What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Program Coordinator - Flagler Health Village YMCA position at YMCA of Florida's First Coast?
Position Summary:
Coordinates and implements developmentally appropriate activities; supervises staff; interacts effectively with staff, parents and supervisors; and adheres to written budgets to foster individual growth and development of children in YMCA care.
Essential Functions:
- Supervises/schedules staff to ensure adequate supervision of children and effective implementation of scheduled activities.
- Maintains and ensures compliance with written activity schedules, menus, fire drill schedules, incident/accident reports, and other forms of parent and staff communications.
- Plans and implements a curriculum of developmentally appropriate activities in conjunction with staff, colleagues and supervisors.
- Schedules and/or attends regular meetings with staff, supervisors and colleagues.
- Ensures efficient implementation of planned activities.
- Fosters positive relations with staff, colleagues, supervisors, children/participants, parents/guardians, and the community
- Solicits feedback from children/participants and responding appropriately to concerns in a proactive manner.
- Develops individualized plans for children/participants for personal growth in conjunction with parents and other concerned adults.
- Effectively represents the YMCA as a key staff member.
- Models appropriate behaviors for staff under supervision.
- Remains abreast of any changes in requirements/policies and procedures through regular communication with supervisors and attendance at ALL scheduled meetings.
- Demonstrates a high level of professional ethics through fair and consistent implementation of all YMCA policies and procedures and licensure requirements with staff, program participants and parents.
NOTE: This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions.
It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
YMCA Competencies (Team Leader):
Community: Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to improving lives.
Relationships: Builds relationships to create small communities.
Developing Others: Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance, and support.
Decision-Making: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions.
Quality Results: Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.
Finance: Effectively creates and manages budgets.
Qualifications:
- High School diploma required. Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
- Typical requirements within 30 days of hire include completion of: CPR, First Aid, AED.
- Fulfillment of state-specific hiring standards and completion of YMCA program specific certifications.
- Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
- Ability to understand and implement fiscal requirements.
- Ability to understand, interpret and implement licensure requirements and policies and procedures.
- Ability to plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities.
- Ability to present a positive image to staff, participants, colleagues, supervisors and the community.
- Flexible and willing to adapt to changing needs.
- Strong interpersonal skills/Team Oriented.
Physical Demands:
This position requires the following: Seeing, hearing, writing, standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, crouching, bending, lifting (50 lbs.), pushing (50 lbs.) and pulling (50 lbs.)
Physical Demands:
This position requires the following: Seeing, hearing, writing, standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, crouching, bending, lifting (50 lbs.), pushing (50 lbs.) and pulling (50 lbs.)
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