Oversees and directs the daily operations of a Child Care Center that is operated by a hospital system. Directs and supervises the work of staff in providing for the care and needs of children. Develops, maintains, and implements policies and procedures. Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a related field and five or more years of child care management experience.: Ensures that the Child Care Center meets all licensing regulations required for the care of children. Remains prepared for visits by the licensing consultant for licensing renewal. Manages day care billing and the maintenance of account records. Collects and reconciles program tuition, collects monies for food service, and deposits according to guidelines. Creates and updates a parent handbook and operations procedures manual. Maintains enrollment records and daily attendance records of children and staff. Prepares and implements developmentally appropriate lesson plans. Maintains regular communications with parents and develops programs responsive to parental needs and interests. Responsible for the safety of children in daily center activities and for field trips, if any. Reviews and analyzes expenditure, financial, and operations reports to determine requirements for the Child Care Center. Approves requisitions for equipment, materials, and supplies.
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Oversees the Child Life Program in a college or university that prepares students to work with children and families within a healthcare setting or pursue a higher academic education. Directs an academic program that trains students to help patients and families cope with the fear, anxiety, and separation from home and school associated with a child's hospital stay.: Plans, develops, and implements the program to ensure quality educational experiences. Prioritizes, schedules, oversees, and evaluates the work of others in the Child Life Program. Develops and administers the program budget. Provides leadership in teaching, scholarship, and professional practice. Oversees academic planning, ongoing development, and evaluation of the Child Life Program. Develops and maintains Child Life Program relationships both within the department and within the community. Develops and coordinates the use of educational facilities and clinical resources. Recruits faculty for employment and assists with classroom and clinical performance reviews of faculty. Develops, evaluates, and revises student admission, progression, retention, and graduation policies. Collaborates with the Chair of the Department to schedule and staff courses as necessary. Assists Child Life Program graduates who are seeking employment and maintains post graduation data about them. May teach assigned classes. May recruit students and participate in the admissions process. May monitor and support students' academic progress throughout the program. May arrange and oversee collaborations with hospitals where students' internships occur.
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Directs agency or major function of public or voluntary organization providing services in social welfare field to individuals, groups, or community: works with board of directors and committees to establish policies and programs and administers such programs. Determines policies and defines scope of services to be rendered within legislative regulations for public welfare agency functioning without board of directors. Assumes responsibility for development and administration of standards and procedures related to personnel, including staff development, budget, and physical facilities. Interprets agency purpose and program to community. Establishes and maintains relationships with other agencies and organizations in community toward meeting community needs and services. Prepares, distributes, and maintains variety of reports. Inspects agency operations and facilities to ensure agency meets standards and procedures criteria. May direct or coordinate fund raising, public relations, and fact finding or research activities. Employed in settings such as child welfare, community welfare councils, family casework, youth serving agencies, health organizations, informal education, and recreation, including scouting and y's, public welfare, and fund raising. May work in specific area of social welfare and be designated director, child support enforcement program; director, community center; director, social service; director, rehabilitation program; director, mental health agency.
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Directs activities of preschool, day care center, or other child development facility to provide instruction and care for children: prepares and submits facility budget to board of trustees, administrative agency, or owner for approval. Authorizes purchase of instructional materials and teaching aids, such as books, toys, and games designed to stimulate learning. Interviews and recommends hiring of teaching and service staff. Confers with parents regarding facility activities, policies, and enrollment procedures. Confers with teaching staff regarding child's behavioral or learning problems, and recommends methods of modifying inappropriate behavior and encouraging learning experiences. Reviews and evaluates facility activities to ensure conformance to state and local regulations. Reviews and approves menu plans and food purchases. May arrange medical attention for ill or injured child in accordance with parental instructions. May perform classroom teaching duties during absence of regular teacher. May be designated director, child development center; director, nursery school.
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Provides a variety of recreational programs and activities to pediatric patients and families to promote emotional health and optimal development. Assesses the emotional and medical needs of assigned patient and families to determine the support needed. Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a related field and one year of experience working with hospitalized children.: Formulates a plan of interaction based on assessment of patient and family and presents it to team members at psychosocial rounds and team meetings. Documents all interaction with patient and family in medical record charts. Provides play and recreational activities for assigned patients consistent with developmental needs. Utilizes developmentally appropriate methods for preparing children and families for diagnostic treatment and surgical procedures to optimize the quality of care. Supports family-centered care. Maintains ongoing communication with physicians, nurses, and unit and clinical staff to ensure a coordinated approach to patient care.
