How do they match: Childcare Workers

  • Child Care Development Specialist

  • Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

  • Care for children in institutional setting, such as group homes, nursery schools, private businesses, or schools for the handicapped.
  • Create developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
  • Identify signs of emotional or developmental problems in children and bring them to parents' or guardians' attention.
  • Operate in-house day-care centers within businesses.
  • Support children's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.

  • Develop daily schedules for children or families.
  • Develop educational or training programs.
  • Discuss child development and behavior with parents or guardians.