Paid Childcare Worker Application

The role

What you would do

The Paid Childcare Worker is responsible to the church for providing a safe, secure, Christian environment for the children assigned to their care. No one reports to you, and you report to the Ministries Assistant.

What the church expects of you

Be an active, faithful member of FBC Wisner.
Support the church through biblical stewardship.
Help lay a firm foundation of faith in the lives of the children. Be loving and kind. Welcome each child with a smile and a kind word.

Your responsibilities

Arrive fifteen minutes before your shift to prepare the room and greet families who come early.
Have the materials, books, and videos ready when the children arrive.
Report broken furniture or equipment to the Church Secretary.
Straighten the room at the end of each period.
Practice good health and hygiene. Wash your hands after each diaper change and nose wipe, and before you prepare snacks.
Send each child's belongings home with the child, and mark them as needed.
Check babies and toddlers often for diaper changes (every baby gets at least one) and remind young children to use the bathroom.
Serve snacks and drinks.
Clean up after snacks, including washing cups and utensils.
Take on other reasonable duties the Ministries Assistant assigns.

Who we are looking for

Qualifications

A Christian who considers this a ministry to show God's love to children.
You have attended FBC Wisner for at least six months. If you have not attended, your references must document your prior work with children.
Able to pass a national criminal background check.
Able to complete an approved child safety training course.
Able to talk with children and parents, and to read and write English.
Able to work closely with diverse groups of people within the church.
The work includes lifting and moving children, holding them, sitting on the floor, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and using your hands and arms. You may do this with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Three professional references from outside your family.
Trained and current in CPR. Preferred. The church may provide CPR training.

How every worker is screened

From application to your first shift

Apply
You complete this application. The church keeps it in confidence in the church office.
Interview
A pastor or ministry team leader may meet with you face to face to talk about the position.
Reference checks
We contact your references before you work with children.
Background check
The church runs a national criminal background check with your signed permission.
Training and policy
You complete MinistrySafe sexual abuse awareness training, read and sign the child protection policy before you serve, and sign it again each year.

Child protection

How we protect children here

These are the everyday rules from our Child Care and Protection Policy. Every worker follows them, and every parent can count on them.

Read the full policy

Two adults: Our goal is at least two unrelated adult workers with the children at all times.
Open doors: Classroom doors stay open unless the door or the wall beside it has a window.
Check-in and check-out: Children below seventh grade sign in with a child check, like a claim check, and leave only when it comes back.
Restrooms: Children go in a group. The worker checks the room first, waits at the door, and props the door open when a child needs help.
Guidance with words: Workers guide children with words and return a child to the parent when behavior affects the safety of the others.
Contact through parents: A worker needs a parent's written permission before texting, calling, or messaging a child. Photos of children need the parent's permission on the registration form.
Report right away: Anyone who suspects abuse or neglect calls 1-855-4LA-KIDS (1-855-452-5437), toll-free, 24 hours a day, and tells church leaders.

Apply

Eight short steps. You can move back to earlier steps and your answers stay in place. Every question is required unless it says optional.

This application leaves out your Social Security number on purpose. The church collects it separately when the background check begins.

Have these ready

Name, phone number, and email for three professional references, none of them family
Dates and supervisor phone numbers for your last one or two jobs
Your CPR card, if you have one

Before you begin

Three quick questions tell us whether this position fits you today.

Are you 18 or older?

Yes No

This position is for adults. If you are 14 to 17 and would like to help in a room alongside a supervising adult, call the church office at (318) 724-6148.

Which describes you?

I have attended FBC Wisner for at least six months. I have not attended FBC Wisner.

You can apply. Because you have not attended, at least two references must have seen you work with children, and one of those must be an employer, a teacher, or a children's program leader. We ask them about that work. That is the record of your prior care.

This job means talking with parents and children and writing short notes and forms in English. Can you do both?

Yes No

Thank you for telling us. Call the church office at (318) 724-6148 and we will talk it through. You may keep going with the application in the meantime.

About you

Use your legal name. The church needs it to run the background check.

First name

Middle name optional

Last name

Other names you have used Maiden name or a former name. Write none if you have used one name.

Name you go by optional

Date of birth We use it to confirm your age and to run the background check.

Phone A mobile number works best.

Email

Where you live

Street address

City

State

ZIP code

How long have you lived at this address?

Please give the address where you lived before this one.

Previous street address

City

State

ZIP code

Emergency contact

Name

Relationship to you

Phone

Faith and church

This job is ministry. Tell us about your walk with Jesus and your place in the church.

