CARING PEOPLE ALLIANCE JOB DESCRIPTION

Assistant Group Supervisor - Afterschool School/Summer Camp

Statement of General Purpose

This position assists with the planning and implementation of high-quality afterschool and summer camp activities for children enrolled in a Philadelphia-based elementary/middle school.

Examples of Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Facilitates high-quality educational, recreational, and skill-building programming for elementary and middle school students, meeting all contract objectives; Strictly adheres to weekly lesson plans.
• Supervises children at all times, ensuring their safety and well-being while in attendance through active supervision and constant engagement.
• Serves as a positive role model for youth by building strong relationships with participants and demonstrating and promoting positive and professional communication, behavior, and engagement.
• Oversees individual child and group behavior, preventing altercations and injuries through non-confrontational, non-physical, non-threatening techniques; corrects disciplinary problems in an understanding, positive, and non-physical manner; teaches conflict resolution through the development and use of verbal skills; manages classroom behaviors and overall positive learning environment.
• Completes incident and injury reports in a timely and accurate manner and reports any issues related to child behavior and/or wellbeing to program leadership.
• Maintains a clean, organized, and safe program space.

• Facilitates snack distribution, homework time, project-based learning activities, field trips, and other program activities.
• Monitors daily attendance, meal tracking, and other forms of daily reporting.
• Developments and maintains a positive and productive working relationship with other program staff, school leadership and staff, community partners, students, families, and other stakeholders.
• Attends professional development sessions and internal and external meetings, as required.
• Performs related duties as required.

Core Competencies

• Ability to facilitate high-quality afterschool and summer camp programming that is both educational and engaging.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work productively with children, families, community partners, and school leadership and staff.
• A passion for working with children and an ability to engage them individually and in a group setting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate degree from an accredited college or university in early childhood education, child development, special education, elementary education, or the human services field and two years of experience with children
• In lieu of an Associate degree, a high school diploma with a minimum of two years of experience working with children and youth.

• Availability during afterschool hours (2:30-6:30pm Monday-Friday) and full-day availability during summer camp.
• Ability to provide clear background checks, educational documentation, reference checks, and other required onboarding documentation.