What are the responsibilities and job description for the Victory Kids Service Staff position at Victory Church?
Victory Kids Service Staff
Position Status: Part Time
Classification: Non-Exempt
SUMMARY
Victory Kids Service Staff provide safe and excellent care to children, ages birth – 5 years old; To show the love of Jesus through quality care, interactive play and age-appropriate learning.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Helps to ensure the safety and welfare of the children and protects each from physical or emotional harm. This includes performing all tasks with an appropriate level of confidentiality.
- Provides an environment where everyone can have a positive experience throughout the day.
- Treats all children, families, and staff members with dignity and respect, and allow for individual differences.
- Follows a curriculum based on developmentally appropriate practices that helps each child reach his/her fullest potential in all areas of physical, emotional, and spiritual development.
- Supervises and interacts with children at all times; snack times, play times, and activity times.
- Accurately maintains observation/attendance records and other required classroom logs.
- Familiar with all safety, health, and emergency policies of the program and ready to implement them when necessary.
- Maintains appropriate communication with staff, children, and families in a warm and professional manner.
- Available and assists with Special Events outside of services, as needed.
- Assists in preparing materials for services.
- Prepares Check In stations and monitor children’s check in and out at each service and assists in greeting all guests.
- Helps with service set ups and take downs and at times, general housekeeping.
- Helps recruit and lead volunteers.
- Performs all other job-related duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- High School student, graduate with diploma or GED (minimum).
- Ability to understand and follow specific instructions and procedures.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to provide a supportive and caring environment for children.
All employees, regardless of position, serve as role models for children and adolescents who are served by our ministry. Therefore, each employee must at all times be emotionally stable and able to function effectively with children, adolescents and adults who may have mental or behavioral health problems. The staff must be able to demonstrate appropriate behavior, expression of emotions, as well as role modeling.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:
- Sitting, standing, bending, kneeling, squatting, crawling, stooping, walking, and the ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds and in case of emergency a 40-pound child;
- Manual dexterity with the use of hands, fingers to feel objects, tools, and controls;
- Sighted with color, peripheral, near, and far vision;
- Hearing and speaking;
- Excellent English communication skills.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ministry Requirements
- Maintains Victory protocol, policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates integrity.
- Performs and maintains tasks with an appropriate level of confidentiality.
- Models the biblical standard of personal conduct and lifestyle that is expected of all Victory Team staff members as outlined in the Honor Code and Employee Handbook.
- Fully participates in the life of the church as an active member in good standing the Victory.
- Supports and adheres to the mission, vision, values, and philosophy of Victory.
- Submits to and supports the leadership of Victory.
- Works well as a team player with leaders, staff, and volunteers.
- Additional duties and responsibilities may be added to this job description at any time. The job description does not state or imply that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee holding this position. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities as requested by their supervisor.
