Child Care Provider

Join a team that’s making a lasting impact for women in recovery. We’re looking for a compassionate and dependable Child Care Provider to create a safe, nurturing, and welcoming environment for infants living in a residential program supporting women on their recovery journey from Substance Use Disorder. In this role, you’ll provide attentive care, encourage positive child development, and serve as a supportive role model for mothers as they build parenting skills and confidence. **Company:** Central City Concern is an innovative nonprofit agency providing comprehensive services to single adults and families in the Portland metro area who are impacted by homelessness, poverty and addictions. We hire people that are skilled and passionate to meet our mission to end homelessness through outcome-based strategies which support personal and community transformation. **Program:** Letty Owings Center (LOC) has helped young mothers to become sober, healthy and hopeful about the future. Recovery is more complex during pregnancy and while raising young children, we offer a safe, inclusive environment for women to live with their children while in treatment for substance use disorders. Our residents often are able to stay with their children, who might otherwise be placed in foster care. The Child Care Provider is responsible for creating a safe, supportive, and nurturing environment for infants within a residential recovery program for women experiencing Substance Use Disorder. This role includes providing attentive child care, ensuring the safety and well-being of infants, supporting age-appropriate routines and behavior guidance, and maintaining a clean and organized child care space. The Child Care Provider also serves as a positive role model for clients by demonstrating healthy parenting practices and offering hands-on guidance when needed. Additional responsibilities include monitoring children’s individual needs such as allergies, feeding schedules, and special care instructions, supporting nursing mothers during breastfeeding, and participating in staff meetings and trainings. **Location: NE Portland** **Schedule:** Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm (Saturday & Sunday Off) **Compensation:** $23.85/hr - $31.66/hr. *Final comp will be determined based on relevant experience, education, credentials/licensure, and internal equity. External candidates: Offer max $27.68/hr per our Union contract.* **AFSCME Union:** This role is a Union Represented position through; American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). You can find more information about your representation here www.afscme.org ***This position could be subject to Recall Rights**: This applies to employees who werepreviously laid off from a CCC union-represented position. The previous employee may haverecall rights to be considered for rehire before internal or external candidates areconsidered.* **Seniority Bid Window:** **Opens:** 7/6/26 **Closes:** 7/14/26 **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:** - **Must have high school diploma or completion of G.E.D.** - **Experience with low and no-income women and women with children who are recovering from alcohol and drug use.** - **Experience and knowledge in working with children from dysfunctional family systems.** - Ability to adhere to Central City Concern’s drug-free workplace which encourages a safe, healthy and productive work environment and strictly complies with the Drug-Free Work Place Act of 1988. An employee shall not, in the workplace, unlawfully manufacture, distribute, dispense, possess or use a controlled substance or alcohol. - Have, or able to obtain, Adult and Child/Infant CPR Certification AND Adult and Pediatric First Aid Certification prior to start date. - **Prior to employment, must be approved by the State of Oregon Employment Department Child Care Division. Must complete consent for criminal records identification check pursuant to ORS 181.537. This program receives funds from the Federal Child…