About when did you start attending FBC Wisner? A month and year is enough, like March 2025.

Are you a member of FBC Wisner?

Yes Not yet

About when did you join? optional

How are you involved at FBC Wisner now? Your Sunday School class, Wednesday nights, teams or ministries you serve on.

Are you familiar with our church's doctrine and core beliefs?

Yes Somewhat, and I would like to learn more No

How did you come to follow Jesus? A few sentences in your own words.

Why do you want to care for children at FBC Wisner?

Have you attended another church in the last five years?

Yes No

We may contact the staff of your prior church. You give permission in the last step. If you attended more than one, tell us about the most recent.

Church name

City and state

Pastor's name

Pastor's phone or email

Experience with children

Paid or volunteer, tell us what you have done. A little experience counts.

Tell us about your experience caring for children Where, how long, and how old the children were.

Which ages have you cared for? Check all that apply.

Babies, under 1 year Toddlers, 1 to 2 years Ages 3 to 5 School age, 6 and up None yet

CPR and first aid

I hold a current CPR certification. I do not hold one now, and I am willing to take CPR training. The church may provide it. I am unable to complete CPR training.

Who certified you?

Expires Month and year

Work history

List your last one or two jobs, starting with the most recent. If you have not held a paid job, write none yet in the employer box and describe your volunteer service in the box above.

Most recent employer

Your job title

Dates Like June 2022 to present

Reason for leaving Write still employed if that applies.

Supervisor's name

Supervisor's phone

Previous employer optional

Your job title optional

Dates optional

Reason for leaving optional

Supervisor's name optional

Supervisor's phone optional

Availability and duties

This position records up to 5 paid hours a week. Tell us when you can serve.

Which times can you work? Check all that apply.

Sunday worship, 9:45 AM Sunday School hour, 11:00 AM Wednesday evening Special church events

Does a schedule of up to 5 hours a week, recorded on a timecard, work for you?

Yes No

What schedule would you need?

Earliest date you could start

Can you lift and move children and do the rest of this physical work, with or without a reasonable accommodation? That includes lifting and moving children, holding them, sitting on the floor, standing, walking, bending, kneeling, changing diapers, serving snacks, and cleaning up. A reasonable accommodation is a change that lets you do the work.

Yes No

Which parts of this work, and what accommodation would let you do them?

References

Give three professional references: people who have worked with you or supervised you. That includes a current or former employer or supervisor, a pastor or ministry leader, a teacher or school administrator, or the leader of a children's or youth program. Every reference is someone outside your family and outside your household. When you can, include someone who has seen you with children.

You have not attended FBC Wisner. At least two of these three must have seen you work with children, and one of those two must be an employer, a teacher, or a children's program leader.

Reference 1

Full name

How you know this person

Where you worked or served together Business, church, school, or program name.

Phone

Email optional

Years you have known this person

Has this person seen you work with children?

YesNo

Reference 2

Full name

How you know this person

Where you worked or served together Business, church, school, or program name.

Phone

Email optional

Years you have known this person

Has this person seen you work with children?

YesNo

Reference 3

Full name

How you know this person

Where you worked or served together Business, church, school, or program name.

Phone

Email optional

Years you have known this person

Has this person seen you work with children?

YesNo

None of these three people is related to me by blood or marriage, and none of them lives in my household.

Agreement and signature

Read each line and check the box. Your typed name at the bottom is your signature.

Everything on this application is true and complete. FBC Wisner may contact my references, my employers, and the staff of my prior churches. FBC Wisner may run a national criminal background check on me, as its policy provides. I understand that the church keeps the results in confidence in the church office, and that I cannot work with children if I decline the check. I have read the Child Care and Protection Policy (opens in a new tab). I understand it and promise to follow it, including the two-adult rule, open doors, the restroom guidelines, guidance without physical discipline, no medications, child check-in and check-out, limits on digital contact and photos, and reporting suspected abuse or neglect to 1-855-4LA-KIDS and to church leaders. Before I serve, I will complete MinistrySafe sexual abuse awareness training and sign the policy. I will repeat both each year and whenever the church revises the policy. I understand this job expects me to be an active, faithful member of FBC Wisner, to support the church through biblical stewardship, and to arrive fifteen minutes before my shift. When I cannot come, I will arrange a fill-in worker myself. The fill-in must be an approved child worker under the policy. I understand that this application starts the screening and does not promise me a job.

Sign

Type your full legal name Typing your name here is your signature.

Today's date

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What you would do

What the church expects of you

Qualifications

From application to your first shift

Apply

Interview

Reference checks

Background check

Training and policy

How we protect children here