Westwood Y Club - Child Care Assistant Teacher -YMCA
$31,200–$31,200 year
On-siteWarrensville Heights, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Directly supervise a group of children in licensed Before and Afterschool Enrichment or Early Learning programs while creating positive, nurturing relationships with youth and building cooperative connections with parents. Support developmentally appropriate learning environments and curriculum implementation to encourage play, exploration, and cognitive, social, emotional, and physical motor skill development. Identify individual differences in personalities and temperaments, maintain confidentiality regarding observations, and foster critical thinking and decision-making skills. Communicate respectfully with families from diverse backgrounds, report suspected child abuse and neglect as a mandated reporter, and model healthy lifestyle practices. Implement weekly lesson plans, maintain safe indoor and outdoor areas, and perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- High school Diploma or GED
- At least 18 years old
- CPR and First Aid certification
- Safety training
- Ability to lift/move up to 50lbs
- Ability to perform frequent amounts of sitting, standing, waling, reaching, stooping, kneeling, bending and or instructing others for the duration of their shift
- Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction
- Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound
- Close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading
- Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word
- Ability to perform frequent amounts of sitting, standing, monitor swimming in bathing suit in shallow water, walking, reaching, stooping, kneeling, bending and or instructing others for the duration of their shift
- Ability to occasionally travel to other locations/programs/administration offices
- Willingness and ability to be a mandated reporter for any signs or suspicion of child abuse and neglect
- Completion of Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect reporting form
- Calling children protective services (696-Kids)
- Notifying immediate supervisor, branch executive, risk management and human resources department
Desired Qualifications
- 1 year of experience working with children in a licensed child care center
- Previous experience working with diverse populations
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