Inclusion/Adaptive Leader

Santa Monica Family YMCA

  • Santa Monica, CA
  • $19.00 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 4 days ago
  • Apply easily
POSITION SUMMARYUnder the supervision of the After School Enrichment Coordinator, the Inclusion/Adaptive Leader is responsible for working individually with participants with special needs and helping to facilitate their inclusion into a YMCA program setting by providing behavior modification and support services for participants with social-emotional/behavior challenges and their families. This position is responsible for leading youth in a variety of YMCA programming daily, ensure safety and well-being of all participants, actively engage in planning and implementation of quality YMCA programs and objectives, and serve as a positive role model.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Help facilitate inclusion of participant into typical program day
  • Work individually with a participant with special needs
  • Ensure safety, well-being of participants to include physical and personal care hygiene
  • Implement behavior strategies that support the participant in the program
  • Provide continual supervision and comfort to participants and serve as a leader and positive role model
  • Facilitate activities, academic enrichment, games, crafts and other program activities
  • Create an age appropriate learning environment, which allows for and fosters creativity and individuality
  • Maintain daily communication with supervisor, staff, participants and parents
  • Provide resources and effective strategies that support the participant to other staff
  • Follow and maintain YMCA standards, goals and objectives
  • Keep and maintain ongoing participant documentation for services and accountability
  • The physical ability work with participants who require diapering and/or lifting services
  • Must have verbal, visual and auditory abilities to respond to critical incidents and the physical ability to act swiftly in an emergency
  • Ability to work with a culturally diverse community
  • Ability to adequately observe participant activities, enforce safety regulations and apply appropriate policies and procedures
  • The physical ability to lead in group activities and to perform related physical skills
  • Other duties as assigned needs to be included to all roles
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Minimum 18 years of age and high school graduate or GED
  • 1-2 years advanced experience working with participants with special needs/social-emotional/behavior support needs
  • Experience working with youth ages 4-15
  • Experience in behavior modification strategies and reinforcement systems are desirable
  • Completion of Child Abuse Prevention Training prior to working with program participants
  • CPR/AED, and First Aid Certification, must include Adult and Child/Infant, obtained within 30 days of hire and must be from one of the following certifying organizations:
  • American Red Cross
  • American Heart Association
  • American Safety & Health Institute

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