Summer Day Camp Group Leader

Reports to: Youth and Family Director

Job status: Seasonal

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Establish positive relationships with parents, children, school personnel and other staff members.
• Be a positive role model.
• The Group Leader assists the Youth and Family Director in planning and implementing quality program curriculum and lesson plans of the daily program, including arts and crafts, active games, and snacks.
• The Group Leader is responsible for assisting with supervision of children. Maintaining that children are never left alone. Making sure all children are watched at all times.
• The Group Leader is responsible for maintaining a physically and mentally safe environment for the children. Maintaining housekeeping at each site.
• Actively support and participate in YMCA functions as notified by the Youth and Family Director.
• Attend all required staff meetings and give input on programming issues.
• The Group Leader is responsible for record-keeping including daily attendance, newsletter information; lesson plans, maintaining adequately stocked first aid is kept, and meeting all required deadlines for such paperwork.
• Follow and enforce Ottawa YMCA departmental policies.
• Is committed to maintaining a workplace free from all forms of harassment
• Attends required abuse risk management training.
• Adheres to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising youth.
• Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.

• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

• Engaging Community: Builds bridges with others in the community to ensure the Y’s work is community-focused and welcoming of all, providing community benefit.
• Collaboration: Creates sustainable relationships within the Y and with other organizations in service to the community.
• Communication & Influence: Listens and expresses self effectively and in a way that engages, inspires, and builds commitment to the Y’s cause.
• Inclusion: Values all people for their unique talents, and takes an active role in promoting practices that support diversity, inclusion, and global work, as well as cultural competence.
• Critical Thinking & Decision Making: Makes informed decisions based on logic, data, and sound judgment.
• Functional Expertise: Executes superior technical skills for the role.
• Innovation: Creates and implements new and relevant approaches and activities that improve and expand the Y’s work and impact in the community.
• Program/Project Management: Ensures program or project goals are met and intended impact occurs.
• Developing Self & Others: Develops self and supports others (e.g., staff, volunteers, members, program participants), both formally and informally, to achieve their highest potential.

• Emotional Maturity: Demonstrates ability to understand and manage emotions effectively in all situations.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• CPR, First Aid and AED Certification
• Over the age of 18 years old
• Experience working with Pre-K age children and older.
• Must meet all Association-Wide training requirements in addition to those set forth by their Supervisor.
• Must be able to pass a Nationwide Criminal and Sex Offender Registry Background Screening.
• Must ensure that the physical and social environments for program delivery reflect the Y’s definition of character and values
• Highschool diploma, its equivalent, or higher

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Stand; walk; sit; run; use hands and fingers; handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, twist, bend; and ability to talk / hear.

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

BENEFITS