What is the Board of Child Care?

Board of Child Care (BCC) is not a federal or state agency. It is an independent not-for-profit organization that serves over 1,000 children annually across 12 locations.  You would join about 800 teammates across DC, MD, PA, and WV that empower youth and their families to flourish within their community.

What does this job do specifically?

Provides direct childcare services, ensures that day-to-day supervision of youth is consistent with agency standards, and effectively works as a member of an interdisciplinary team.

Essential Functions:

• Consistently implements each youth’s care plan and completes documentation as required.
• Accurately administers medication according to physician and/or nurse’s orders and documents the medication administration record (MAR.)
• Actively encourages and reinforces youth’ participation in maintaining established standards of cleanliness and orderliness in their living unit and the surrounding campus.
• Ensures that each youth’s health needs are identified and met within the specified time frame.
• Actively encourages and supports each youth’s need to achieve satisfactory academic performance.
• Participates in the development of unit activities, recreation activities, and spiritual life awareness while providing direct supervision as required.
• Provides safe transportation in agency vehicles for youth to keep scheduled appointments as required.
• Provides direct mealtime supervision to assure that youth are provided a balanced meal and that dining procedures are consistently followed.
• Completes a thorough inventory of each youth’s belongings upon admission, discharge, and on a quarterly basis.
• Complete bag searches any time youth return to the program from being in the community, visits, etc.
• Completes assigned unit system responsibilities and documentation.
• Demonstrates knowledge and compliance with health and safety standards through weekly on-site inspections according to agency guidelines.
• Demonstrates the ability to receive, transmit, store and retrieve information as evidenced through written and verbal communication.
• Contributes to the prevention and management of challenging behaviors by implementing the Board of Child Care’s Behavior Support and Safe Crisis Management Techniques.
• Promotes effective communication through the timely submission of documentation and compliance with logbook policy, as well as the Electronic Health Record keeping system
• Provides coverage, as needed, for direct care vacancies.
• Provides mandatory on-call coverage as required.
• Fosters quality and diversity in problem identification and conflict resolution among youth and co-workers.
• Perform duties, as requested, to achieve agency goals.
• Provide transportation to and from appointments (Medical, Family Visits, etc.) as needed.

What experience and education do I need?

Required Education and Experience:

• Minimum High School Diploma

Preferred Requirement:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited College or University.
• Minimum of one-year, group child care experience. 

Mandatory requirements

Drug screen and background check required.

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The United Methodist Home for children, a Board of Child Care program, is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity. All eligible candidates, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply for vacancies as appropriate.