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Investigates problems concerning growth and development of emotional, mental, physical, and social aspects of individuals, to increase understanding of origins of behavior and processes of human growth and decline: formulates hypothesis or research problem and selects or develops method of investigation to test hypothesis. Studies behavior of children to analyze processes of learning, development of language in children, and parents' influence on children's behavior. Administers intelligence and performance tests to establish and measure patterns of intellectual and psychological growth, development, and decline in children and adults. Observes and records behavior of infants to establish patterns of social, motor, and sensory development. Analyzes growth of social values and attitudes, using information obtained from observation, questionnaires, and interviews. Formulates theories based on research findings for application in such fields as juvenile delinquency, education and guidance of children, parent education, and welfare of aged. Experiments with animals psychologist, experimental, to make comparative studies across species lines to contribute to understanding of human behavior. May specialize in study and treatment of children and be designated child psychologist.
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Instructs parents of mentally- and physically-disabled children in therapy techniques and behavior modification. Evaluates child's responses to determine levels of child's physical development and mental development. Requires a four-year college degree in a related field.: Observes and plays with child and confers with child's parents and other professionals periodically to obtain information relating to child's mental and physical development. Determines parent's ability to comprehend and apply therapeutic and behavior modification techniques and parent's social and emotional needs to formulate teaching plan. Develops individual teaching plan covering self-help, motor, social, cognitive, and language skills development for parents to implement in home. Instructs parents individually or in groups in behavior modification, physical development, language development, and conceptual learning exercises and activities. Revises teaching plan to correspond with child's rate of development. Counsels parents and organizes groups of parents in similar situations to provide social and emotional support for parents. Refers parents and child to social service agencies and facilities for additional services and financial assistance. Consults and coordinates plans with other professionals. Teaches preschool subjects, such as limited vocabulary sign language and color recognition, to children capable of learning such subjects.
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Aids parents with child rearing problems and children and youth with difficulties in social adjustments: investigates home conditions to protect children from harmful environment. Evaluates children's physical and psychological makeup to determine needs. Refers child and parent or guardian to community resources according to needs of child. Evaluates foster home environmental factors and personal characteristics of adoption applicants to determine suitability of foster home and adoption applicants. Places and is responsible for children and their well-being in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, and medical treatment centers. Counsels children and parents, guardians, foster parents, or institution staff, concerning adjustment to foster home situation, plans for child's care, interactional behavior modifications needed, or rehabilitation. Places children in adoptive homes and counsels adoptive parents pending legal adoption. Provides service to unmarried parents, including care during pregnancy and planning for child. Arranges for day care or homemaker service. Employed in establishments such as child placement (foster care or adoption), protective service, or institution. Maintains case history records and reports. Usually required to have knowledge and skill in casework methods acquired through degree program at school of social work. May specialize in specific area of child-directed casework and be designated according to work performed as caseworker, child placement; caseworker, protective services. May interview clients for purpose of scr.
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Aids parents with child rearing problems and children and youth with difficulties in social adjustments: investigates home conditions to protect children from harmful environment. Evaluates children's physical and psychological makeup to determine needs. Refers child and parent or guardian to community resources according to needs of child. Evaluates foster home environmental factors and personal characteristics of adoption applicants to determine suitability of foster home and adoption applicants. Places and is responsible for children and their well-being in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, and medical treatment centers. Counsels children and parents, guardians, foster parents, or institution staff, concerning adjustment to foster home situation, plans for child's care, interactional behavior modifications needed, or rehabilitation. Places children in adoptive homes and counsels adoptive parents pending legal adoption. Provides service to unmarried parents, including care during pregnancy and planning for child. Arranges for day care or homemaker service. Employed in establishments such as child placement (foster care or adoption), protective service, or institution. Maintains case history records and reports. Usually required to have knowledge and skill in casework methods acquired through degree program at school of social work. May specialize in specific area of child-directed casework and be designated according to work performed as caseworker, child placement; caseworker, protective services. May interview clients for purpose of scr.
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Investigates and analyzes child welfare cases and initiates administrative action to facilitate enforcement of child support laws: reviews application for child support received from client and examines case file to determine that divorce decree and court ordered judgment for payment are in order. Interviews client to obtain information, such as relocation of absent parent, amount of child support previously awarded, and names of persons who can act as witnesses to support client's claim for support. Locates absent parent and interviews parent to gather data, such as support award, and discusses case with parent to resolve issues in lieu of filing court proceedings. Contacts friends and relatives of child's parents to verify gathered information about case. Computes amount of child support payments. Prepares file indicating data, such as wage records of accused, witnesses, and blood test results. Confers with prosecuting attorney to prepare court case. Determines type of court jurisdiction, according to facts and circumstances surrounding case, and files court action. Confers with court clerk to obtain arrest warrant and to schedule court date for hearing or trial. Monitors child support payments awarded by court to ensure compliance and enforcement of child support laws. Prepares report of legal acttion taken when delinquency in payments occurs.
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