Youth Development Professional (Seasonal) Ferguson TCOE
$31,200–$31,200 year
On-siteSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesOn-sitePart Time$31,200–$31,200 yearSmall
Part TimeSmall
Job Summary
Plan, implement, and supervise youth development activities at the Ferguson Teen Center of Excellence, delivering creative games, lectures, and field trips to children aged six through high school graduation. Manage group behavior, enforce club rules, and provide positive guidance while administering assessments and gathering data for program outcomes. Coordinate special events, create activity calendars, and drive the Club van as needed, ensuring compliance with state licensing and safety protocols. Maintain professional relationships with parents, volunteers, and staff while meeting participation goals and grant deadlines. Some weekend work and local travel are required.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma
- Minimum of one year of experience working with children in a group setting
- Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services Medical Examination Report for Caregivers and Staff
- TB Risk Assessment and Examination
- Annual results of Family Care Safety Registry background screening
- Annual results of nationwide background screening
- Meets qualifications and ongoing training requirements per state licensing regulations (12 hrs. annually)
- Able to lift, carry, push, pull, or roll up to 20-25 pounds
- Capable of prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing, walking, and speaking and occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching and working in front of a PC monitor
- Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word as well as convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly in addition to perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels and ability to receive detailed information through verbal communication and make fine discriminations in sounds
- Local travel as well as some regional travel
- Some weekend work
- Mandated reporter
- Takes appropriate action when children are injured, including both minor incidents and major accidents
- Responds immediately to children that are hurt or in distress and acts to comfort and assist the child appropriately
- Remains calm and in control while providing first aid or CPR for the child
- Understands and complies with universal precautions to avoid contact with and control blood borne pathogens
- Knows what a 'bodily fluids clean up kit' is, what items should be included in a kit, and demonstrates how to use it
- Acts appropriately if there is contact with blood borne pathogens and takes steps to prevent transmission
- Completes and/or reviews written documentation for behavioral incidents and provides those reports to the Manager or Site Coordinator/ Club Director
- Appropriately reports any instances of abuse and neglect of children, as required, as a mandated reporter
- Consistently enforces and reviews Club rules with current and new members
- Executes emergency procedures
- Addresses children by their names and makes an effort to talk with each child every day
- Participates in the new member orientation process and club-wide events
- Provides guidance and role modeling to members
- Manages groups of members to make efficient use of time
- Helps establish an expectation of school success, high school graduation and college attendance
- Provides every member with opportunities to feel a sense of belonging, usefulness, competence and influence
- Works to create a community in the Club and includes children who may be isolated
- Creates environments and experiences that affirm and respect cultural, linguistic, ethnic and socio-economic diversity
- Develops all Club activities with fun in mind
- Builds programs consisting of creative games, activities and contests that provide maximum excitement
- Presents lectures and discussions to group to increase members' knowledge or competence in three priority outcome areas
Desired Qualifications
- Associates degree from accredited college or university or BA/BS
- Management experience
- Prior computer/PC experience using other word processing and presentation software and database management systems
- Microsoft Office programs
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