Child Watch Attendant (Mornings)

YMCA of East Tennessee; Knoxville (AL); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

YMCA of East Tennessee seeks a Child Watch Attendant to supervise and engage children aged 6 weeks to 6 years within the Child Watch department. The role emphasizes safety, active interaction, and adherence to the Y's core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.

Responsibilities include registering and signing in/out children, keeping the area clean and safe, following policies, recording enrollment and attendance, and communicating any issues to the supervisor.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• 1–3 months experience working with children in the target age group.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and interacts with children in the Child Watch area in a safe and professional manner.
• Ensures all children are registered and signed in/out by parent and/or guardian.
• Maintains a clean, safe and serviceable environment; notifies supervisor of any deficiencies.
• Follows records for child watch area including enrollment and attendance.
• Takes measures to ensure safety and wellbeing of the children.
• Follows YMCA policies, rules, regulations and procedures, including emergency procedures; completes incident reports as necessary.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills

Age 18+

Child care experience

Job description

Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The child watch attendant is responsible for supervision and interaction of children age 6 weeks to 6 years old while under the care of the Child Watch department. In addition, every position in the YMCA of East Tennessee is responsible for upholding the Judeo-

Christian principles that are central to our mission by modeling behaviors that exemplify the Y’s core values - caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.

CORE FUNCTIONS:

• 1. Supervises and interacts with children in the Child Watch area in a safe and professional manner.
• 2. Ensures all children are registered and signed in/out by parent and/or guardian.
• 3. Ensures the child watch area is maintained in a clean, safe and serviceable environment; notifies supervisor of any deficiencies.
• 4. Must be able to follow appropriate records for child watch area including enrollment, attendance, and special handling instructions.
• 5. Take all reasonable measures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the children in child watch.
• 6. Follows all Y policies, rules, regulations and procedures, including emergency and safety procedures. Completes incident and accident reports as necessary.
• 7. Other duties may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

There are no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

Individual must be 18 years of age or older. Individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

No education requirements required. Must have one to three months experience working with children in the age responsible age group.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability 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 scheduled form.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Frequently required to talk or hear. Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit and use hands and fingers. Employee may occasionally be required to lift 50 pounds. Vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, COURSES:

New Employee Orientation; required before start, provided by the Y.

Additional training, licenses, and courses may be required throughout employment.