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Islands Family YMCA - Child Watch/MMO Attendant

Job Type: Part Time

Category: Part Time

Location:

Islands Family YMCA
66 Johnny Mercer Blvd
Savannah, GA 31410

Job Description

GENERAL SUMMARY

The ChildWatch / MMO Attendant is responsible for providing care for children ages infant to 6 years old. In addition, every position in the YMCA of Coastal Georgia, Inc is responsible for upholding the Judeo-Christian principles that are central to our mission by modeling behaviors that exemplify the four pillars of character-caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

1. Supervise and interact positively and appropriately with members’ children.
2. Ensure that all children have a safe and fun experience.
3. Provide general cleaning of toys, equipment and room after every shift.
4. Accurately record attendance of children and report to parents’ pertinent information.
5. Reporting of safety issues, attendance numbers and general needs of the programs.
6. Preventing incidents of child abuse, identifying incidents of abuse, and reacting properly when they occur.
7. Assist in the overall retention and satisfaction of YMCA members through appropriate customer service.
8. Assist in the annual Priceless Gifts fundraising program for the YMCA.
9. Maintain a positive and cheerful attitude with staff, parents and children.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

There are no supervisory requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Ability to foster positive staff, parent and child relations
2. Ability to supervise groups of young children.
3. Must be able to pass a criminal background check and obtain authorization to work with children under the Georgia Department of Labor and YMCA guidelines

Job Requirements

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports.  Ability to speak effectively with customers.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to bodily fluids.   The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

To apply please email your resume to Darcy Albury or call 912-897-1192.