Child Development, Childcare, Customer Satisfaction, Early Childhood Education, First Aid, Food Services, Parental Controls, State Laws and Regulations, Team Lead/Manager
CHILDCARE WORKER SUBSTITUTE
Salary
$13.33 Hourly
Location
Dr. Percy & Lileah Harris Building, IA
Job Type
Seasonal
Job Number
2026-00036
Department
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Division
LCCS/CHILD YOUTH DEV DAY CARE - 0124C
Opening Date
04/09/2026
FLSA
Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit
PP
Description
Linn County is committed to creating a Customer-Center Culture placing our internal & external customers at the center of everything we do! Why do we do this? We get that question a lot. The answer is simple: We want our customers to have a positive experience. Our co-workers are customers too. Exceptional internal customer satisfaction leads to exceptional customer satisfaction for the public!
About Child Care Worker:
This is a substitute position. Attends to the needs of children ages 2-5 and oversees their play in classrooms at Linn County Child Development Center. Provides careful supervision to children on the playground to assure their safety. Child Care Workers are not assigned to any single classroom on an on-going basis but routinely move between classrooms as needed to maintain adult-child ratios.
Hourly Wage: $13.33
Essential Functions
- Performs a variety of tasks to help regularly-assigned classroom staff maintain daily routines, including, but not limited to:
- Helping with children's meal service (either in classroom or kitchen area).
- Assisting children with toileting which may involve general group supervision of bathroom or the changing of an individual child's diaper.
- Overseeing children at naptime or supervising non-napping children in a separate area.
- Picking up/cleaning up after a classroom activity concludes.
- Assisting regularly-assigned classroom staff regularly-assigned classroom staff in situations of high child aggression or injury (while still responding to immediate needs and assuring child safety).
- Assisting regularly-assigned classroom staff regularly-assigned classroom staff in handling program-related questions from parents (with Early Childhood Teachers taking a lead role in this area).
- Attends in-service training as directed.
Minimum Qualifications & Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of six (6) months experience in a licensed child care program. Some paid experience in a child care food service or other commercial food service is desirable, but not required.
- Must meet requirements of licensing regulations including good health evidenced by a pre-employment physical and every three (3) years thereafter; free of conviction by any law of any state of mistreatment of a child or violence against a person; and no record of substantiated child abuse, sexual, physical or neglect.
- Must meet basic state requirements to be included in the program's adult-child ratio, including First Aid and Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Certifications.
Shift
Shifts vary based on department need
Linn County offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday and sick leave as well as medical, dental, life, long-term disability (LTD) insurance and wellness incentives.
For a more detailed overview of our benefit package, click HERE
Employer Linn County
Address Jean Oxley Public Service Center
935 Second Street S.W.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52404-2100
Phone 319-892-5120
Website http://www.linncountyiowa.gov