Before and After Care Assistant Group Supervisor

About the role

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  for prose. We must not include / or markdown. Let's craft. Section About the role:

  Make a difference in a child's day—before the school bell rings and after it ends! The City Center YMCA is looking for a caring and dependable Part-Time Before & After Care Associate to help create a safe, welcoming, and engaging environment for school-age children. Hours are 6:45–8:30 AM and 3:00–5:30 PM, perfect for someone looking for a consistent split‑shift schedule.

  This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Provides direction for the children in the classroom, and implements program curriculum. Provides a quality experience to children and parents that focuses on building achievement and belonging in youth and relationships among youth and within families.

  Section Our Culture:

  Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. In the Y, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day. We are welcoming: we are open to all. We are a place where you can belong and become. We are genuine: we value you and embrace your individuality. We are hopeful: we believe in you and your potential to become a catalyst in the world. We are nurturing: we support you in your journey to develop your full potential. We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger beginning with you.

  Section Responsibilities:
  • Implements purposeful programming and curriculum within the established guidelines and is prepared in advance of each lesson/activity.
  • Supervises the children, classroom, and all activities including ADA accommodations where appropriate.
  • Follows all procedures and standards.
  • Actively guides children in developmentally appropriate play and routines.
  • Makes ongoing, systematic observations and evaluations of each child to provide feedback and create purposeful activities to meet the needs of the individual and group.
  • Provides positive descriptive feedback to prevent and redirect challenging behaviors.
  • Cultivates positive relationships, conducts parent conferences, and maintains effective communication with parents. Engages parents as volunteers and connects them to the YMCA.
  • Maintains program site and equipment in accordance with program standards.
  • Ensures a safe, healthy environment and is knowledgeable on effectively enacting safety/emergency procedures.
  • Practices infection control procedures and proper hand washing.
  • Maintains required program records.
  • Accurately maintains required trainings to comply with licensing, program standards and YMCA policies.
  • Attends and participates in family nights, program activities, staff meetings, and staff training as required.
  • Effectively communicates with supervisor and co-workers to provide feedback for program improvement, concerns, etc.
  • Reports suspected abuse in accordance with the PA Child Protective Services Law and YMCA policy.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
  Section Key Competencies (maybe as part of Requirements but we can make separate):

  Key Competencies

  • Engaging Community
  • Critical Thinking & Decision Making
  • Innovation
  • Inclusion
  Section Requirements: We need to include qualifications bullet list (multiple options) and physical demands. We can make a
  for qualifications options, each option as
  • . Also include certifications etc. Let's parse qualifications: "As per Department of Human Services, an Assistant Group Supervisor shall have attained one of the following qualifications: - A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education or the human services field. - A high school diploma or a general educational development certificate, including 600 or more hours of secondary training described in section 3270.31(c) (relating to age and training). - A high school or general educational development certificate, 15 credit hours from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education or the human services field and 1 year of documented experience with children. - A high school diploma or general educational development certificate and completion of a post-secondary training curriculum described in section 3270.31 (c). - A high school diploma or general educational development certificate and 2 years documented experience with children." Then: "And, Obtain a State Police, Child Abuse, NSOR and FBI certifications in addition to a negative Mantoux TB test and a physical." "Obtain Mandated Reporter training certification." "Must have or obtain Pediatric First Aide/CPR and AED certification." Physical Demands block: we can summarize as list. Physical Requirements: Light – exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects. Body Position and Movement (Seldom-1-10%, Occasionally-10-30%, Frequently 30-60%, Continuously 60-100% of the time) - Stationary Position – Seldom - Reaching - Occasionally - Move/Traverse – Frequently - Pulling/Pushing - Occasionally - Position self to move about with agility (upright or lowered to the floor) - Occasionally - Lifting – Frequently - Ascend/Descend - Occasionally Visual Requirements: Requires good color, depth and field of vision (with or without correction) to distinguish like objects from one another, detect and visually follow moving objects Auditory (Hearing) Requirements: Ability to hear voices, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds to communicate, answer phones and respond to alarms/emergencies Hazardous Conditions/Materials Exposure: Frequent exposure to outdoor elements; Potential to come into contact with bodily fluids/blood We'll put these as
    items. Now Benefits section: Benefits Include FREE Access to fitness centers and pools at all YMCA of the Roses locations Program and lesson discounts FREE Child Watch (up to 3 hours per day while working, when available) We'll make
    . Schedule section: we already gave hours in About the role, but we could also have separate Schedule section. The instruction: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Hours are stated, so we can have Schedule section. But we already included hours in About the role; we could still have Schedule section with just the hours. However that might be duplication. Better to move hours to Schedule section and keep About the role just intro and position summary. Let's restructure: About the role: intro sentence about making difference and looking for associate, plus position summary. Schedule: hours. Benefits: benefits. That avoids duplication. Let's craft final HTML:

    About the role

    Make a difference in a child's day—before the school bell rings and after it ends! The City Center YMCA is looking for a caring and dependable Part-Time Before & After Care Associate to help create a safe, welcoming, and engaging environment for school-age children.

    This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Provides direction for the children in the classroom, and implements program curriculum. Provides a quality experience to children and parents that focuses on building achievement and belonging in youth and relationships among youth and within families.

    Our Culture

    Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. In the Y, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day. We are welcoming: we are open to all. We are a place where you can belong and become. We are genuine: we value you and embrace your individuality. We are hopeful: we believe in you and your potential to become a catalyst in the world. We are nurturing: we support you in your journey to develop your full potential. We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger beginning with you.

    Responsibilities

    • Implements purposeful programming and curriculum within the