Essential Qualifications:
Certifications/Licensures:
- Valid drivers license and ability to obtain and maintain WestCares vehicle insurance is required
- CPR Certification, First Aid Certification and an annual Tuberculosis test
Education:
- A minimum of a High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.) is required
Experience and Competencies:
- General knowledge of housekeeping procedures is required
- Bilingual is preferreD
- Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials
- Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules
- Ability to use hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things
- General knowledge of early childhood development principles and developmentally appropriate educational practices
- Enthusiastic personality that will engage preschool children
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with adults and children
- Ability to communicate with teachers, support staff, parents, and students in a positive and constructive way
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives required
- Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems required
- Ability to develop meaningful goals and objectives required
- Ability to be empathetic, compassionate, non-judgmental, and enthusiastic
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work well in a team environment
- Adherence to the highest standard of ethical conduct, especially to standards governing confidentiality
- Understanding of professional ethics, consumer rights, and professional responsibilities
- Demonstrates ability to work effectively with culturally diverse staff and consumers
- Demonstrates respect for an individual’s cultural and ethnic values when interacting with staff and consumers
- Articulates a working definition of trauma
- Understands the impact of trauma
- Understands re-traumatization
- Ability to create a safe, welcoming physical, supportive, and relational environment for consumers and staff
- Demonstrates a high degree of dependability
- Maintains a good attendance record
- Observes working hours
- Shows flexibility and is responsive to requests from supervisor
- Works independently with minimal supervision
- Exhibits characteristics of good workmanship, and integrity on the job
- Work time is always productive
- Demonstrates ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with consumers, co-workers, external partners, and regulatory agencies
- Is courteous to consumers, staff, and all others
- Demonstrates tact at the appropriate time
- Cooperates with others both within and outside WestCare
- Works well with supervisor; accepts direction and supervision
- Maintains a positive attitude toward work
- Ensures and maintains a safe working environment
- work area is clean and orderly
- Verbalizes, understands and adheres to agency safety procedures
- Demonstrates appropriate use of Unusual Incident Reports, in accordance with the Center’s reporting procedures
- Presents a positive personal image
- Dresses and maintains a professional demeanor
- CPR Certification, First Aid Certification and an annual Tuberculosis test
- Ability utilize Microsoft Office Software Suite
- Ability to provide an Affidavit of Good Moral Character
- Clearance in Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Criminal Records Checks, as required
