CYP Child and Youth Program Assistant (Multi-Level)
Navy Region Southwest Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR)
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Job summary
Navy Region Southwest Fleet and Family Readiness (FFR) is seeking CYP Assistants to engage and care for children and youth within the DoD CYP framework. You will help develop social skills, healthy choices, and self-help capabilities while ensuring a safe learning environment.
The role involves planning schedules, leading activities, and ensuring compliance with DoD and local policies. Candidates should be able to communicate clearly, work with families, and foster teamwork.
Qualifications
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to promote and foster effective working relationships with children, youth, and coworkers.
- Ability to plan and organize, and work cooperatively as a member of a team.
Responsibilities
- Develops schedules and activity plans; ensures plans reflect observed needs of children and youth.
- Implements activities and events to meet physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs.
- Prepares program options for children/youth with special requirements and supports those with special needs.
- Demonstrates and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities.
- Promotes safety, health, and nutrition practices; arranges snacks or meals where applicable.
- Maintains indoor/outdoor environments and inventories equipment; secures supplies.
- Supervises participants and ensures enrollment is tracked and kept safe.
Education
Job description
CYP Assistants work directly with children and youth, keeping them actively engaged, well‑cared for, and safe while participating in the CYP. The CYP Assistant's day includes helping children develop social skills such as making friends and conflict resolution; make healthy choices whether it be choosing nutritional snacks or appropriate recreational activities; build self‑help and school readiness skills; and explore the environment around them.
CYP Assistants work directly with children and youth, keeping them actively engaged, well‑cared for, and safe while participating in the CYP. The CYP Assistant's day includes helping children develop social skills such as making friends and conflict resolution; make healthy choices whether it be choosing nutritional snacks or appropriate recreational activities; build self‑help and school readiness skills; and explore the environment around them.
Develops schedules and activity plans. This may include reviewing and providing input into schedules and activity plans developed by the entry level and intermediate level Educational Aids (CY Program Assistants), CY-1702-I. Ensures that program plans and activities incorporate the observed needs of individual children and youth.
Implements activities and special events that meet the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive needs of children and youth. Incorporates special instructions provided by parents such as special dietary needs, physical needs, or other information that may affect the child or youth's experience in the program.
Prepares and implements program options for children and youth with special requirements. Cares for children and youth with special needs as directed by the supervisor.
Demonstrates, instructs, leads, and facilitates planned and spontaneous program activities.
Role models developmentally appropriate practice and classroom or activity area management techniques.
Promotes and models safety, fitness, health, and nutrition practices.
Helps arrange for and/or serve appropriate snacks or meals where applicable.
Helps prepare, arrange and maintain indoor and outdoor activity areas and materials to accommodate daily schedules.
Sets up displays and bulletin boards.
Inventories equipment on a recurring basis and recommends replenishing damaged, missing, and depleted supplies.
Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities.
Establishes a program environment that sustains participant interest and promotes positive interactions with other children, youth and adults.
Interacts with children and youth using approved child guidance and youth development techniques.
Provides care and supervision, oversight, and accountability for program participants in compliance with the Department of Defense (DoD), NAF Component, and local installation policies, guidance, and standards.
Maintains control of and accounts for whereabouts and safety of children and youth.
Supervises children and youth during daily schedule of indoor and outdoor activities and on field trips, outings, and special events.
Ensures children and youth (as applicable) depart with authorized person according to written parental instructions.
Observes program participants for signs that may indicate illness, abuse, or neglect and reports as directed. Incumbent is a mandatory reporter to Family Advocacy and Child Protective Services as prescribed by local policy in the case of suspected incidences of child abuse and neglect.
Interacts professionally with employees, parents, and local installation command personnel.
Provides parents with daily verbal or written feedback about their child/youth or program activities.
Participates in conferences with parents and employees.
Observes children and youth and documents developmental progression and/or concerns. Uses the information in planning.
Participates in program evaluation using designated instruments such as programmatic rating scales, risk assessment tools (as required), self-inspection materials, and national accreditation tools.
Assists in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation or equivalent.
Ensures compliance with law, policies, and regulations applicable to DoD CY programs Notifies supervisor of health, fire, and safety compliance concerns.
