Job Description
Children’s Ministries Childcare Workers –
Brookside, Leawood, Olathe & Shawnee Campuses
DESCRIPTION
We are looking for childcare workers at our Brookside, Leawood, Olathe and Shawnee Campuses. The childcare worker ensures that children enrolled in childcare (excluding Sunday morning programming), are physically and emotionally well cared for and are spiritually nurtured during their classroom stay.
Brookside Campus:
Monday mornings: 9:30-11:00 AM
Tuesday evenings: 6:30-8:15 PM
Leawood Campus:
Tuesday evenings 6:15-8:30 PM
Wednesday mornings 9:00-11:30 AM
Olathe Campus:
Tuesday evenings: 6:00-8:45 PM
Wednesday mornings (1st & 3rd): 8:45-11:45 AM
Thursday mornings: 8:45-11:45 AM
Shawnee Campus:
Wednesday mornings 9:15-11:40 AM
Wednesday evenings 6:15-8:15 PM
To apply, please send a completed application for employment to [email protected] and indicate which campus(es) you are interested in.
LOCATION: Brookside, Leawood, Olathe and/or Shawnee Campuses
REPORTS TO: Childcare Ministries Coordinator
STATUS: seasonal, on call
CLASSIFICATION: non-exempt (or volunteer)
v. 08.22
POSITION PURPOSE
- Care for children while their parents/guardians are participating in various ministries:
- Pay friendly attention to each child
- Talk in pleasant tones
- Play with children during free time
- Give gentle care to crying children
- Follow verbal or written instructions from parents/guardians
- Take part in activities so children can learn by imitation
- Encourage and praise children’s efforts
- Help children know God’s love by building a relationship with them
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Deliver Bible lessons as scheduled by the Coordinator
- Communicate classroom needs to Coordinator to ensure adequate supplies, resources, and equipment
- Arrive at the requested time each day
- Cooperate with other workers
- Follow all classroom guidelines as stated in the Policy and Procedures Handbook to guarantee that Christ Community’s established standard for child care is maintained
EXPECTATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
- Attend required Teacher Orientation/Child Protection Training annually
- Good communication skills necessary to inspire others and communicate goals
- Flexibility in an ever-changing ministry environment
- Become acquainted with the developmental abilities of the children
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with other employees, children, and parents/guardians
- Support and promote the biblical teachings of Christ Community
- There are physical demands that include but are not limited to lifting, bending over, assisting children on the playground, sitting on the floor to interact with children, and rising quickly
- Ability to respond quickly to emergencies or situations that could quickly escalate into an emergency
- Embrace Christ Community staff’s cultural habits:
- We expect God.
- We stay yoked.
- We take the mission seriously, not ourselves.
- We remember names.
- We are better together.
CULTURAL FIT
Embrace a commitment to Christ Community, including the doctrine, and philosophy, and promote the mission of Christ Community Church.
Embrace Christ Community staff’s cultural habits:
- We expect God.
- We stay yoked.
- We take the mission seriously, not ourselves.
- We remember names.
- We are better together
CHURCH SPECIFICS
Christ Community, a multi-site, intergenerational congregation located in the Kansas City area and a member of the Evangelical Free Church of America.
NEXT STEPS
- Download and fill out the Application for Employment (fillable PDF) and save it.
- Attach and send the completed application [email protected].