Child care attendant vs daycare provider assistant

The differences between child care attendants and daycare provider assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a daycare provider assistant has an average salary of $29,882, which is higher than the $27,542 average annual salary of a child care attendant.

The top three skills for a child care attendant include CPR, customer service and meal prep. The most important skills for a daycare provider assistant are child care, kids, and CPR.

Child care attendant vs daycare provider assistant overview

	Child Care Attendant	Daycare Provider Assistant
Yearly salary	$27,542	$29,882
Hourly rate	$13.24	$14.37
Growth rate	36%	6%
Number of jobs	156,197	73,544
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 35%
Average age	48	37
Years of experience	-	2

What does a child care attendant do?

Also called childcare workers, childcare attendants attend to children at private households, schools, businesses, and childcare institutions. Childcare attendants dress, bathe, feed, and oversee children. They manage and monitor children's safety in whatever way. It is part of their duties and responsibilities to organize learning activities and enforce a curriculum that allows children to explore their interests. They have to be equipped with necessary skills like decision making, communication, monitoring, being patient, and being enthusiastic.

What does a daycare provider assistant do?

A daycare provider assistant is responsible for performing a variety of duties in taking care of children, either in a daycare setting or a private setup. Daycare provider assistants duties' include helping children with their homework, planning fun and engaging activities, ensuring healthy meals and snacks, and maintaining the safety of the facility for children's use. Daycare provider assistants also play with children during free time, read them stories, observe their behaviors, and immediately report concerns with the children's parents or guardians.

Child care attendant vs daycare provider assistant salary

Child care attendants and daycare provider assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Child Care Attendant	Daycare Provider Assistant
Average salary	$27,542	$29,882
Salary range	Between $17,000 And $43,000	Between $20,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	Massachusetts	Washington
Best paying company	Lifespan	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	Education	Finance

Differences between child care attendant and daycare provider assistant education

There are a few differences between a child care attendant and a daycare provider assistant in terms of educational background:

	Child Care Attendant	Daycare Provider Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	University of Virginia

Child care attendant vs daycare provider assistant demographics

Here are the differences between child care attendants' and daycare provider assistants' demographics:

	Child Care Attendant	Daycare Provider Assistant
Average age	48	37
Gender ratio	Male, 12.9% Female, 87.1%	Male, 14.9% Female, 85.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 21.9% Asian, 7.5% White, 54.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 7.1% White, 57.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	7%	4%

Differences between child care attendant and daycare provider assistant duties and responsibilities

Child care attendant example responsibilities.

Aid and facilitate higher functioning patients reach their fullest potential while managing behavioral episodes as needed.
Attend to the basic needs of patients, including physical therapy, companionship, food preparation and personal hygiene.
Assist with ADL and transport to Dr's appointments and shopping.
Obtain and evaluate patient medication regimens, allergies, lab values and past/current medication history utilizing electronic medical records.
Assist nurses in placing catheters, emptying and changing bags.
take vitals, give medications, fill oxygen tanks, empty catheters.

Daycare provider assistant example responsibilities.

Practice emergency fire evacuation and basic first aid procedures; certify in pediatric, infant, and adult CPR.
Fulfill all childcare duties such as dressing, changing diapers, training in CPR, water safety and fire safety
Administer programs to promote educational programs such as ABC'S , 123'S colors, shapes, reading books etc.
Read books and play with toddlers, put kids down for nap time, provide meals for children throughout the day.
Administer learning materials, provide one-on-on tutoring and supervise kids during time of play.
Implement learning, such as ABCs, name writing and counting through play and crafts

Child care attendant vs daycare provider assistant skills

Common child care attendant skills

CPR, 26%
Customer Service, 24%
Meal Prep, 15%
Vital Signs, 6%
Companionship, 5%
Front Desk, 3%

Common daycare provider assistant skills

Child Care, 60%
Kids, 11%
CPR, 8%
Homework Assignments, 3%
Learning Environment, 2%
Meal Preparation, 2%

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