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Childcare Worker

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Jun 2025

💰 $35,500/yr($32,600/yr – $35,500/yr)

About the role

Job Title: Childcare Worker (bilingual Spanish preferred)Position: Relief/On-callDepartment/Program: Outpatient Reports to: Business ManagerWork location: Portland Metropolitan AreaFLSA status: Non-exempt/hourly Salary: $16.30/hr. - $17.75/hr. (Bilingual Spanish $17.59/hr. - $19.35/hr.) Morrison Child and Family Services: We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma-informed care: 

Nonviolence - being safe and doing the right thing
Emotional Intelligence - managing our feelings so we don’t hurt ourselves or others 
Social Learning - respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
Democracy - shared decision making whenever possible
Open Communication - saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
Social Responsibility - everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
Growth and Change - creating hope for our clients and ourselves

Job Summary: The Childcare Worker position is an on-call relief position providing supervision and activities to groups of children while caregivers participate in day and evening groups/classes offered by Morrison’s Outpatient program. This position is responsible for creating a nurturing and safe environment for children and providing structured age-appropriate activities for children to help provide a positive group/class experience for families. Responsibilities:

Responsible for planning and providing structured recreation activities for children of various ages while their parents are attending parenting groups.
Maintains direct sight and sound supervision to ensure the safety of all children in childcare and reports any critical incidents to the Clinical Leadership team.
Provides meal support for children.
Greets and interacts positively with group leaders and parents/caregivers.
Maintains regular communication with supervisor.
Supports Administrative and Childcare Coordinator with set-up and clean-up for groups and activities.
Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
Participate in staff development, in-services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma-informed behavioral healthcare organization.

Education and Work Experience:

High School Diploma or equivalency required.
Minimum of one year of experience working with children birth to 12 in a structured environment.
Work effectively as a team member.

Preferred Experience:

Bilingual Spanish. Must clear a language proficiency test for Spanish

Other Requirements:

Pass a DHS criminal history background check

All Morrison programs and services are accredited by The Joint Commission, a nationally recognized standards-setting and accreditation body for health care. Morrison is also certified as a trauma-informed organization by the Sanctuary Institute. Certification recognizes our dedication to providing a trauma-informed culture and environment for children, families and staff through implementing Sanctuary values, commitments,and tools. We are an Affirmative Action Plan Employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. In compliance with our Affirmative Action Plan, Morrison uses E-Verify to determine employment eligibility a