Group Leader - Farragut Cornerstone

About the role

Brooklyn Community Services is one of Brooklyn's first and largest non-sectarian social services agencies. Serving more than 20,000 individuals annually, BCS is committed to a broad and diverse range of services including prevention of foster care placement; crisis intervention; early childhood and after school education; and vocational training, job placement, and clinical services to adults with physical and developmental disabilities, and histories of mental illness.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with Site Director and Assistant Director to provide activities for children, youth, adults and seniors;
• Supervision and responsibility of running a classroom (s) with the assistance of an activity specialist;
• Knowledge and compliance of all DOH, DYCD, DOE and BCS health and safety protocols;
• Development of all school learning curriculum and activities for children ages K-5;
• Coordinate planning and preparation of activities and materials for daily schedule in conjunction with activity specialist;
• Responsible for supervision to groups of children during classroom activities, snack time, recreation and field trips. Provide effective supervision and activities to middle/high school participants during evening and weekend hours if applicable to site;
• Responsible for taking daily attendance and entering attendance into DYCD database;
• Development and planning community events for children, parents and community;
• Oversee and monitor authorized parental/guardian drop off and pick up of children following all health and safety protocols;
• Outreach to parents and community to promote the program, activities and upcoming events;
• Attend and comply with training requirements, including all healthy and safety protocols;
• Other responsibilities as needed and requested by site director;

Qualifications Required

• A High School Diploma required. Some college education preferred.
• A background in sports, music, drama, dance, photography, crafts, sewing, or the arts is a plus.
• Must enjoy working with children and be able to pass a background check.