Child Care Aide

Antioch, CA

📍 Location: On-Site – Antioch, CA
📅 Schedule: Part-Time | Non-Exempt
💼 Department: Family and Community Services – First 5 Center
📈 Reports to: Program Supervisor/Center Director
💰 Pay Range: $ 20.00 - $21.50

✨ Make a Meaningful Impact

Aspiranet, a leading California-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking a compassionate Child Care Aide to join our Family and Community division at the First 5 Center. In this role, you’ll provide quality care and supervision for children while their parents or caregivers participate in classes and workshops. By creating a safe and engaging environment, you’ll help ensure that families have the support they need to thrive.

❤️ About Aspiranet
Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with a proud legacy of supporting California communities since 1975. We are committed to ensuring that every child is loved, every family is supported, and every individual has the tools to succeed. Our six divisions span foster care and adoption, transitional aged youth, residential, intensive home-based services, behavioral health, and family and community. Every role at Aspiranet contributes to something greater—helping to create a future where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

📝 Position Summary

The Child Care Aide is responsible for the care and supervision of children at the First 5 Center while parents and caregivers attend classes or workshops. This role includes engaging children in age-appropriate activities, preparing snacks, greeting families, and maintaining a clean and welcoming childcare space.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

Child Supervision & Engagement

• Provide attentive care and supervision to children during Center activities.
• Plan, implement, and engage children in age-appropriate activities.

Health & Safety

• Prepare and provide snacks when indicated.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming childcare space before and after sessions.

Family Engagement & Events

• Greet parents/caregivers at pick-up and drop-off times.
• Assist in planning and implementing Center events as needed.

✅ Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; additional child development/early childhood education coursework preferred.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience working with children or youth in a similar setting.
• Bilingual Spanish preferred (proficiency in English and Spanish).
• Must meet all state-required conditions of employment as set by Community Care Licensing for a Licensed Community Care facility (fingerprint and child abuse index clearance, TB/health physical, valid driver’s license, clean driving record, proof of auto insurance).

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

• On-site work at the Center and community location in Antioch, CA.
• 20 Hour Part-Time role

❤️ Why Aspiranet?

• Access to the free Aspiranet Employee Perks Program. Enjoy exclusive discounts on entertainment, travel, wellness, pet care, gym memberships, theme parks, and more
• Access to our employee assistance program including 24/7 crisis line; up to 6 counseling sessions per issue.
• Training opportunities are available to support your ongoing development and career aspirations.
• Collaborate in a supportive, inclusive, and mission-aligned culture.
• Opportunity to lead meaningful initiatives that support employee wellbeing.

🏋️‍ Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

This position typically operates in a standard office environment. The noise level is generally quiet and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels at all times.

⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunity

Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. We believe a diverse workforce within a culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) increases creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork for the youth and families that we serve and the organization as a whole.  Aspiranet strives to provide our employees with a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.

📝 How to Apply

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👉 Ready to Apply?

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Apply today through our career portal:

👉Click here to apply: www.aspiranet.org/careers

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