Major Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the CYP Assistant Training Specialist can be grouped into categories, including training, classroom and program support, compliance, and additional responsibilities.  Each is described below. 

Training

Assists in the development of a CYP training plan and assists with identifying and addressing training need. Assist with orientation training for new CYP employees and CDH providers. Assists in execution of Standardized Module Training and completion of orientation, initial, and ongoing annual training. Assist in maintaining training records and individual training plans and preparing training status reports. Assists in ensuring completion and documentation of required monthly training.  Works with CYP Program Assistants to ensure modules are completed.  Encourages and supports of continuing higher education of employees and providers.  Provides information about the Child Development Associate (CDA), the Military School-Age Credential (MSA), and higher level opportunities.  Mentors employees in this effort.

Classroom/Program Support

Assists in supporting and implementing the required Navy curriculum to be used by CYP (i.e., supports implementation and execution of the Navy standardized curriculum within the Child Development Center (CDC), including assisting CY Program Assistants and Leaders by documenting observations and assessments, evaluating classroom environments, reviewing weekly activity plans, and providing additional training when needed).  Assists in ensuring the quality and consistency of developmental programming to include environment, equipment, materials, program structure, curriculum, risk management practices, and oversight and coordination of activity schedules and lesson plans. Assists in coordinating programming that supports the children and youth's physical, social/emotional, cognitive and language development regardless of setting or length of time in care. Completes monthly classroom observations and assists in providing feedback.  Role models appropriate behaviors and techniques working with children and youth.  Assist in selecting developmentally appropriate toys, materials, and equipment. Helps to maintain a resource file library to aid in preparing lesson plans and activity schedules and to assist with training objectives. Assists with the development and implementation of parent education and parent participation programs.

Compliance

Assists with the provision of training to employees to ensure classroom compliance with fire, safety, and sanitation rules and regulations.

Additional Responsibilities

In the absence of the CYP Training Specialist, incumbent may assume Training Specialist responsibilities and perform duties and requirements of the position under the guidance of the CYP Director with Oversight. Incumbent is mandatory reporter to Family Advocacy and Child Protective Services as prescribed by local policy in the case of suspected incidences of child abuse and neglect. Performs other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

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KEY REQUIREMENTS/CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

You must be a US Citizen.

Males must be registered or exempt from Selective Service. http://www.sss.gov

Selectee must be determined suitable for federal employment.

Selectee may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.

Selectee is required to participate in the direct deposit pay program.

A favorable background is a requirement of this position. Failure to obtain and maintain a favorable background may result in the withdrawal of the position offer or removal. 

Qualifications

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

Incumbents must have one of the following: A Child Development Associate (CDA) credential, Military School-Age (MSA) credential or equivalent AND 3 years of experience where the incumbent displays knowledge of a competency in developmentally appropriate programming.

OR

2-year degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE), Child Development or related field of study, which can include Youth Recreation, Physical Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Youth Development, Psychology, Social Work, Home Economics with an emphasis in Human Development or other degrees as appropriate AND 2 years of full-time experience working with children or youth.

OR

4 year degree in the above fields of study AND a minimum of 1 year of experience working with children or youth.

Note: a minimum of 2 year degree is preferred.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

As part of the application process, you must complete and submit an occupational questionnaire.

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating and/or appointment eligibility.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

All resumes will be reviewed to determine if they meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement, and will be rated based on the information provided in the resume to determine the level of knowledge, skill, and ability, related to the job requirements. Using the qualifications of the position, a predetermined rating criterion of knowledge, skills, and abilities will be used for each resume. Best qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews.