Santa Fe Recovery Center, Inc·Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Childcare Specialist ensures the safety and well-being of children under supervision by preparing and leading age-appropriate activities, assisting with meals, and maintaining compliance with organizational policies. Responsibilities also include direct care tasks such as setting routines, grooming, feeding, and facilitating positive attachment through parenting classes.
The Childcare Specialist, under the supervision of the Children’s Coordinator, is responsible for ensuring the safety and well-being of children whose mothers are participating in SFRC’s residential or are receiving services through the LAUNCH outpatient program. This role includes supervising children, preparing and leading age-appropriate activities, and assisting with meals and snacks. The Childcare Specialist ensures all tasks are performed in compliance with SFRC policies to create a nurturing and supportive environment for children.
Provides care for children: including setting schedules and routines, grooming, feeding, changing diapers, and cleaning rooms and toys. Develops and encourages age-appropriate learning and socialization to ensure children learn basic skills and concepts, such as communication, manners, sharing, etc. Maintains a safe workplace by monitoring children for health, behavioral, and emotional issues and reporting concerns to staff and parents. Helps children discover new interests by introducing them to art, music, sports, and other potential hobbies. Ensures children are learning positive behaviors and providing guidance or approved discipline, as needed. Prepares children to enter the next level of care or for entry into school. Facilitate Circle of security parenting classes and encourage the caregiver to reflect on the children's attachment needs to secure attachment with the child. Maintains records relating to childcare. Completes daily documentation of each child in InSync. Adds children's demographics to Unite Us platform. Works with mothers to help children progress towards educational and behavioral goals. Assists with admissions and discharges of mothers and children including setting up bedrooms to meet child’s needs, tracking inventory of supplies given to mother, giving a tour of the childcare facility, and reviewing childcare guidelines and policies. Works with clinical, medical, and direct supervisors to make referrals to the appropriate outside organizations when needed. Monitors inventory of supplies needed for childcare. If items are needed, a purchase requisition needs to be written and approved by the approved staff. Data collection and other grant related tasks assigned by the direct supervisor. When childcare duties are not required.
Market context
In New Mexico, Child Care Specialist openings are often driven by ongoing demand for dependable early childhood support in centers, preschools, and family care settings. These roles can be competitive because employers look for a high school diploma or GED, the New Mexico Early Care, Education, and Family Support 45-hour Entry Level Course, at least one year of direct experience, and strong communication skills. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, and confirm your course completion and experience details before applying.