POSITION SUMMARY
Under the direction of the SACC Coordinator, the Y’s Kids Lead Counselor provides a quality experience to children and parents that focus on the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Provide leadership and motivation in the planning and carrying out of all activities. This includes promoting the integration of the weekly themes into activities.
- Communicate information from coordinator to counselors and to parents as needed.
- Delegate jobs to counselors to ensure all required duties and responsibilities are carried out whenever needed. (Examples – cleaning up, giving out medications, etc.)
- Ensure all job segments set forth by each counselor’s job description are followed on a daily basis.
- Monitor all discipline beyond the time-outs. Communicate and consult with the Coordinator on discipline matters. Attend discipline meetings as necessary.
- Be a proper role model to the counselors in working with the children and their parents.
- Carry your group’s emergency packets to every location.
- Daily checking of bags to make sure all required supplies are in them.
- Monitor attendance on a daily basis and keep counselor/camp ratio at or below State standards.
- Provide exceptional customer service by greeting all participants, maintaining a clean and safe facility and demonstrating professional conduct at all times.
- Responds to challenges with possible solutions in a timely manner.
- All other duties as requested.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Minimum of 1 year of college in education or related experience.
- Have a working knowledge of elementary school aged children, their developmental stages, and must plan activities according to the capabilities and interest.
- Ability to work in a team setting, value education and have a working knowledge of leisure time activities in the areas of recreational youth sports, arts, and crafts.
- Able to relate to children and parents and must stay within the YMCA safety guidelines and regulations.
- Certifications: CPR/FA, within 30 days of hire
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Must regularly lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds, and occasionally move up to seventy-five (75) pounds in the form of supplies or equipment.
- Able to sit, stand and bend to perform appropriate tasks.
- Must be able to move at an appropriate pace to respond to emergencies.
- Follow all safety requirements of the Salina Family YMCA.
- May be required to stand for extended periods of time.
- Work in different temperature environments.
The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
EFFECTS ON END RESULTS
- The Y’s Kids Lead Counselor position should affect the overall quality and reputation of the Salina Family YMCA, with a good quality program children will be more likely to return and be positive about themselves.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive but to give a basic structure of the duties; the employee may be requested to perform other reasonable related duties as assigned by the supervisor. Job descriptions and assignments may be modified when deemed appropriate by management.
