INTERNSHIP - Early Childhood Development Intern

Description

Paid Internship from May 26th to August 14th. 25 hours per week, flexible (but within programming hours)

About us:

As a Christ centered organization, we are dedicated to reaching hearts and changing lives by caring for and empowering individuals experiencing homelessness in Cleveland. All employees at The City Mission (TCM) are ministers of the Gospel and are vital for the fulfillment of our mission: providing help and hope to all people through the transforming power of God's love. Therefore, it is essential that all employees of TCM have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and agree with and abide by our Statement of Faith and Lifestyle Principles.

These core values represent our staff, and we will hire, reward, recognize, review, coach, and correct based on these core values:

• We are called to serve Christ and others

• We believe God transforms lives

• We commit to steward well

• We succeed by working together

• We care for every person knowing all are made in the image of God

Position Summary:

Assists in providing high-quality early childhood education and care through a strong Christian worldview, while maintaining a safe, supportive, stimulating, and educational environment to children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists in implementing gospel-centered lessons, bible-based character development, field trips, and developmentally appropriate activities that promote children's social, developmental, spiritual, and educational growth.

• Responsible for children's health, safety, and physical needs.

• Communicates with moms concerning children's development and behavior.

• Regularly assesses the needs of the room to ensure supplies and equipment are clean and up to date.

• Assist in performing and tracking monthly assessments that measure developmental milestones of children.

• Provides support in maintaining integrity of operating practices, recordkeeping, report writing, attendance systems and data control for the childcare area.

• Provides material resources for mothers with children including expectant mothers.

• Provides one-on-one attention with children as instructed.

• Provides support for Family Ministries team and TCM special events as needed.

Skills/Abilities (required unless noted):

• Willingness to learn, ask questions, and take initiative.

• Excellent communication skills with children, parents, staff, volunteers, and interns.

• Ability to be patient and understanding when working with children and interacting with parents.

• Experience working with children is preferred.

• Ability to cope with a stressful environment.

Demonstrates flexibility in planning, scheduling, and implementation of educational and social experiences.

Requirements

Competencies:

All Staff

Unique for this Job

Software Skills

Situational Adaptability

Action Oriented

MS Outlook - Email & Calendar (Basic)

Compassion

Approachability

Microsoft Teams (Basic)

Composure

Emotional Intelligence

Microsoft Word (Basic)

People Focus

Patience

General Computer Software (ex. Kronos, Relias, etc.) (Basic)

Communicates Effectively

Problem Solving

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.

• Pursuing Bachelor's Degree in a related field is required.

Essential Physical and Mental Functions:

• Stand or walk constantly (for up to an entire shift) on various surfaces (tile, concrete, carpet).

• Climb stairs.

• Constantly bend/twist at waist/knees/neck to perform various duties.

• Lift, carry, or move 50 pounds.

• Constant use of both hands, fingers, and arms in reaching/handling/grasping.

• Lift both arms over the head, holding items overhead.

• Operates a computer as needed

• Constant use of eyes (correctable vision to normal level required) to observe, read, interact with public and co-workers, view security monitors; includes hand/eye coordination.

• Constant use of hearing (correctable hearing to normal level required) for day-to-day job functions

• Read, understand, and clearly speak English; constantly use speech and hearing (correctable to normal level required) in communicating with public/co-workers, giving and receiving instructions, using phones.

• Constant mental…