Community Play & Groups Facilitator

Community Play & Learn Groups Facilitator

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Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor? If you answered “yes”, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering. If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war‑torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

Refugee, immigrant and other migrant families face unique challenges and barriers, as they navigate new social and cultural environments, past traumas of seeking refuge and migration, and other systemic issues and barriers to accessing equitable opportunities of access to resources and supports. World Relief’s Early Childhood Programs (ECP) aims to ensure all immigrant and refugee children & their families have equitable access to services, resources, and opportunities to a thriving early childhood and strong kindergarten readiness skills for a successful start at the school system and beyond.

The WR Community Play and Learn Groups Facilitator will support facilitating our weekly community play groups (Kaleidoscope Play & Learn groups) for children ages 0‑5 years of age and their parents, at our program locations in South King County and North Seattle. During the summer, this position will support the early learning programs, such as the WR Kinders Camp in areas of classroom teaching, and parent and volunteer engagement tasks, as needed.

This position is scheduled for 12 hours per week.

• Serve as primary facilitator for the weekly Kaleidoscope Play and Learn (KPL) sessions with children ages 0‑5 years and their parents in two program locations – South King County and North Seattle.
• Plan session activities ensuring the program goals are met, and that KPL goals, outcomes and practices are integrated to support positive early learning outcomes for participant families.
• Ensure playgroup space has appropriate materials and equipment needed to support planned activities.
• Maintain student attendance and parent sign‑in records.
• Keep classroom organized, clean, neat, and safe for children.
• Foster a positive and respectful learning environment, scaffolding and modeling positive interactions with children that reinforce healthy and developmentally appropriate caregiver support.
• Support volunteer engagement through timely communication and supporting volunteers supporting the play groups and other ECP programs.
• Organize and facilitate family engagement events for participant families to help build more strong and positive social connections.
• Conduct program assessments and integrate parent feedback into program implementation on a regular basis.
• Support families by regularly offering helpful information on various community resources in areas of child development, school readiness, disability support, basic needs, parent resources, etc.
• Communicate with the Children and Family…