Orleans County YMCA Child Watch Staff
About The Position
Provides direction for the program and classroom, and implements program curriculum. Provides a quality experience to children and parents that focuses on the YMCA values: honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring. This role involves implementing curriculum, designing and implementing daily lesson/activity plans, supervising children and classroom activities, making ongoing observations and evaluations of each child, conducting parent conferences, maintaining positive relationships and effective communication with parents, engaging parents as volunteers, maintaining program site and equipment, maintaining required program records, and attending/participating in family nights, program activities, staff meetings, and staff training. The position aims to promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural, and emotional well-being of the children. It also involves working with the staff team to plan and implement activities, providing direct leadership to assigned groups, maintaining constant visual contact with all assigned children, participating in daily activities, aiding children in completing tasks, assisting in assessing child abilities and developmental stages, building enthusiasm for activities and programs, completing required documentation, keeping program areas neat and organized, following all safety procedures and regulating agency/YMCA childcare policies, maintaining positive relationships with children, parents, and staff, projecting a positive image of the YMCA, following work site requirements, carrying out tasks assigned by the Site or Program Director, assisting in program and YMCA recruitment and special events, and working YMCA Camp Days and alternate program locations as scheduled.
Requirements
- Meets educational and experience qualifications established by state law.
- School Age Child Care Clearance per NYS regulations as required.
- At least 18 years of age to work in ChildWatch.
- CPR, First Aid, AED certifications are required within 60 days of hire date.
- Employee sexual harassment training and child abuse prevention training required at hiring.
Nice To Haves
- High School diploma or GED preferred.
- Previous experience working with children in a developmental setting preferred.
- Ability to plan, organize and implement age-appropriate/developmentally appropriate program activities.
- Previous experience with diverse populations.
- Ability to develop positive, authentic relationships with people from different backgrounds.
- Fun, energetic, team player attitude.
- Creative.
- Loves children.
Responsibilities
- Implements curriculum within the established guidelines.
- Designs and implements daily lesson/activity plans.
- Supervises the children, classroom, and all activities.
- Makes ongoing, systematic observations and evaluations of each child.
- Conducts parent conferences, and maintains positive relationships and effective communication with parents.
- Engages parents as volunteers.
- Maintains program site and equipment.
- Maintains required program records.
- Attends and participates in family nights, program activities, staff meetings, and staff training.
- Promotes the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.
- Works with the staff team to plan and implement activities.
- Provides direct leadership to the assigned group(s) and maintains constant visual contact with all assigned children.
- Participates in daily activities and aids the children in completing tasks, including land and water-based activities.
- Assists in assessing child abilities and developmental stages.
- Builds enthusiasm for activities and programs.
- Completes required documentation regarding attendance, health and wellness, sign-in and sign-out, and other items as assigned.
- Notifies parents if children are not in attendance.
- Keeps the program areas neat and organized.
- Follows all safety procedures.
- Follows all regulating agency and YMCA child care policies, regulations and procedures.
- Maintains friendly, positive and professional relationships with children, parents, school & day care partners and other YMCA staff.
- Projects a positive image of the YMCA and the Day Care program.
- Follows work site requirements regarding punctuality, appropriate dress, staff meeting attendance, etc.
- Carries out tasks as assigned by the Site or Program Director.
- Assists in program and YMCA recruitment and special events.
- Works YMCA Camp Days and alternate program locations as scheduled.
Benefits
- CPR, First Aid, AED certifications are provided at no cost to you by the GLOW YMCA.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
