If you know of anyone looking for a job please pass on this information.
The receptionist is the initial contact for all visitors to Child Care Answers. The individual will answer and or direct questions in person and via the phone regarding child care training, resources, regulations and child care licensing. The receptionist will register clients for trainings and process their payments. The individual will provide walk in clients who are seeking child care with the initial paperwork that they need to complete to get a referral. The typical hours for this position will be Monday – Wednesday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Thursday 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM but may on the occasion include nights and or weekend work.
Essential Functions:
- Act as the initial office contact for walk in visitors.
- Register walk in clients for desired trainings.
- Sort mail and process all training registration requests.
- Answer all in coming phone calls and direct to appropriate departments or community partners.
- Make monthly office supply orders and submit records to CCA’s accountant and Director of Programs.
- Assist Staff with mailings.- Other duties as assigned by Director of Programs.
Education:
Minimum of a High School Diploma
Skills and Knowledge Requirements:
- Must be able to work with people of diverse cultures and skill levels
- Display excellent oral and written English communication skills
- Strong time management and organizational skills
- Must be well versed in Microsoft Office products
- Must be able to perform multiple tasks at one time
- Must have excellent customer service skills
- Must be able to function well as part of a team
- Must be able to operate a multiline phone system
Licenses, Certifications, or Registrations:
- Must possess a valid Indiana Driver’s License and have access to reliable transportation
- Must successfully pass background and drug screening
Essential Physical Skills:
· Lift equipment up to 35 lbs occasionally
· Adequate health and fitness to be able to maintain a busy schedule
· Use of gross motor skills to perform organizational duties
· Use of fine motor skills to operate keyboard equipment
· Regularly required to sit and stand for extended periods
· Specific vision abilities required in this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
To apply email resume by April 30, 2009 to:
mindyb@childcareanswers.com
To research Child Care Resource and Referral you may visit these web sites:
http://www.childcareanswers.com/ (Our agency web site)
http://www.iaccrr.org/ (Our State organizations web site)
http://www.naccrra.org/ (Our National organizations web site)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
FREE Dessert Jazz Social
When: Saturday April 25th 12pm-2pm
Where: Day Nursery Lilly Center, 3522 N Central Ave Indianapolis 46205
Why: To celebrate the Week of the Young Child (April 19-25), to meet other providers and Child Care Answers Staff, and of course to eat some delicious desserts!
Please register 72 hours in advance, call 636-5727 ext. 241.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
It's not baby fat: Among 4-year-olds, nearly 1 in 5 is obese
By Madison Park
CNN
(CNN) -- Nearly one-fifth of American 4-year-olds are obese, and children of color are at higher risk, according to new research.
Researchers calculated the body mass index from a sample of 8,550 Hispanic, black, white, Asian and Native American 4-year-olds. The children were born in 2001, and in 2005, their height and weight were measured -- 18.4 percent of them were obese.
"Significant differences in the prevalence of obesity between racial/ethnic groups were evident at 4 years of age," the researchers wrote in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Using body mass index, they found that 31.2 percent of American Indian/Native Alaskans, 22 percent of Hispanics, 20.8 percent of blacks, 15.9 percent of whites and 12.8 percent of Asians were obese.
"It's surprising that there are large differences by racial/ethnic group by that age," said Sarah Anderson, an assistant professor of epidemiology at The Ohio State University and lead study author.
Anderson and co-author Robert Whitaker's analysis showed that children were becoming obese even before encountering soda and candy vending machines in schools.
"These results really do point to the need for us to focus attention on early childhood and the need for research to understand how these differences can emerge so early," Anderson said. "To do that, we may need to understand the different family and cultural factors that are at play in these children's lives."
The cause for the early health disparities is hard to pinpoint, childhood obesity experts said.
"It's always possible there are biological factors within ethnic groups," said Dr. Tom Robinson, director of the Center for Healthy Weight at the Stanford University School of Medicine. "We know most of the changes that have occurred in body fat tend to occur from being in an environment that promotes very easy access to high-caloric foods and limited opportunities for physical activities."
Michael Rich, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, called the disparities between ethnic groups disturbing.
"The expectations, lifestyle, behaviors are different on a cultural and socioeconomic basis," he said. "Kids who live in the inner city, whose neighborhoods are perceived as dangerous, stay at home more, sit more, eat more snacks, because that's all they can get at the local bodega. There are no supermarkets to get produce. That's what mom is eating, so that's what kid is eating. What we're dealing with here is whole life issues."
Previous research has shown that older children are becoming less active and spending more time in front of a computer or TV.
"That is displacing physical activity," said Dr. Sarah Barlow, director of the Obesity Center at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. "You can imagine strollers, less outdoor play -- all those kinds of things that have shifted how much activity younger kids are getting. At the same time, portion sizes are increasing for everybody."
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults fare no better. Approximately 45 percent of blacks, 36.8 percent of Mexican Americans and 30 percent of whites are obese.
"It's a very bad sign if we see obesity at a young age," Robinson said. "When we see children obese at age 4, we're likely to see complications -- high blood pressure, abnormal lipids -- which can lead to heart disease and stroke, diabetes in children."
Diseases commonly seen in 40- or 50-year-olds are presenting in 6- and 7-year-olds. Obese children are developing type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and musculoskeletal problems, which occur because their bodies can't carry that much weight, doctors said. Calculate your child's body mass index.
"The heavier you are as a child, the likelier that extra weight will follow you through life," Robinson said. "That's why we see adolescents who need weight-loss surgery, because they have life-threatening complications from obesity."
If you have an obese child...
