SCHOOLAGE COUNSELOR

Madison Area YMCA; Madison (NJ); On-site; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Madison Area YMCA is seeking a part-time School-Age Counselor in Madison, NJ to plan and supervise after-school activities for children aged 5–12. The role emphasizes safety, confidentiality, and building positive relationships with families and staff.

The position requires adaptability to diverse ages and cultures, with a focus on engaging children in meaningful activities while supporting the YMCA mission and community.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children ages 5 to 12 is preferred.
• Ability to follow YMCA policies and confidentiality requirements.
• Ability to adapt to diverse ages, abilities, languages, and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Plan and supervise group activities for children after school.
• Supervise individual children under guidance of School-Age Coordinators.
• Maintain confidentiality of information about children and families.
• Promote a safe environment to prevent injuries.
• Build relationships with parents, children, and co-workers in line with YMCA mission.
• Adapt to different ages, abilities, temperaments, and languages.
• Respond to range of children's feelings and encourage independent thinking.
• Encourage children to cooperate, share, and care for materials.
• Use varied approaches to help children learn and problem solve.
• Provide opportunities for children to choose activities and partners.
• Adhere to policies regarding boundaries with youth.
• Attend mandated abuse risk management training.
• Follow procedures for high-risk activities and supervising youth.
• Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.

Skills

Group activity planning

Child supervision

Confidentiality

Safety promotion

Relationship building

Adaptability

Encouraging independence

Communication

Job description

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SCHOOLAGE COUNSELOR

Part Time Service Wrk Family Center, Madison, NJ, US

Salary Range: $16.50 To $18.00 Hourly

At the Madison Area YMCA, the School-Age Counselor is responsible for planning and supervising recreational activities for children ages 5 to 12 after school.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Be responsible for planning and supervising group activities and individual children under the guidance of the School-Age Coordinators.
• Keep information about children and families confidential.
• Promotes a safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries.
• Builds relationships with parents, children, and co-workers; encourages families to build relationships and to understand the YMCA mission.
• Adapts to the different ages, abilities, temperaments, cultural styles, languages, and other individual character.
• Responds to the range of children's feelings.
• Asks and answers questions that encourage children to think for themselves.
• Encourages children to do as much as possible for themselves. Helps children when they cooperate, share, care for materials, or work on activities.
• Uses varied approaches and shares resources to help children learn and problem solve.
• Gives children many chances to choose what they will do, how they will do it, and with whom.

Supervision of Youth:

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with youth.
• Attend required abuse risk management training.
• Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising youth.
• Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.