Play Enrichment Aide - Exceptional Care for Children
Newark, DE
About the Job
Exceptional Care for Children (ECC) has an exciting opportunity to join our growing team of professionals as a Play Enrichment aide. Work Schedule 40 hours per week.
General Responsibilities:
Applicant must possess creativity with age/developmentally appropriate activities, crafts, movement, and entertainment and enjoy engaging in play. Team player - should be willing and able to take direction and assist in general operations. Individuals should possess a strong attention to detail as it relates to keeping a neat, clean, and organized workspace. Committed to the nurturing and developing the social and emotional well-being of each child, regardless of cognitive or physical ability.
Job Requirements:
- Experience as a childcare provider in healthcare or daycare, working with children, and/or an employee of a long-term nursing facility, preferred.
- Ability to independently engage children in small playgroups, age-appropriate (including developmental) group activities.
- Ability to relate positively, effectively, and appropriately with residents, families, community members, volunteers, vendors, and other staff members.
- All employees must be able to lift 50lbs.
- Schedule flexibility as needed.
ECC is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization committed to providing the highest quality of care and services to pediatric patients requiring transitional, long term, and/or palliative care. We are an around-the-clock residential facility that provides skilled care to medically fragile children, birth to age 21, especially those who are dependent upon medical technology for daily living. ECC simply exists to provide a vulnerable population with as many normal of a childhood experiences as possible, while meeting their needs holistically. For more information, please visit www.exceptionalcare.org.
We offer a generous benefits package which includes medical, dental, and vision coverage options, an elective retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions, flexible spending and dependent care account options, life insurance, short/long term disability, paid time off, sick leave, and paid holidays.