Child care coordinators organise child care services, activities and events after the school hours and during school hoildays. They assist in the development of children by implementing care programmes. Child care coordinators also entertain children and maintain a safe environment for the children.
ISCO skill level is defined as a function of the complexity and range of tasks and duties to be performed in an occupation. It is measured on a scale from 1 to 4, with 1 the lowest level and 4 the highest, by considering:
the nature of the work performed in an occupation in relation to the characteristic tasks and duties
the level of formal education required for competent performance of the tasks and duties involved and
the amount of informal on-the-job training and/or previous experience in a related occupation required for competent performance of these tasks and duties.
Child care coordinator is a Skill level 4 occupation.
These occupations require some skills and knowledge of child care coordinator. They also require other skills and knowledge, but at a higher ISCO skill level, meaning these occupations are accessible from a position of child care coordinator with a significant experience and/or extensive training.
This knowledge should be acquired through learning to fulfill the role of child care coordinator.
Children’s physical development: Recognise and describe the development, observing the following criteria: weight, length, and head size, nutritional requirements, renal function, hormonal influences on development, response to stress, and infection. Child protection: Framework of legislation and practice meant to prevent and protect children from abuse and harm
These skills are necessary for the role of child care coordinator.
Manage children’s problems: Promote the prevention, early detection, and management of children`s problems, focusing on developmental delays and disorders, behavioural problems, functional disabilities, social stresses, mental disorders including depression, and anxiety disorders. Coordinate events: Lead events by managing budget, logistics, event support, security, emergency plans and follow up. Entertain people: Provide people with amusement by doing or offering a performance, like a show, a play or an artistic performance. Implement care programmes for children: Perform activities with children according to their physical, emotional, intellectual and social needs by using appropriate tools and equipment that facilitate interaction and learning activities. Provide after school care: Lead, supervise or help with the assistance of indoor and outdoor recreational or educational activities after school or during school holidays. Apply person-centred care: Treat individuals as partners in planning, developing and assessing care, to make sure it is appropriate for their needs. Put them and their caregivers at the heart of all decisions. Assist in children’s development of basic personal skills: Encourage and facilitate the development of children’s natural curiosity and social and language abilities through creative and social activities such as storytelling, imaginative play, songs, drawing, and games. Coordinate educational programmes: Plan and coordinate educational and public outreach programs such as workshops, tours, lectures and classes. Promote the safeguarding of young people: Understand safeguarding and what should be done in cases of actual or potential harm or abuse. Contribute to the safeguarding of children: Understand, apply and follow safeguarding principles, engage professionally with children and work within the boundaries of personal responsibilities. Monitor event activities: Monitor event activities to ensure that regulations and laws are followed, look after satisfaction of participants, and resolve any problems arise. Support children’s wellbeing: Provide an environment that supports and values children and helps them to manage their own feelings and relationships with others. Perform playground surveillance: Observe students’ recreational activities to ensure student safety and well-being and intervene when necessary. Promote inclusion: Promote inclusion in health care and social services and respect diversity of beliefs, culture, values and preferences, keeping in mind the importance of equality and diversity issues. Apply organisational techniques: Employ a set of organisational techniques and procedures which facilitate the achievement of the goals set. Use these resources efficiently and sustainably, and show flexibility when required. Supervise children: Keep the children under supervision for a certain period of time, ensuring their safety at all times.
This knowledge is sometimes, but not always, required for the role of child care coordinator. However, mastering this knowledge allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Counselling methods: Counselling techniques used in different settings and with various groups and individuals, especially concerning methods of supervision and mediation in the counselling process. Outdoor activities: Sportive activities performed outdoors, often in nature, such as hiking, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, canoeing, rafting, and rope course climbing. Primary school procedures: The inner workings of a primary school, such as the structure of the relevant education support and management, the policies, and the regulations. Recreation activities: The field and characteristics of recreational activities for customers. Teamwork principles: The cooperation between people characterised by a unified commitment to achieving a given goal, participating equally, maintaining open communication, facilitating effective usage of ideas etc. Sporting events: Possess an understanding of different sporting events and conditions that can affect a result. Kindergarten school procedures: The inner workings of a kindergarten, such as the structure of the relevant education support and management, policies, and regulations. First aid: The emergency treatment given to a sick or injured person in the case of circulatory and/or respiratory failure, unconsciousness, wounds, bleeding, shock or poisoning.
These skills and competences are sometimes, but not always, required for the role of child care coordinator. However, mastering these skills and competences allows you to have more opportunities for career development.
Assist in the organisation of school events: Provide assistance in the planning and organisation of school events, such as the school’s open house day, a sports game or a talent show. Instruct in outdoor activities: Instruct students in the theory and practice of one or several outdoor sport activities, usually for recreational purposes, such as hiking, climbing, skiing, snowboarding, canoeing, rafting, or rope course climbing. Animate in the outdoors: Independently animate groups in the outdoors, adapting your practice to keep the group animated and motivated. Promote health and safety: Promote the importance of a safe working environment. Coach and support staff to participate actively in the continuous development of a safe working environment. Play with children: Engage in activities for enjoyment, tailored to children of a certain age. Be creative and improvise to amuse children with activities such as tinkering, sports or board games. Maintain relations with children’s parents: Inform children`s parents of the activities planned, program`s expectations and children`s individual progress.
