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Childcare Workers

  • Human Services

Tasks

What tasks do Childcare Workers perform?

  • Maintain a safe play environment.

  • Observe and monitor children's play activities.

  • Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.

  • Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.


Knowledge

What do Childcare Workers need to know?

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • English Language

    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

  • Education and Training

    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.


Skills

What skills do Childcare Workers need?

  • Monitoring

    Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

  • Service Orientation

    Actively looking for ways to help people.

  • Social Perceptiveness

    Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.



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