The first step is for the parents to acknowledge that the child is overweight, instead of making excuses or comparing him or her to heavier children. Many of the parents of obese children are overweight themselves, which makes that acknowledgment difficult, said Rich, who is also director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital in Boston.
"While it's important to focus on it and take it seriously, it's also important not to give up or feel hopeless," he said. "Then you won't try. You want to look at it for what it is and not be defeated by it."
When you're trying to help your child achieve a healthy weight, remove the stigma attached to obesity.
"It should always be about health, not about losing weight," Rich said. "You're trying to build the positive."
He recommended the 5-2-1-0 plan. Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables, cut screen time down to two hours or less, exercise at least one hour, and have zero soda and sugary drinks.
Such changes, which are not seismic shifts to lifestyles, can help the child get into a health weight.
"It's easier to start that way, rather than try to change habits when they're 8 or 12 or 16," said Barlow, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
While it's possible for some kids to outgrow the excess weight, she warned parents not to count on that. "We've seen over time that the environment doesn't promote that," she said.
Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/07/obesity.preschool.children/index.html
CNN
(CNN) -- Nearly one-fifth of American 4-year-olds are obese, and children of color are at higher risk, according to new research.
Researchers calculated the body mass index from a sample of 8,550 Hispanic, black, white, Asian and Native American 4-year-olds. The children were born in 2001, and in 2005, their height and weight were measured -- 18.4 percent of them were obese.
"Significant differences in the prevalence of obesity between racial/ethnic groups were evident at 4 years of age," the researchers wrote in the April issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
Using body mass index, they found that 31.2 percent of American Indian/Native Alaskans, 22 percent of Hispanics, 20.8 percent of blacks, 15.9 percent of whites and 12.8 percent of Asians were obese.
"It's surprising that there are large differences by racial/ethnic group by that age," said Sarah Anderson, an assistant professor of epidemiology at The Ohio State University and lead study author.
Anderson and co-author Robert Whitaker's analysis showed that children were becoming obese even before encountering soda and candy vending machines in schools.
"These results really do point to the need for us to focus attention on early childhood and the need for research to understand how these differences can emerge so early," Anderson said. "To do that, we may need to understand the different family and cultural factors that are at play in these children's lives."
The cause for the early health disparities is hard to pinpoint, childhood obesity experts said.
"It's always possible there are biological factors within ethnic groups," said Dr. Tom Robinson, director of the Center for Healthy Weight at the Stanford University School of Medicine. "We know most of the changes that have occurred in body fat tend to occur from being in an environment that promotes very easy access to high-caloric foods and limited opportunities for physical activities."
Michael Rich, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, called the disparities between ethnic groups disturbing.
"The expectations, lifestyle, behaviors are different on a cultural and socioeconomic basis," he said. "Kids who live in the inner city, whose neighborhoods are perceived as dangerous, stay at home more, sit more, eat more snacks, because that's all they can get at the local bodega. There are no supermarkets to get produce. That's what mom is eating, so that's what kid is eating. What we're dealing with here is whole life issues."
Previous research has shown that older children are becoming less active and spending more time in front of a computer or TV.
"That is displacing physical activity," said Dr. Sarah Barlow, director of the Obesity Center at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. "You can imagine strollers, less outdoor play -- all those kinds of things that have shifted how much activity younger kids are getting. At the same time, portion sizes are increasing for everybody."
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults fare no better. Approximately 45 percent of blacks, 36.8 percent of Mexican Americans and 30 percent of whites are obese.
"It's a very bad sign if we see obesity at a young age," Robinson said. "When we see children obese at age 4, we're likely to see complications -- high blood pressure, abnormal lipids -- which can lead to heart disease and stroke, diabetes in children."
Diseases commonly seen in 40- or 50-year-olds are presenting in 6- and 7-year-olds. Obese children are developing type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease and musculoskeletal problems, which occur because their bodies can't carry that much weight, doctors said. Calculate your child's body mass index.
"The heavier you are as a child, the likelier that extra weight will follow you through life," Robinson said. "That's why we see adolescents who need weight-loss surgery, because they have life-threatening complications from obesity."
If you have an obese child...
The first step is for the parents to acknowledge that the child is overweight, instead of making excuses or comparing him or her to heavier children. Many of the parents of obese children are overweight themselves, which makes that acknowledgment difficult, said Rich, who is also director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Children's Hospital in Boston.
"While it's important to focus on it and take it seriously, it's also important not to give up or feel hopeless," he said. "Then you won't try. You want to look at it for what it is and not be defeated by it."
When you're trying to help your child achieve a healthy weight, remove the stigma attached to obesity.
"It should always be about health, not about losing weight," Rich said. "You're trying to build the positive."
He recommended the 5-2-1-0 plan. Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables, cut screen time down to two hours or less, exercise at least one hour, and have zero soda and sugary drinks.
Such changes, which are not seismic shifts to lifestyles, can help the child get into a health weight.
"It's easier to start that way, rather than try to change habits when they're 8 or 12 or 16," said Barlow, an associate professor of pediatrics at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
While it's possible for some kids to outgrow the excess weight, she warned parents not to count on that. "We've seen over time that the environment doesn't promote that," she said.
Find this article at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/07/obesity.preschool.children/index.html
Monday, April 6, 2009
Food Claim Reminder
Just a reminder to all of our online participants - your claims are due at the end of business (5:00 PM) today.
Also remember that starting May 1 - you will be required to enter your complete menus online as well as your attendance. If you need help adding your menus I will put up a tutorial here this week with pictures!
Thanks!
Also remember that starting May 1 - you will be required to enter your complete menus online as well as your attendance. If you need help adding your menus I will put up a tutorial here this week with pictures!
Thanks!
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