Child Care Worker

Specific Duties:  To offer care for children at the shelter while their parent(s) is in meetings, at school, or at work through:

• Play Groups
• Crafts
• Games
• Story Reading
• Assorted children’s activities

Qualifications/Skills:  The child care worker needs to be dependable and reliable.  They need to have patients.  Experience working with children is helpful but not required.  Other skills such as making crafts are also helpful.  The most important qualification is a desire to help children.

Hours/Dates:  Child care positions are currently available.  The times and days are flexible.  We ask that you are available 2-4 hours per week for a six month period.  Many of the families, especially the children, have lived with tremendous amounts of instability.  By coming consistently for a reasonable amount of time, a child care worker can contribute to giving the children a new sense of stability and security.  Days and time are flexible.

Goals:

• To enrich the lives of the homeless children through positive activities.
• To encourage the children’s sense of worth through secure and stable relationships.
• To give parent and staff members the opportunity to work on other issues (i.e. housing search, jobs, parenting, etc.)

These positions need to be filled by kind people who are willing to care for children in need.  Thank you for taking up the challenge and offering to help the homeless families in this way.  We look forward to talking with you about this position.  Should you have any questions please call the Director of Family & Volunteer Services, Ginny Sidmore at 978-531-9775 ext. 16, or vsidmore@cahns.org.