Organization Overview: Sheltering Arms strengthens the education, wellbeing, and development of high-need children, adults, and families across the New York metro area. We serve nearly 20,000 people a year from the South Bronx to Far Rockaway. Through compassion, innovation, and partnership, we respond to our community’s greatest needs and enable individuals to reach the greatest heights of their potential. Joining our team is an opportunity to collaborate with hundreds of dedicated colleagues who represent diverse backgrounds and talents as we work together to make a measurable impact for our neighbors in need. Every role at Sheltering Arms brings with it new opportunities for advancement and development so that team members can achieve their professional goals while helping others reach for theirs.

Job Summary: Supervise and provide care, direction and guidance to infants, toddlers and children up to age 12, assist with the record keeping and perform duties necessary for the overall care and well-being of the children in the program.

Essential Functions

• Manages groups with a focus on age appropriate activities and socialization.
• Provides attention and support of medical issues, students educational/vocational needs, casework and clinical appointments.
• Develops healthy and helping relationships with children and their families.
• Coordinate individual activities and group activities such as games and trips.
• Logs all reports, including incident reports, and inform the social worker and supervisors of any issues related to children.
• Provides basic care to infants, toddlers and children in program including meals and snacks, as well as attending to developmental, health and safety needs.
• Drive the children to and from the facility for school and/or various appointments.
• Other related task that may be assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required
• Valid NYS Driver’s License and clean driving record
• Experience working with children and some college preferred
• Possess a strong belief in people’s ability to grow and change
• Successful completion of Safe Crisis Management training and annual recertification.

For this role, COVID-19 vaccination is a requirement of the job

Pay Rate: $20.50/hr

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

It is the policy of Sheltering Arms that the Agency wholly complies with the equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to

recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Physical Requirements:

Must have the ability to complete all standard administrative and support tasks including but not limited to climbing up and down stairs, operation of computers/phones/fax/printer/copy machine, and the ability to lift boxes, furniture, and equipment up to 30lbs. Must be able to travel from the various locations and sites of Sheltering Arms. Ability to perform physical restraint of youth using approved restraint techniques. Physical and PPD clearances required and reevaluated annually.

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