Assistant Group Leader YMCA Latchkey Valley Center

JOB RESPONSIBLITIES

• Attend all mandatory staff meetings and in-service hours
• Facilitate program activities, supervise routines, and encourage youth participation
• Remain actively engaged with youth throughout the program with a focus on building relationships and being a positive role model in the areas of interpersonal communication, sportsmanship, healthy eating and physical activity
• Demonstrate the ability to set and maintain limits for children using positive reinforcements
• Support and guide youth in conflict to find positive solutions and work out differences and disagreement with respect to all involved
• Maintain good public relations with parents and host building administrators and staff
• Create a welcoming environment by ensuring everyone that enters the program receives a warm welcome and children and parents are greeted by name
• Communicate any issue or concerns to the Site Lead in a timely manner
• Following all reporting procedures for reporting suspected child abuse including notification to your Site Director and/or area supervisor immediately
• Maintain open communication with your supervisor regarding training needs, any interest in opportunities to advance, clarification of responsibilities or policies and/or feedback on performance
• Engage and actively participate in annual campaign, including but not limited to solicitation of donations and participation and support of campaign fundraisers
• All other duties as assigned

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