City and County of San Francisco

Child Care Specialist (#2919)

$24.50-$29.76 Hourly / $4,247.00-$5,159.00 Monthly / $50,960.00-$61,906.00 Yearly


Definition

Under general supervision, oversees children in a child development center or play care program setting; performs services in the care and supervision of children; and encourages developmentally age appropriate play activities.

Distinguishing Features

Child Care Specialist is an entry level classification which performs routine child care tasks under close direction of a program supervisor.

Examples of Important and Essential Duties

According to Civil Service Commission Rule 109, the duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this job code/class and are not intended to be an inclusive list.

1. Oversee and supervise children's activities at any of the Human Services Agency's Drop-In Child Care facilities. Interact with children according to program policies and guidelines.

2. Actively engage children with developmentally appropriate play activities while incorporating numeracy and literacy strategies.

3. Communicate and/or meet with parents/guardians regarding complaints, and/or concerns of the behavior of children.

4. Maintain pertinent records and generate necessary incident reports/correspondence.

5. Participate in trainings to remain current in child development, family support strategies, customer service and health and safety including CPR/First Aid.

6. Provide support to families regarding needs of their child, providing community resource referrals for health concerns and/or family resource center referrals.

7. Perform general housekeeping.

8. Maintain an orderly and safe environment.

9. Perform additional duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of: childhood development theories and practices, county program policies, procedures and guidelines concerning center and play care operations and activities, principles of care and supervision of children, basic emotional and developmental needs of children including the effective management children's behavior.

Ability to: understand, speak, read and write English at a level sufficient for successful job performance; understand and carry out instructions in both oral and written forms, observe situations and make recommendations; report information and data completely and accurately ;identify physical, social and emotional developmental delays in children and offer community resources/referrals; interact effectively and positively with diverse and multi-cultural individuals including young children; understand the psychological, sociological and physiological needs of young children; coordinate and lead developmentally age appropriate activities.

Experience and Training

Possession of an Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university in Early Childhood Education or Child Development AND two (2) years full-time work experience working with children in a licensed child care center or qualified license-exempt program. OR

Possession of a high school diploma and four (4) years of full-time work experience working with children in a licensed child care center or in a qualified license-exempt program.

Substitution: Applicants may substitute up to four years of the required experience with college coursework in Child Development or a closely related field. Thirty (30) semester unit /forty five (45) quarter units of coursework from an accredited college or university will be considered equivalent to one year of qualifying experience.

Note: License-exempt programs include Court Child Care Drop-In, full service child care programs in licensed residential treatment program or family shelter, summer camp full-time programs, after-school and summer programs on a school site.

License or Certificate

Possession of Infant Child CPR certification and First Aid Training.

Notes

ORIGINATION: 9/22/09

CLASS: 2919; EST: 9/22/2009;