What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lifeguard- Weekday Evenings & Weekends position at Southeastern Indiana YMCA?
Available Hours- 2 hour to 4 hour shifts available Monday - Friday between 4pm-8:15pm
WHY SIYMCA?
Our YMCA is a valuable community asset that works to ensure everyone can learn, grow, and thrive. The Southeastern Indiana YMCA owes its excellent reputation and its success to its greatest asset: its people and their knowledge, skills, dedication, experience, enthusiasm, and loyalty. We strive to attract and retain passionate people who want to live out our mission and make a difference in the communities we serve. We invite you to be a part of our journey today!
Our YMCA is a valuable community asset that works to ensure everyone can learn, grow, and thrive. The Southeastern Indiana YMCA owes its excellent reputation and its success to its greatest asset: its people and their knowledge, skills, dedication, experience, enthusiasm, and loyalty. We strive to attract and retain passionate people who want to live out our mission and make a difference in the communities we serve. We invite you to be a part of our journey today!
CAREERS INSPIRED TO LEAD
SIYMCA has a rewarding opportunity as a Lifeguard. We know that providing a caring and supportive environment for our members begins and ends with our employees. We are looking for passionate people to join our team. We will offer a great place to work, collaborative team environment, and resources to support your personal and professional development.
SIYMCA has a rewarding opportunity as a Lifeguard. We know that providing a caring and supportive environment for our members begins and ends with our employees. We are looking for passionate people to join our team. We will offer a great place to work, collaborative team environment, and resources to support your personal and professional development.
HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT
A lifeguard is responsible for the duties related to operating and efficient, clean, and safe aquatic environment. These tasks include guarding the pool, rule enforcement, some pool maintenance, minimal daily cleaning and upkeep chores, a firm understanding of the YMCA mission and character values, and promoting any and all YMCA programs.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITES INCLUDE:
- Communicates with members and all YMCA personnel with courtesy, tact, and understanding.
- Remain alert, with no lapses of consciousness. Nodding off or falling asleep while on duty will not be tolerated, it is each employee’s responsibility to be well rested and come to work ready for any situation.
- Sit for extended periods of time, including in and elevated chair. Other appropriate places for a lifeguard to sit would be the white benches or the guard stand. Walking or roving the pool deck is also acceptable.
- Move to various locations while maintaining eye contact on the pool at all times.
- Communicate verbally, including projecting the voice across distances and understand the importance of properly using a whistle while on duty.
- Hear noises, distress signals, and be vigilant for silent distressed signals at all times while in the aquatic environment.
- Scan the bottom and surface of the water continuously.
- Be knowledgeable and understand of all pool, guard, and facility rules-- & willingness and ability to enforce those rules in a fair manner while remaining consistent.
- Maintain the cleanliness of the pool area and perform few pool maintenance tasks. Clean up materials used by swimmers during your shift, but only when the pool is empty or at the end of your shift.
- Learn how to properly use the Dolphin vacuum & know when to use it.
- Maintain daily attendance records along with understanding how and when to fill out incident/accident reports.
- Learn how to properly take Chlorine and pH readings.
- Consistently patrol the pool area with rescue tube, never be without it while there are people in the water.
- Be responsible for each individual that uses the pool, in the water or on the pool deck.
- Be responsible to turn in schedule availability before lifeguard schedules are finalized. Details about each session are sent via email at least 1 weeks before the new session begins.
- Know that from time to time, you may be asked to be a substitute for fellow lifeguards. Communication with the Aquatics Director when subs are needed or you are subbing for another, is required. Each employee musty be able to retrieve PDF’s via email.
- Always conduct self in a positive and professional manner. Your appearance and job performance should always be at its best and most professional. Be on time for your shifts and find priority in being dependable and reliable by all fellow team members.
- Understand when it is necessary to fill out incident/accident reports. All reports must be filled out directly after an accident and before reopening the pool.
- It will be expected of all guards to clean up possible blood and body fluid spills when needed. Be sure to know where clean-up procedures are and how to use them as an aid in the clean-up process.
- Know and understand the Aquatics Department’s Emergency Action Plan and Clean-Up Procedures and where the report forms are kept.
- Must always be wearing appropriate lifeguard attire while on duty.
- Must understand in advance, the breaking of any job description responsibilities, guard, pool, or facility rules will result in a write up and depending on the severity of the infraction could result in dismissal.
- Attend all in-service meeting scheduled each month. If a lifeguard cannot attend a specific in-service training, they are expected to inform the aquatics Director before the scheduled in-service. They then must attend the make-up session within one week of the originally scheduled in-service or that lifeguard will not be permitted to work their scheduled shifts until taking part in a make-up session.
- Complete your onboarding checklist and any and assigned online courses.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
- First Aid, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, and a Lifeguard certification by the American Red Cross. Each employee is responsible to keep these certifications current by attending provided re-certifications when they are made available. **Training is available from our Y and can be paid. Please apply if interested.
- The employee must be at least 16 years of age.
BENEFITS WE OFFER (Full-Time & Part-Time Status)
- Paid Time Off & Holiday pay
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits program (Medical Dental and Vision Insurance, Company Paid Employee Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability)
- Child Care & Membership Discounts for qualified employees
- 403(b) retirement plan with a 12% employer contribution
WHAT SETS US APART
Employee Development: We offer professional development opportunities through on-site education sessions and TEACH Scholarships available to eligible employees for the pursuit of an early childhood education degree or certification.
Employee Development: We offer professional development opportunities through on-site education sessions and TEACH Scholarships available to eligible employees for the pursuit of an early childhood education degree or certification.
We Take Care of Our Team: Our comprehensive benefits plan offers resources for team members to maintain emotional, physical, and financial well-being.
We Support Each Other: Our mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. We carry that mission through to our team in offering a supportive and collaborative work environment.
We Celebrate Each Other: We work hard to support our communities and encourage our progress along the way. We offer team building and employee recognition programs that energize and inspire our work individually and as a team.
SIYMCA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity of expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
