Kid Zone Staff

Old Colony YMCA•Stoughton, MA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Kid Zone Staff will be responsible for providing friendly and courteous service to all members and clients of the Old Colony Y. This role contributes to a positive work environment by illustrating pride in the job, enthusiasm, and cooperation with co-workers. The staff member will ensure KidZone is following Old Colony YMCA monthly themes and enthusiastically representing the monthly Association project. KidZone is intended to be a medium for purposeful communication with participants regarding program, membership, and event priorities, and the staff will work to connect KidZone families to opportunities that best fit their needs. The primary responsibility is to supervise children in a healthy, safe environment, ensuring they participate in fun and constructive activities, while maintaining appropriate behavior management in accordance with the Old Colony Y Child Care Policy. Accurate daily attendance records must be kept, and sign-in/out policies must be enforced. Understanding and participating in branch Emergency Procedures and maintaining safety at all times, including accurate registration records, is crucial. All accidents and incidents must be reported immediately to the supervisor, branch leadership on duty, and via Logic Manager. Staff are expected to abide by scheduling guidelines, find their own substitutes when absent (more than 2 absences in a month require a meeting with the supervisor), attend required staff meetings, and complete job-related trainings. The role involves actively building the FLY kids Ambassador program and acting as a role model and mentor to FLY kids. Collaboration with fellow KidZone staff is essential for supervising children from all angles, actively discussing and minimizing potential blind spots. The role also includes responsibility for obtaining necessary information and collecting fees from program participants (non-members), submitting the money to member service staff, and ensuring attending participants are cross-checked to confirm they are active household members. The staff member will ensure a safe and secure environment, maintain high standards of cleanliness for the floor, walls, tables, chairs, and program equipment, inform the Supervisor of all program equipment needs, and adhere to proper opening and closing procedures. Miscellaneous Member Engagement Duties, such as surveys, engagement around programs and services, phone calls, and filing, may be performed when minimal children are present.

Requirements

Minimum of 16 years of age
Must enjoy working with and building assets in children
Clear communication skills
Current CPR and First Aid Certifications-must obtain within 30 days of hire
Physical ability to lift small children up to 40 lbs.
Must be able to sit, stand, walk and bend throughout the work day.

Responsibilities

Provide friendly courteous service to all members and clients of the Old Colony Y
Contribute to a positive work environment by illustrating pride in the job, enthusiasm, and cooperation with co-workers
Ensure KidZone is clearly following Old Colony YMCA monthly themes and that there is enthusiastic representation of the monthly Association project
Ensure KidZone is a medium for purposeful communication with participants regarding program, membership and event priorities and work to connect KidZone families to opportunities that will best fit their needs
Supervise children left in his/her care in a healthy, safe environment and ensure children are participating in fun and constructive activities
Maintain appropriate behavior management of children at all times in accordance with the Old Colony Y Child Care Policy
Keep accurate daily attendance records (be sure children and caregivers abide by sign-in and out policies)
Understand the branch Emergency Procedures, participate in drills, and maintain safety at all times (Including accurate registration records)
Report all accidents and incidents to supervisor, branch leadership on duty, and via Logic Manager immediately.
Abide by scheduling guidelines set by supervisor taking responsibility for finding own substitutes when the need to be absent arises- more than 2 absences in a month will require meeting with supervisor
Attend required staff meetings and complete any trainings related to job
Work to actively build the FLY kids Ambassador program and act as a role model and mentor to FLY kids
Work with fellow KidZone staff to actively supervise children from all angles, always actively discussing and minimizing potential blind spots, etc.
Responsible for obtaining necessary information and collection of fees from program participants (non-members) and submitting the money to our member service staff
Ensure that attending participants are cross-checked regularly to ensure they are an active household member.
Ensure a safe and secure environment for all members
Ensure that the floor, walls, tables, chairs, and program equipment meet the highest level of cleanliness
Inform Supervisor of all program equipment needs
Adhere to proper opening and closing procedures.
Perform miscellaneous Member Engagement Duties (ie. Surveys, Engagement around programs and services, phone calls, filing) when minimal children are present