child care worker
Child care workers provide care for children when the parents or family members are unavailable. They look after the children's basic needs and help or supervise them during play. Child care workers can work for preschools, daycare centres, childcare agencies or individual families.
Also called: day care assistant, early childhood worker, early childhood assistant, nursery school assistant, day care worker, nursery school worker, preschool worker, child care assistant
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- essential skills
- 20
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- au pair8 skills in common
- nanny8 skills in common
- babysitter6 skills in common
- child day care worker4 skills in common
- early years special educational needs teacher4 skills in common
- activity leader3 skills in common
- child care coordinator3 skills in common
- social pedagogue3 skills in common
Optional skills
20- assess the development of youth
- assist children with homework
- baby care
- babysitting
- carry out wound care
- clean rooms
- common children's diseases
- disability care
- handle children's problems
- pedagogy
- plan youth activities
- prepare ready-made dishes
- prepare sandwiches
- provide first aid
- relate empathetically
- support children's wellbeing
- support the positiveness of youths
- support traumatised children
- tolerate stress
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
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