Collects, maintains, and reports program participation data.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
- Complete required training certificates, and maintain certifications or credentials required by Federal, State, and/or national accreditation institutions used as part of DoD's Child and Youth Programs.
- Pass all applicable records and background checks.
- Undergo pre-employment and random drug testing. A positive drug test, or failure to submit for testing, is a basis for removal from this position.
- Pass a pre-employment physical, provide evidence of immunization, be free of all communicable diseases, and obtain appropriate immunization against communicable diseases.
- Employment contingent upon proof of education if not provided at time of application.
- Marijuana is a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act and therefore use of marijuana is illegal under Federal law regardless of State laws.
- A positive drug test result for marijuana (or any other drug tested for) will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and ineligibility to apply for a position within the Department of Defense for 6 months from the date of the drug test.
- This position has been identified as a Test Designated Position (TDP). The incumbent of this position will be subject to and must consent to a pre-employment and random drug testing.
Resumes must include information which demonstrates experience and knowledge, skills, and ability (KSAs) as they relate to this position. Applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing their experience level and KSAs.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
- Ability to complete all Department of the Navy (DoN) training requirements within the specified timeframe.
- Ability to promote and foster effective working relationships with children, youth, and coworkers.
- Ability to work cooperatively as a member of a team.
Entry Level abilities plus:
- Knowledge of basic child and youth development principles to meet the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development needs of children and youth.
- Ability to implement developmentally appropriate principles and practices to provide high-quality direct care and education and development.
- Ability to interpret a curriculum or activity plan.
- Ability to follow written instructions.
- Ability to plan and organize, and work cooperatively as a member of a team.
- Ability to promote and foster effective working relationships with children, youth, and coworkers.
- Ability to work cooperatively as a member of a team.
- Six (6) months of experience working with children or youth in a child and youth setting.
Entry and Intermediate Levels' knowledge and abilities plus:
- Knowledge of child and youth development principles in order to appropriately inform the efficient and effective program response to meet the needs of children and youth.
- Skill to implement developmentally appropriate child and youth development principles, practices, and services in order to provide high-quality direct care and education for children and youth, either individually or within groups.
- Skill to promote and foster effective working relationships with children, youth, and coworkers.
- Skill to work cooperatively as a member of a team.
- Skill in verbal communication in order to provide basic program information and explain CYP processes and procedures.
- One (1) year of experience working with children or youth in a child and youth setting.
- Must provide a copy of your H.S. Diploma, GED, or College Transcripts (showing degree awarded/conferred) when you apply.
A successful candidate must be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalent.
Prior experience working with children and/or youth is preferred.
A successful candidate must be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalent, have six (6) months of experience working with children or youth in a child and youth setting AND have the following:
Completion of Navy Entry Level training requirement (Army, Air Force, and Marine equivalent accepted).
A successful candidate must be at least 18 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalent, possess one (1) year of experience working with children or youth in a child and youth setting AND have one of the following:
Completion of the DoD standardized training courses;
OR
A valid Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or Military School-Age (MSA) credential;
OR
A minimum of a 2-year degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE), Child Development, Youth Recreation, Physical Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Youth Development, or other field related to Pre-K or Primary Education.
Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order, all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander, Navy Installations Command is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolerated, and use of or intoxication by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service.
Non-U.S. citizens with fewer than three years of recent residential history in the U.S. may be determined ineligible for employment.
Some positions have special requirements. Selectee may be required to complete a one (1) year probationary period. Participation in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required.
In accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005, if a candidate or new hire requires access to a military installation and does not have a REAL ID, identity will need to be established. Identity is established by presenting either one (1) Acceptable Credential or by presenting an acceptable combination of Acceptable Source Identity Documents. Acceptable Credentials are listed in List A and Acceptable Source Identity Documents are listed in Lists B and C in the link below (page 3). If using an Acceptable Credential, only one (1) from List A is required and if using Acceptable Source Identity Documents, one (1) from List B and one (1) from List C is required.
https://www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/Vistors/Base%20Access%20Form.pdf?ver=2017-08-28-065204-693
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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