DescriptionThe Y is the leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community by connecting all people to their potential, purpose and each other. Working locally, we focus on empowering young people, improving health and well-being, and inspiring action in and across communities. By bringing together people from different backgrounds, perspectives and generations, we ensure that we all have access to the opportunities, relationships and resources necessary to learn, grow and thriveCome to work each day knowing that what you do has an impact on the lives of the people in your community. At the Y, we invite you to develop your skills, realize your leadership potential, and discover a position that is truly much more than a job. Plus, there is always room to grow at the Y! Availability: Monday-Friday; Hours will vary based on school/branch. Must be available for shifts between 6:00am-6:30 pm. What you will do at the Y:As the Assistant Site Coordinator in Year-Round School Age Care programs, you will step in to lead a before and after school program and/or day camp when the Site Coordinator is not present. Your responsibilities will include ensuring the delivery of developmentally appropriate activities and curriculum to participants, promoting participant safety and engagement in alignment with DCYF and YMCA policies, practices, and procedures. You will play a crucial role in fostering professional relationships with families, facility/school personnel, and the community.This is an in-person, part-time sub role. Shifts are a combination of AM programming (6:20am to start of school) and afternoon programming (end of the school day to 6/6:30pm M-F), and full day care on all no school days and over summer break. The position is a sub position and includes being able to substitute at any of our SAC sites when needed. Hours and shifts are determined by the school schedules.Job Duties/Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with state and local regulations in addition to YMCA standards and procedures
- Implement daily lesson and activity plans in culturally relevant and developmentally appropriate ways.
- Maintains required child/staff ratio. Provides direct, active supervision to a group of children to ensure their health and safety and to provide for a positive experience for each child.
- Support children in learning social-emotional skills for a successful future.
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships and effective communication with YMCA staff, families, school personnel, community partners and stakeholders.
- Provide families appropriate feedback and information as needed for their child to be a successful.
- Maintain materials, equipment, and program facility
- Attend staff meetings and trainings as required
- Performs other duties as assigned
RequirementsQualifications:
- Minimum age 18, 21 preferred
- Two or more years working in licensed School-Age Care program, with children in a developmentally appropriate group setting. YMCA experience, preferred.
- Meet educational and experience qualifications established by DCYF (Dept. of Children, Youth and Families
- Have a high school diploma or equivalent;
- Complete thirty college credits in any one hundred-level or above college coursework or equivalent;
OR
- Have completed at least twelve college credits in any one hundred-level or above college coursework or equivalent AND complete an additional eighteen college credits in any one hundred-level or above coursework or equivalent within five years of employment
- Provide document of all certification and training requirements established by DCYF, including position prerequisites, current negative TB test, fully vaccinated for MMR/other required vaccinations, and portable background check
- Experience planning, organizing, and implementing high quality developmentally appropriate programming
- Experience working with individuals, families and communities of diverse backgrounds and abilities
- Fluency in second language desired
Y Culture:
- Build relationships with a diverse membership base in culturally responsive ways, connect members with one another and to the YMCA
- Exhibit Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility
- Complete required training and certifications within established guidelines
- Arrive on time ready for shift, clock in/out within timekeeping system
Embrace Team Leader Core Competencies:Mission Advancement:
- Models and teaches the Y's values
- Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives
- Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition
- Cultivates relationships to support fundraising
Collaboration:
- Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives
- Builds relationships to create small communities
- Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict
- Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience
- Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support
Operational Effectiveness:
- Provides others with frameworks for making decisions
- Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities
- Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team
- Effectively creates and manages budgets
- Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress
Personal Growth:
- Shares new insights
- Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change
- Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance
- Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology
Physical and Mental Demands: The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Physical Demands:Lead and participate in a range of activities in indoor/outdoor settings. Sufficient strength, agility and mobility to perform essential functions of position and to safely supervise program activities. Staff may be required to move weights of approximately 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to handle, feel or operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; and lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.Mental Demands:While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex problems; may use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; work under intensive deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with members, staff, volunteers, and others encountered in the course of work, some of whom may be dissatisfied individuals.Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Typically, interaction with others is busy, constant and occasionally interruptive. Work may be demanding at times. May require ability to work irregular hours. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Job descriptions represent a general outline of job duties, functions and qualifications. They are not intended to be comprehensive in nature. In addition, jobs evolve over time and therefore their description may not reflect the precise nature of the position at a given point in time.