Little Gate Aftercare Assistant
On-siteNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeSmall
Full TimeSmall
Job Summary
Supervise children continuously across indoor and outdoor play spaces while changing diapers and managing routine care needs. Oversee snack time, facilitate outdoor and indoor floor play, and assist with student check-in and check-out processes. Learn and follow licensing standards for incidents and incident reports while communicating warmly with parents and staff. Work collaboratively as part of a teaching team to ensure every child feels safe and joyfully engaged during afternoon hours at Little Gate.
Required Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills
- A calm, attentive, and nurturing presence with young children
- Genuine love for teaching and caring for children
- Flexibility and adaptability to changing daily needs
- Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with students, fellow staff, and community members
- Able to walk up three flights of stairs
- Comfortable with repetitive tasks and close attention to detail
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time
- Physical agility to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs to shoulder height and 50 lbs to waist height
- Ability to bend, stoop, reach, sit on the floor, climb stairs, walk, reach overhead, balance, kneel, and crouch
- Comfortable working in a combination of indoor and outdoor environments
- Exposure to high noise levels, bodily fluids, infectious illness/disease, and occasional inclement weather
- Attend, facilitate, and oversee outdoor play in multiple environments for approximately 1–2 hours per day
- Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in the child care field preferred
- Candidates available to work four or five days a week are highly preferred
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