Full-Time Salary: Starting at $50,000/yrDefinition and Primary Objective: Responsible for development and daily operations of school age programming that meets child care best practice and licensing standards. This position serves as an Ohio approved child care administrator and is responsible for supervising two program areas or sites during the school-year and also for summer programming. Responsible for creating a responsive and safe environment and implementing a developmentally appropriate curriculum tailored towards individual children and the program. This includes administering developmental assessments, managing case files, overseeing client accounts, managing enrollment and client progress. As a part of the Early Childhood and School Age team this position is also responsible for communicating with vendors and providing direct customer service to families.Minimum Education, Experience and Other Skill Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or related field from an accredited college or university preferred; minimum of a CDA, Associates degree or CPL 3 designation. Education and work experience must meet requirements for Career Pathways Level (CPL) 3 as outlined by Ohio's Early Childhood Professional Development Network.
- Must be eligible to serve as an Ohio Approved Child Care Administrator, previous administrator experience required
- Direct experience in a leading school age groups and supervising staff required
Childcare Licensing Responsibilities:
- Serves as childcare administrator on license as required by Ohio Department of Children and Youth.
- Implements agencywide policies and procedures that comply with licensing and SUTQ regulations.
- Partners with School Age Care and Enrichment Manager on identifying gaps or areas of improvement need to ensure compliance with licensing bodies.
- Ensures compliance to licensing and SUTQ standards during daily program operation.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Creates daily, weekly and monthly programming. Selects and advances the use of curriculum that meets the social emotional and development of children enrolled in school age programming.
- Oversees daily interactions with children, supporting and encouraging all developmental, social, and educational aspects of the children's development within the context of the child's family, culture, and individualized needs.
- Recruits and registers families to participate in school age programming. Assesses child needs to ensure goodness of fit and ensures accurate and timely completion of enrollment paperwork.
Work Environment: Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.Physical Demands: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift up to 50 pounds.Our Culture: Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati's most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers. Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions. What We OfferBest Point provides the best network of community- based and evidence-based services to strengthen individuals and families with the necessary tools and make them feel cared for, valued, and safe. We have over 600 highly trained staff and serve over 18,000 individuals in Southwest Ohio. -Generous benefit and compensation package including medical, dental, vision, PTO, 403b with agency match, etc. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected category.