Assistant Teacher
US-CA-LOS ANGELES
commonspirit_careers
Req #: 404683
Type: Day
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Overview: Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Serving over 70,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, women's health, and a family birth center. In 2025, we opened our new patient tower, Grand Tower, featuring a dramatically expanded Emergency Department and Family Birth Center that will increase patient comfort and privacy. Additionally, California Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and recently was awarded the AMA/ASA's Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital's commitment to providing the best stroke care. California Hospital Medical Center shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community. One Community. One Mission. One California Responsibilities: The Assistant Teacher provides support to the teacher in carrying out classroom activities facilitating developmental appropriate play activities and maintaining a nurturing classroom learning environment. All employees are expected to perform their duties in alignment with the vision and values of the organization. The person doing this job is responsible for a variety of tasks that lead to a high level of customer satisfaction in the most cost-effective manner. Qualifications: * A minimum of 1 year experience providing early childhood services for children from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. * A minimum of 12 Child Development units and enrollment in college coursework leading to an AA degree * Ability to function as an integral member of an interdisciplinary team. Interpersonal skills to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with individuals from a variety of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds and at various organizational levels. * Ability to make independent decisions and to take initiative in setting up the classroom environment in attending to a child who is injured who is in a conflict situation or who is endangering himself. * Ability to effectively oversee an assigned group of children in a variety of activities. * Experience in providing child development services to low-income families and families from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. * Knowledge of normal infant toddler and pre-school development and early childhood education/child care practices. * Knowledge of child abuse reporting laws and procedures. * Skill in organizing and maintaining accurate records and documentation. * Bilingual English/Spanish speaking skills. * CPR and First Aid
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