ASSISTANT DAY CARE TEACHER – Botswana Retired Nurses Society

Main purpose of the job: Assist in the implementation of the Children Stimulation Program Activities.
Reports to: Day Care Teacher and indirectly to Social Worker

Your roles and responsibilities include to:
1. Assist and support Day Care Teacher in providing stimulation activities for children, thus; teaching children how to sing rhymes, paint, draw, write and general morals.
2. Assist in helping children carry out their tasks in the absence of the teacher or assigned.
3. Assist in the preparation of well nourishing and meals under good hygienic standards strictly following the menu list in the absence of a cook.
4. Assist the cook to carry children’s food from the kitchen to where they eat.
5. Supervises children during eating, rest time, play time and routine toilet use.
6. Maintains the general cleanliness of the environment including classroom, children themselves and the surroundings.
7. Assist the teacher to develop the teaching aids and ensure that the teaching aids are properly packed.
8. Trains children to safely pack teaching aids after use.
9. Undertake routine physical check-up annually.
10. Participate in all activities geared towards equipping Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) lively hoods.
11. Assist in organising meetings by delivering letters to parents and attends the said meetings.
12. Report any abnormal conditions observed in children to supervisor.
13. Participates in workshops, excursions and retreats arranged to benefit OVC programme.
14. Assist in cleaning the classrooms, storeroom, sick bay and the toilets in the absence of the cleaner, the help of the other cleaner in the Centre.
15. Assist in cleaning playgrounds.
16. Assist to prepare the Day Care reports when required.
17. Undertake any other duties at the exigency of the Organization.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Interested candidates should have completed BGCSE and above.
• Any related Certificate in Early Childhood Education will be an added advantage.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Interested candidates must possess the following the following skills and competences:
• Attentiveness to detail
• Team player
• Multitasking
• Be organised
• Cleanliness
• Loving and patient when working with children
• Good drawing skills