AYS - After School Assistant Group Leader

Overview

The Assistant Group Leader maintains a supportive, positive atmosphere that welcomes and respects all individuals, promotes the potential of all, and provides a quality experience to the community. The assistant group leader is responsible for supporting the After School @ AYS program located at the Cormier Youth Center. They serve as a supportive team member, a positive role model for youth, and an enthusiastic participant in large and small group activities.

OUR CULTURE:

Welcome to After School  middle school age after school program has been organized to provide supervision, engaging activities and leadership activities. Andover Youth Services’ After School @ AYS is a drop-in program for middle school students that meets daily from dismissal until 6:00pm. Andover Youth Services does not discriminate in providing services to children and their families on the basis of race, religion, cultural heritage, political beliefs, national origin, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.

• Support the after school programs and activities as needed. Including but not limited to sports and fitness, STEM & Enrichment, leadership and community service.
• Provide a physically and psychologically safe environment and atmosphere for youth and staff.
• Establish a fun, developmentally engaging environment & activities via appropriate techniques.
• Build positive relationships with youth in program, engage and monitors at all times.
• Actively engage in program to include facilitating and participating in activities, administering snack, effective site set up and site break down.
• Respond to incidents and emergencies, medical related and otherwise, following appropriate procedures and training.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with parents/guardians.

• Work effectively as part of a site team to build and maintain quality programming, operations and support team development.
• Maintain an open dialogue with the Full Time staff and Group Leaders regarding aspects of program status and for support as needed.
• Support consistency between AYS rules/ core values and school policies.
• Adhere to dress code policies.
• Work on early release day’s and family engagement programming.
• Maintain professional development trainings offered through AYS.
• Maintain an effective working relationship with AYS Staff and other program staff utilizing positive communication strategies.
• Participate in a culture of open feedback, both receiving and giving.
• Maintain an attitude of positive flexibility to meet the Middle School Childcare program needs.

• Acts as a role model within and outside the department.
• Performs duties as workload necessitates.
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude.
• Communicates regularly with supervisor regarding workplace concerns.
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload.
• Accountable for completion of assigned goals measured by the number of people served, cause driven measures, service satisfaction scores, operating results, and supervisor evaluation of assigned duties.
• Ability to work with diverse population, including but not limited to, all races, ethnicities, ages, genders and gender identities, sexual orientations and diverse abilities.
• Attend and actively participate in all meetings as assigned.

• Meet AYS requirements of an Assistant Group Leader:
  • At least 15 years of age, work under the direct supervision of a group leader, and either
    • Have a high school diploma or equivalent: or
    • Be currently enrolled in a high school program
• Capacity to engage and interact with children in a nurturing and creative manner.
• Exhibit desire to work as part of a team.
• Ability to develop positive, authentic relationships with people from different backgrounds.
• Commitment to inclusion and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential…