Program Staff - Thrive Afterschool

Position Summary

This position supports the work of the YMCA, a leading nonprofit to strengthen the community.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Commits to the YMCA’s mission, vision and values to promote healthy living, social responsibility, and youth development.
• Works with supervisor to create and implement procedures and/or programs and/or curriculum.
• Works with program participants and volunteers to deliver safe, quality programming while adhering to all standards.
• Plans activities and lessons, sets up materials, and cleans up afterwards.
• Supervises and actively engages with participants, fostering positive behavior management and embracing working with youth in many environments.
• Promptly reports any behavior concerns to Thrive coordinator.
• Maintains a clean and safe program environment and keeps storage areas organized.
• Ensures proper hygiene and sanitization, including regular handwashing for children and staff, sanitizing food preparation and serving areas, disinfecting toys and surfaces.
• Checks children in at drop off and checks them out upon guardian pick-up in accordance with policy.
• Follows DHHS Childcare Licensing rules.
• Builds effective, authentic relationships with participants and connects participants to the YMCA.
• As a Mandated Reporter, recognizes signs of abuse or neglect and reports to supervisor and the appropriate authorities.
• Monitors children for signs of illness and document as per policy.

Non-Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Performs other tasks and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Physical Requirements: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

The health and wellness of our staff is paramount, so we foster a culture of healthy living amongst our team and offer a YMCA membership and program discounts.