Summer Day Camp Program Lead
The Salvation Army Southern California · Colorado Springs, CO · 3 mo ago
Consulting$17.51/hrFull-time
Duties And Responsibilities
- Aid with summer programming as needed, including supervision, guidance, and care for children in educational, enrichment, and recreational settings.
- Drive children to and from off-site field trips.
- Ensure compliance with childcare licensing requirements.
- Facilitate and lead programs designed by the Program Manager within their assigned areas.
- Assist with food preparation, serving, and cleanup.
- Build partnerships with parents and maintain responsive, supportive relationships with children.
- Aid in maintaining discipline and encouraging children to follow program rules.
- Assist with general setup and cleanup of program areas and support opening/closing procedures for the facility.
- Lead activities within assigned program departments.
- Ensure each child is always accounted for.
- Support the supervision of all children and ensure Program Aides are supervising children as required.
- Maintain a safe and orderly environment.
- Report all issues to the Program Manager.
- Follow all internal child-safety protocols (PTM), including proper incident documentation.
- Attend mandatory staff trainings.
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Prior experience working with children in some capacity.
- Knowledge of TSA preferred.
- Strong multi-tasker.
- Ability to work independently and within a team.
- Demonstrated crisis intervention and non-violent mediation skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft products.
- Working knowledge of integrated database applications and ability to learn new software with basic training.