Stay and Play Associate - Ellicott City (Dancel)

The Y in Central Maryland•Ellicott City, MD

1d•$16 - $16•Onsite

About The Position

The Y in Central Maryland is seeking a Stay and Play Associate who is motivated to help others and wants to be part of something larger than themselves. This is a charitable, mission-driven organization dedicated to individual and community well-being. The Stay and Play Associate is responsible for delivering excellent services to members, guests, and program participants, with a primary focus on engaging with and supervising children whose parents/guardians are participating in activities within the Y family center. This role involves protecting children, maintaining a safe environment, and fostering their social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and creative development.

Requirements

Associates shall be of good character and reputation; capable of carrying out assigned responsibilities; capable of accepting training and supervision; and capable of communicating effectively both orally and in writing as applicable to the job responsibility.
Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
Ability to be effective communicator especially with children.
Proficient computer skills.
Current CPR/AED/O2/First Aid certification (or within 30 days of hire).
Completion of new associate training (including Child Abuse Prevention) before scheduled to work.

Nice To Haves

Prefer youth and/or youth programming experience.

Responsibilities

Reports to work in uniform a minimum of ten minutes prior to assigned shift in order to receive communications and instructions from supervisor or associate.
Provide excellent services to members, guest, and program participants in the Y center, on the phone, and through email exchange.
Through engagement, build meaningful relationships with members, guest, and program participants with positive and solution driven interaction.
Providing a safe, engaging, and nurturing environment which fosters the social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and creative development of each child in our care.
Effective and appropriate communicate with children and parents/guardian.
Highly engagement with children by guiding children to activities, using their name, and monitor their actions during their usage of the center.
Maintain clean and disinfected environment for children’s safety.
Maintain all proper paperwork including sign in/out process, behavior reports, “boo boo” reports, incident report, etc.
Must have understanding of the age and stages of youth development, and work with children.
Adhere/enforce to all policies, guidelines, rules, and best practices as outlined by the Y in Central Maryland with positive interaction.
Leader in handling conflict, concerns, member frustrations, and unusual center situations.
Informing proper leaders of operating challenges and/or conflicts during operating hours (either with members and/or associates).
Focus on quality experiences and engagement within programs, services, and activities.
Promotes a professional image and maintains a clean and safe environment at all times.
Ability to work with diverse population, all ages, genders, and sexual orientations.
Attend and actively participate in all meetings as assigned.
Incorporate the four character values of the Y: Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility and adhere to the Y Code of Conduct.
Communicate the Y mission and objectives to the community.
Assist in all other areas as assigned.