Job Details
Childcare
2025-10-21 YMCA Rocky Mount,VA
Description:
GENERAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Mission Advancement: Accepts and demonstrates the Y's values. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs. Recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them. Supports fund-raising.
Collaboration: Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions. Builds rapport and relates well to others. Seeks first to understand the other person's point of view, and remains calm in challenging situations. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative to assist in developing others.
Operational Effectiveness: Makes sound judgments, and transfers learning from one situation to another. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work and actively participates in meetings. Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately. Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members.
Personal Growth: Pursues self-development that enhances job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change, and seeks opportunities in the change process. Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths and limitations and how they impact relationships. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.
Required Certifications
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
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Love working with kids? Join the Y childcare team and make a difference every day in a fun, nurturing environment!
Job Description
Provide an appropriately safe, caring and enriching environment for the children. Staff is responsible for conducting themselves in an appropriate manner, setting an example for children, parents and coworkers by reflecting the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility.
Qualifications
- Must have the ability to demonstrate and/or show competency in the following areas:
- Supervising youth and presenting positive role modeling through all interactions with program participants.
- Be reliable and dependable
- Work flexible schedule to meet program staffing/planning needs.
- Exercise mature judgement and sound decision making
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
GENERAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Adhere to policies as stated in the YMCA Childcare Policies and Procedures Manual and in subsequent YMCA training and meetings
- Work in a team environment and encourage open communication regarding concerns/issues with children, parents or coworkers
- Communicate with Childcare Director on a regular basis
- Play and entertain children while keeping them in a safe environment!!
- Consistently demonstrate positive interaction with all children; talk to them and treat them with dignity and respect
- Consistently demonstrate positive discipline; teach and redirect rather than scolding or reprimanding them; firmly and consistently enforce the rules
- Help children to develop a positive self-esteem and sense of self-worth
- Consistently demonstrate and reinforce the values of caring, respect, honesty and responsibility
Mission Advancement: Accepts and demonstrates the Y's values. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs. Recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them. Supports fund-raising.
Collaboration: Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions. Builds rapport and relates well to others. Seeks first to understand the other person's point of view, and remains calm in challenging situations. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative to assist in developing others.
Operational Effectiveness: Makes sound judgments, and transfers learning from one situation to another. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work and actively participates in meetings. Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately. Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members.
Personal Growth: Pursues self-development that enhances job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change, and seeks opportunities in the change process. Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths and limitations and how they impact relationships. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.
Required Certifications
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE:
- Must have the ability to demonstrate and/or show competency in the following areas:
- Supervising youth and presenting positive role modeling through all interactions with program participants.
- Be reliable and dependable
- Work flexible schedule to meet program staffing/planning needs.
- Exercise mature judgement and sound decision making.
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Lift 35 pounds using proper technique
- Ability to stand for up to 5 hours
- Currently have excellent health and be free of communicable diseases.
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