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Childcare Worker

Childcare Worker

  • Ideal for nurturing young minds and fostering early development.
  • Shape the future by creating a safe and engaging environment for children.
  • Build strong connections with families through daily interactions and support.
💰 Earn $35K-$44K
📚 High School Diploma or GED

Overview

Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

Scoop

Minimum Education

High School Diploma or GED

Career Prospects

Shaky (Decreasing by 1-5%)

Training Time

6 months to 1 year

Job Openings

162,500 in Total

Earnings

$37,270 Med. in CA

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Day-to-Day

  • Maintain a safe play environment.
  • Observe and monitor children's play activities.
  • Communicate with children's parents or guardians about daily activities, behaviors, and related issues.
  • Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
  • Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped.

Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

  • Relating with or serving others
  • Being creative or artistic

You are skilled in 💫

  • Active Listening
  • Speaking
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Persuasion
  • Negotiation

You value 🙏

  • Having support
  • Support
  • Independence
  • Having freedom
  • Relationships
  • Personal relationships

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