Safety Town Group Leader

About the role

Safety Town is a program for rising kindergartners that teaches life-saving lessons on various safety topics. Staff members assist in planning, promoting, organizing, and implementing daily activities based on pre-arranged educational safety themes. They supervise children, lead safety lessons, provide emotional support, ensure safety standards are met, report incidents, assist with program activities, and manage classroom and facility set-up and clean-up.

Responsibilities

• Supervise children participating in the program
• Oversee program activities
• Lead a group of children through their class safety lessons
• Provide emotional support and encouragement to child participants
• Ensure safety standards are always maintained
• Report any accidents/incidents to the program supervisor
• Assist children with practice of the program skits and songs
• Assist with set-up and clean-up of the classrooms and facilities

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• At least 1 to 2 years of experience working with preschool-aged children and/or experience in the recreation field
• Ability to work with children with special needs including those with medical conditions, dietary concerns, and/or behavioral problems
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Must be creative and energetic
• Must be able to identify recreational needs and interests of camp participants
• Exercise considerable tact and courtesy when interacting with program participants, parents, and support staff

Qualifications

• No diploma
• High School/GED
• Some College
• Associate Degree
• Bachelor Degree
• Master's degree or higher

Skills

• Ability to work with children with special needs
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Ability to identify recreational needs and interests of camp participants
• Ability to work with children with special needs that may include special medical conditions, dietary concerns, and/or behavioral problems
• Ability to identify recreational needs and interests of camp participants
• Ability to work with children with special needs that may include special medical conditions, dietary concerns, and/or behavioral problems

Benefits

This position is work as required with no benefits.

Pay

$16.00 per hour

Schedule

Work as required