Main Responsibilities
• Maintains required reports and records for every infant in the class
• Ensures that resources are utilized effectively and works towards minimizing wastage
• Play a key role in enhancing the appeal of the infant care class with age appropriate displays, learning resources and fun and enriching activities
• Is well versed with the school policies and ensures that the school policies are adhered to at all times
• Provides onsite assessment of a sick or injured childs needs of the centre.
• Provide first aid treatment in case of injuries to any child in the centre
• Ensures that regular and relevant communication is sent out to parents
• Ensures that the lesson plan is efficiently implemented to keep infants constructively occupied throughout the day
• Taking care of the basic needs of the infants; like feeding food, cleaning of infants before and after meal, supervise diaper change, etc.
• Ensures that observations and assessments of infants are carried out regularly
• Ensures the safety, health, hygiene and security of the infants along with the other children, teaching and non-teaching staff of the centre.
• Monitors the centre for health issues and cleanliness.
• Interacting with parents to discuss child’s development and other requirements on need basis Individual Responsibilities
• Is able to remain calm in any situation, yet solve problems quickly in an emergency.
• Demonstrates professional behaviour while interacting with team members as well as parents
• Acting as a guide to colleagues in times of doubt and helping them take appropriate decisions and actions
• Like any nurse, a day care centre’s nurse must have patience and compassion to work with infants and young children
• To be involved in other activities, e.g. training, staff meetings, events and celebrations
• Serve as a role model to children and staff in terms of punctuality, respect, responsibility
• Recording ouch/accidents in the ouch report. Ensure the Centre Director has initialled the report before the parent receives it Additional Skills
• Knowledge of early child development milestones and child related concepts and practices
• Basic Computer skills including MS Office suite of MS Word, MS Excel to keep student records
• Good Communication & presentation skills, both oral and written, esp. report writing
• Being good in Creative work and Story-telling skill