics and language games, gardening, cooking activities, and science experiences.

Next Horizons also aligns its curriculum to match Arizona Early Learning Standards and Infant Toddler Developmental Guildelines.