After School Care Worker

Summary

An After School Care Worker provides support and work to assist lead mentors in a variety of functions, including observing, supervising, guiding, and directing children. Additionally, assisting with organizational duties, and optimizing a safe and nurturing learning and play environment.

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 a professional environment where everyone can have a positive experience throughout the day.
• Maintains appropriate communication and treats all children, families, and staff members with dignity and respect, allowing for individual differences.
• Supervises and interacts with children at all times; mealtimes, rest periods, restroom times, play times, and activity times.
• Familiar with all health and emergency policies of the program and ready to implement them when necessary.
• Helps with general housekeeping tasks.
• Performs all other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School student, graduate with diploma or GED (minimum).
• Maintains and demonstrates a mature Christian lifestyle consistent with the teachings of the Church.
• 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 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 and expression of emotions, as well as role modeling.

Physical Requirements - Essential Job Functions

• Sitting, standing, bending, kneeling, squatting, crawling, stooping, walking, and the ability to lift and carry up to 35 pounds and, in case of emergency, a 40-pound child;
• Working in both an indoor environmentally controlled setting as well as outdoors in the heat of the day for extended periods of time;
• Sighted with 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.