CYP Program Assistant

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CYP Assistants work directly with children and youth, keeping them actively engaged, well‑cared for, and safe while participating in the CYP. Their day involves helping children develop social skills such as making friends and conflict resolution, making healthy choices, building self‑help and school readiness skills, and exploring their environment.

• Develops schedules and activity plans, reviewing and providing input into plans created by entry‑level and intermediate CY Program Assistants.
• Ensures program plans and activities incorporate the observed needs of individual children and youth.
• Implements activities and special events that meet the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and youth.
• Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements, including special dietary or physical needs.
• Demonstrates, instructs, leads, and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities.
• Role‑models developmentally appropriate practice and activity‑area management techniques.
• Promotes and models safety, fitness, health, and nutrition practices.
• Helps arrange for and/or serve appropriate snacks or meals where applicable.

• Helps prepare, arrange, and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedules.
• Sets up displays and bulletin boards.
• Inventory equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged, missing, and depleted supplies.
• Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities.

• Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children, youth, and adults.
• Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.

• Provides care and supervision, oversight, and accountability for program participants in compliance with DoD, NAF Component, and local installation policies.
• Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children and youth.
• Supervises children and youth during daily schedule of indoor and outdoor activities, field trips, outings, and special events.
• Ensures children and youth (as applicable) depart with authorized persons according to written parental instructions.
• Observes program participants for signs indicating illness, abuse, or neglect and reports as directed.
• Incumbent is a mandatory reporter to Family Advocacy and Child Protective Services as required.

• Interacts professionally with employees, parents, and local installation command personnel.
• Provides parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their child/youth or program activities.
• Participates in conferences with parents and employees.

• Observes children and youth and documents developmental progression and/or concerns, using the information in planning.
• Participates in program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools, self‑inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.

• Assists in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.
• Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs.
• Notifies supervisor of health, fire, and safety compliance concerns.

• Collects, maintains, and reports program participation data.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Complete required training certificates, and maintain certifications or credentials required by Federal, State, and/or national accreditation institutions used as part of DoD's Child and Youth Programs.
• Pass all applicable records and background checks.
• Undergo pre‑employment and random drug testing.
• Pass a pre‑employment physical and provide evidence of immunization, be free of communicable diseases.
• Employment contingent upon proof of education if not provided at time of application.
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