Stowe AfterSchool Site Coordinator

GASTON COUNTY FAMILY YMCA • Belmont, NC

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About The Position

Under the supervision of the Youth & Family Director and consistent with the Gaston County Family YMCA Christian Mission, the afterschool staff is responsible for leading and building relationships with a group of children, while developing programming that is fun, culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate and safe. They provide a quality experience to children and parents with a focus on YMCA core values: honesty, respect, responsibility, and caring. Afterschool coordinators strengthen their professional, interpersonal and management skills through daily responsibilities of the job. Afterschool programs are for kindergarteners through 8th grade and are held on-site at all three Gaston County Family YMCA locations: Cherryville, Stowe and Warlick.

Requirements

• Must be a minimum of 20 years of age
• High School Diploma or its equivalent.
• One year experience working with children
• Supervisory skills and basic computer skills preferred
• Child Abuse Prevention Training to be completed upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Keep all children and staff safe in your care
• Assist in the oversight of the specific afterschool site to maintain quality and structure.
• Create, follow, and adjust a daily activity schedule that ensures all children are engaged in a fun, safe, and well-organized program experience.
• Maintain afterschool site attendance, behavior, and injury documentation.
• Download, manage and distribute after school records and enrollment rosters for afterschool sites.
• Work with the program director to keep track of supplies and snack inventory
• Plan, organize, and lead monthly family events and special activities that keep participants excited, connected, and engaged throughout the school year.
• Review, collaborate and approve required monthly paperwork at the afterschool site (supplies needs, activity plans, newsletters, calendars).
• Communicate with the Afterschool Director regarding payment, attendance or late parent issues.
• Return necessary forms regarding behavior reports or incident reports within 24 hours.
• Attend/support staff trainings and meetings
• Directly communicate with parents at the afterschool site to handle any immediate issues or concerns in a timely manner.
• Maintain effective communication with the Afterschool Director
• Supervise, motivate and evaluate afterschool staff at specific sites.
• Assist with the marketing of the afterschool program
• Assist with the annual giving campaign
• Supervise the maintenance of a clean and safe after school environment.
• Be a role model and set a great example for all children and staff in your area of influence
• Maintain excellent communication with all school personnel.
• Assist Afterschool Director with all trainings as directed
• Know all special needs of the children in your care.
• Support, role-model and implement Healthy Eating and Physical Activity standards (HEPA).
• Responsible for planning program schedules and implementing character education into all programming.
• Implement all procedures for rides in and rides out.
• Responsible for ensuring that all participants' forms are current, complete and on file.
• Responsible for maintaining daily attendance, sign out sheets, accident reports, and implementing weekly lesson plans.
• Demonstrate ability to resolve conflict situations with students, staff and parents.
• Responsible for managing staff throughout the day. Maintaining ratios at all times.
• Follow all program guidelines, including, emergency procedures of the Gaston County Family YMCA
• Follow all Staff Code of Conduct rules signed at the date of hire.
• Must understand and communicate the YMCA mission in all we do.
• All other duties as assigned by the Afterschool Director.
• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers
• Attend/complete required abuse risk management training before working with consumers and on an annual basis.
• Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising consumers
• Follow mandated reporting requirements
• Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities

What This Job Offers

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