Job Description:

The Child Development Teacher interacts with children and provides care and education to support their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and safety.

Posting Specifics

Benefits:

Intermountain Healthcare offers a generous benefits package that contributes to the overall health and compensation of each caregiver.

• Various insurance options through Select Health, Intermountain’s insurance company

• Onsite fitness centers and discounts to local gyms

• LiVe Well caregiver incentive program – up to $300 per year

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – including free counseling for caregivers and their immediate family

• Over 302,000 discount offers across 10,000 cities on everything from movie tickets, pizza and the zoo to car rentals and hotels

• Paid Time Off including but not limited to Parental Leave, Long and Short-Term Disability

• 401(k) with up to 6% employer contribution

• Up to $1,500 referral bonus

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Tuition Assistance through Peak - up to $5,200 per year paid to your school as you go

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Scope

This position works under broad guidelines with a great deal of flexibility in providing care and activities for children.

Job Essentials

1. Organizes educational curriculum and daily schedules that meet the goals of the Child Development Center.
2. Warmly interacts with children using approved early childhood education standards and immediately attends to the physical and emotional needs of the children.
3. Observes and recognizes obvious difficulties individual children are having mastering developmentally appropriate activities or controlling difficult behavior and discusses possible actions with supervisor and parents if needed.
4. Accurately and professionally maintains daily records as required by State licensing including incident reports, attendance sheets, and daily record sheets.
5. Observes, assesses, and documents children's progress in achieving developmental milestones and activities and maintains observation notes and other portfolio information on each child's development to be shared with parents on a regular basis. Develops appropriate curriculum activities based on children's needs and progress.
6. Establishes a developmentally appropriate room environment that is warm, nurturing, and safe and that stimulates learning and discovery.
7. Performs direct supervision of children in the classroom.

Minimum Qualifications

Must obtain CPR, First Aid Certification within 60 days of hire.
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Must obtain Food Handlers Permit within 60 days of hire.

Six months experience of in an early childhood program.
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Successful completion of all state required background checks.

Preferred Qualifications

Associate degree. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
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Certificate in Early Childhood Development

Physical Requirements:

Carrying, Hearing/Listening, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Seeing, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Walking

Location:

Utah Valley Hospital

Work City:

Provo

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

10

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$17.00 - $22.10

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion .