Adaptive Leader

Responsible for working individually with participants with special needs and helping to facilitate their inclusion into a YMCA Afterschool setting by providing behavior modification and support services for participants with social-emotional/behavior challenges and their families. This position is responsible for leading children, youth and/or young adults 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.

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Schedule:

Monday through Friday 2pm to 6pm

• 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

• Minimum 18 years of age and high school graduate or GED
• 12 units in Child Development or related field which can include: Arts, Early Childhood Education, Education, Humanities, Physical Education, Psychology, Recreation, Sociology, and Theater
• 1 – 2 years advanced experience working with participants with special needs/social-emotional/behavior support needs ages 0-21
• Experience in behavior modification strategies and reinforcement systems are desirable
• Fingerprint clearance from DOJ/FBI required prior to working; additional CACI clearance depending on the department of hire
• TB test clearance within 60 days prior to employment or prior to working at YMCA program
• 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