Medical Childcare Lead Teacher (Full-Time)

p style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Join Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span as a span style="font-weight: bold;"Medical Childcare /spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"Lead/span and contribute to the great life of children and young adults by supporting their health, growth, and skill development.span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);color: rgb(51,51,51);" /spanYou will be the lead caregiver for an assigned group of children with medical needs and developmental delays, working towards goals on their individualized care plans.  /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"span style="font-weight: bold;"About Child/spanspan style="font-style: italic;font-weight: bold;"Serve/spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"’s Medical Childcare Program: /span/span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span’s Medical Childcare program provides specialized weekday care for children and teens with significant medical needs and developmental delays, offering a uniquely integrated model of nursing, education, and therapy. Our program is staffed by specially trained caregivers who work alongside nurses, physical, occupational and speech therapists to deliver individualized treatment plans built into the day—allowing families to spend time together after work and school, rather than managing multiple appointments. Child-centered and goal-driven, our program helps children build self-confidence, social competence and life skills in a safe, inspiring environment./span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"span style="font-weight: bold;"Schedul/spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"e and Location/span/span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: bold;" /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Location:/span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"644 24th St/spanbr /span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Des Moines, IA/span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-style: italic;"6 minutes from Drake University Campus, 7 minutes from Mercy College Campus/span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Full-Time, 7:30 AM to 4 PM/span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: bold;" /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"span style="font-weight: bold;"How You’ll Make an Impact/spanspan style="font-weight: bold;" /span/span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pul style="margin: 0.0pt;padding-left: 0.0pt;"li style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Plan and lead individual and group activities that promote children’s social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development./span/lili style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Adapt lesson plans and instructional methods to meet each child’s unique needs, interests, and therapeutic goals./span/li/ulp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pul style="margin: 0.0pt;padding-left: 0.0pt;"li style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Follow all aspects of each child’s Individual Care Plan and support skill development to promote independence./span/lili style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Maintain a safe, engaging, and organized program area while collaborating regularly with the care team./span/lili style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Communicate effectively with families and team members, sharing relevant updates and documentation in a timely manner./span/li/ulp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-size: 11.0pt;line-height: 108.0%;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 8.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"span style="font-weight: bold;"What You’ll Need/spanspan style="font-weight: bold;":/span/span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: bold;" /span/pul style="margin: 0.0pt;padding-left: 0.0pt;"li style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 5.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Minimum two years of experience working with children; experience supporting children with medical complexities or diagnoses preferred./span/lili style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Must complete and pass the National DCI fingerprint process, child/adult abuse and criminal background checks, and the child abuse affidavit prior to hire and every two years thereafter./span/lili style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Must pass a Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span physical exam at hire and as required, and complete a two-step TB test and annual flu shot./span/lili style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Able to lift up to 50 lbs, move freely throughout clinic areas, and frequently bend, lift, reach, and stand./span/lili style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 5.0pt 27.2pt;padding-left: 8.8pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Maintain composure in a fast-paced environment with varying behaviors and demands; communicate effectively in reading, writing, and speaking English./span/li/ulp style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);margin: 5.0pt 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"Not sure if/spanspan style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);" y/spanspan style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"ou hit 100% of the position expectations? Let's talk! Reach out to our Talent Acquisition team by emailing/spanspan style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);" /spana style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" href="mailto:careers@childserve.org"span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration: underline;"careers@childserve.org/span/aspan style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"./spanspan style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255);" /span/span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"span style="font-weight: bold;"Compensation and /spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"Benefits/span/spanbr /br /span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"The starting pay for this position is $17.10/hr/span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: bold;" /span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-style: italic;font-weight: normal;"Full-time staff at Des Moines Medical Childcare who work their scheduled shifts and meet eligibility requirements will receive a $300 bonus per quarter./span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: bold;" /span/pul style="margin: 0.0pt;padding-left: 0.0pt;"li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Medical, dental, and vision insurance/span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options/span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Employee Assistance Program (EAP)/span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"403(b) retirement plan with company match/span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Life and disability insurance/span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Paid Time Off (PTO)/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 36.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"span style="font-weight: bold;"Make a Difference Every Day at Child/spanspan style="font-style: italic;font-weight: bold;"Serve/span/span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: bold;" /span/pul style="margin: 0.0pt;padding-left: 0.0pt;"li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span partners with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a span style="font-style: italic;"great/span life. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span is a leading pediatric healthcare provider with Iowa’s only children's specialty hospital, offering a variety of services and programs to meet each child’s unique needs./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span’s four key specialty areas include: complex medical care, pediatric rehabilitation, autism and behavioral health, and community-based services. With a coordinated approach to care delivery, services are interwoven and streamlined, so families can address their child’s needs in one location./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;margin: 0.0pt 0.0pt 0.0pt 26.5pt;padding-left: 9.5pt;text-indent: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Established in 1928, Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span proudly provides more than 30 pediatric specialty services to nearly 6,000 children in Iowa each year./span/li/ulp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;" /span/pp style="margin: 0.0pt;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;"Childspan style="font-style: italic;"Serve/span is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email a style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" href="mailto:careers@c