Child Activity Assistant

Corewell Health • Fremont, MI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Child Activities Assistant provides exceptional customer service within the child watch area by ensuring a safe, engaging, and nurturing environment for children while their parents utilize the wellness center. This role is responsible for overseeing child check-in and check-out procedures, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring children are properly supervised at all times. The assistant organizes and participates in age-appropriate recreational activities such as games, reading, crafts, and group play to create a positive experience for each child. They maintain a clean, safe, and organized play environment by routinely sanitizing toys and equipment and monitoring the space for safety concerns. This position requires strong observation and communication skills to appropriately interact with both children and parents, address concerns calmly, and respond effectively in any situation, including administering Basic Life Support (BLS) if needed. The assistant also supports continuous improvement of programming by sharing ideas for activities and enhancements with leadership while consistently modeling excellent service standards and professionalism.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent (required)
• 2 years of relevant experience (required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification – American Heart Association or American Red Cross (required within 60 days of hire)

Nice To Haves

• 1 year of experience working with children in a supervised setting (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Overseeing child check-in and check-out procedures
• Maintaining accurate records
• Ensuring children are properly supervised at all times
• Organizing and participating in age-appropriate recreational activities such as games, reading, crafts, and group play
• Maintaining a clean, safe, and organized play environment by routinely sanitizing toys and equipment and monitoring the space for safety concerns
• Appropriately interacting with both children and parents
• Addressing concerns calmly
• Responding effectively in any situation, including administering Basic Life Support (BLS) if needed
• Supporting continuous improvement of programming by sharing ideas for activities and enhancements with leadership
• Consistently modeling excellent service standards and professionalism

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance, pet insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED