School Age Care Senior Program Assistant

Overview

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham.

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

A nationally accredited team of passionate professionals devoted to building better lives and a better community through the power of parks and recreation. Our talented team at Durham Parks and Recreation is devoted to community service and provides a diverse range of programs, services, opportunities, and experiences while being united through our core pillars of creating equitable economic impacts; advancing conservation;

rejuvenating health and wellness; enhancing quality of life and sustaining social equity.

Hourly Rate: $19.66 - $21.67/hr

Location: Various Recreation Centers

Work Days/

Hours:


Up to 20 hours per week based on availability, Shifts are 2:30pm-6:00pm Monday-Friday during the school year;
Intersession/Fun Day Camps 7:30am-6:00pm;
Summer Camp 7:30am-6:30pm;
Some evenings and weekends required.

Position prepares, organizes, and supervises facilitation of School Age Care program activities and games. Incumbent leads part-time staff, provides direct input on daily schedules, and assists with program development. Responsibilities include drafting reports, maintaining supply inventory, entering attendance, group coverage and providing onsite support for staff in place of supervisor. Incumbents are expected to physically engage with participants during indoor and outdoor activities such as local hikes, swimming, athletic field games and activities, and gym/playground games and activities.

Incumbent maintains regular communication with parents concerning general updates, behavior issues, and other information pertinent to participants.

• Prepares, implements, and leads games and recreational activities for children.
• Assists participants with completion of homework tasks using available resources.
• Interacts with participants, listens to concerns, and works to offer a fun and engaging environment.
• Recognizes and responds to opportunities for group and individual problem solving.
• Provides behavior management, adjusts as needed to mitigate issues, completes write-ups, and escalates problems to supervisor as needed.
• Documents and submits incident and accident reports to program supervisor.
• Collaborates with supervisor, other staff, and volunteers to conduct activities.
• Assists with the development of daily schedules, coordinates space, identifies resources and plans developmentally appropriate activities.
• Assists with personal care, mobility, communication, and other basic needs.
• Assists with employee training, observes and evaluates staff, and plans and leads staff meetings to provide opportunities for feedback.
• Helps to assure adherence to program objectives and state licensure standards.
• Attends workshops/trainings, classes, seminars, and lectures to meet professional development requirements and to enhance and maintain knowledge of trends and developments in School-age care.
• Addresses patron questions, concerns, and complaints and escalates concerns to Supervisor as situation warrants.
• Assists with processing participant registrations and fee payments in  recreation software system.
• Administers medicine according to authorized Medication Administration Forms and policy; and provides first aid in case of minor injury.
• Performs duties in the setting of Summer Camp programs.
• Indoor and outdoor environment Recreation Activities (all weather types).
• In water supervision of program participants (swimming).

POSITION SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES MIGHT INCLUDE
:

• Participant mediation to help resolve conflicts to include other participants and staff.
• Program inventory - findings reports communicated to Recreation Specialist.
• Program classrooms decorations (Bulletin board creations, furniture arrangement, hanging artwork etc.)
• Ensure compliance and accuracy for sign in/out program procedures.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Child development.
  
  -Group recreational supervision and the rules and regulations governing various competitive games, including athletics.
• Basic arts and crafts.
• Basic Behavior Management skills.
• Elementary math, science, writing, etc.

SKILL IN:

• Interacting positively and communicating effectively…