Youth Development Professional Bonita St Elementary

Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson; Carson (CA); Presencial; USD 21.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson seeks a Youth Development Professional to plan, supervise and evaluate activities in Academics, Social Recreation and Physical Education for our members. You will supervise staff, coordinate tutoring, and ensure safe, engaging programs that build life skills and healthy habits.

Responsibilities include promoting participation, registering members, maintaining records, collaborating with schools and parents, and supporting program development.

Formación

• Experience working with children and youth development is required.
• Ability to guide, mentor and model positive behavior for youth.
• Strong planning, organization and communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Promote and stimulate program participation.
• Register new members and conduct Club orientation.
• Enhance member recruitment and ADA.
• Provide guidance and role modeling to members.
• Effectively implement programs and activities for drop‑in members.
• Provide daily homework and tutoring assistance.
• Maintain attendance records and documentation.
• Support coordination in recruitment and retention efforts.
• Plan activities to engage parents and stakeholders.
• Prepare weekly and monthly activity schedules.
• Create bulletin boards and displays of member activities.
• Address concerns from parents and teachers.
• Advise Director or Coordinator on program needs and staffing.
• May drive Club van and obtain Class B license.
• May assist in other program areas.

Conocimientos

Experience working with children

Youth development knowledge

Reliability and punctuality

Motivating youth and managing behavior

Plan and implement quality youth-initi

Educación

High School diploma or GED

CPR and First Aid Certifications

TB clearance

Valid State Driver’s License

Descripción del empleo

Description

Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson’s Mission

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson offers our young people a safe environment where they can have fun and be themselves around dedicated adult mentors who respect and listen to them. Outcome-based programs empower youth to become lifelong learners.

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

Plans, implements, supervises and evaluates activities provided within a specific program area, such as Academics, Social Recreation, and Physical Education. The YDP provides programming for members to stay active and build valuable life skills through play. YDP trains members in different levels of movement oriented activities with the development of physical skills including movement, coordination and strength.

KEY ROLES (Essential Job Responsibilities):

Prepare Youth for Success

• Promote and stimulate program participation.
• Register new members and participate in their Club orientation process.
• Enhance member recruitment and increase ADA
• Provide guidance and role modeling to members.

Program Development and Implementation

• Effectively implement and administer programs, services and activities for drop-in members and visitors.
• Provide daily homework and tutoring assistance for members.
• Maintain and keep files of attendance.
• Support Coordinator in recruitment and retention efforts.
• Plan and implement activities/events to increase parent/stakeholder engagement.
• Collect all required documentation to operate programs.
• Collect and maintain members’ report cards as they are distributed from schools
• Take inventory and order supplies as needed.
• Address concerns, questions, issues of parents and or teachers.
• Advise Director or Coordinator of any program needs, concerns, and problems: i.e. additional staffing, volunteers, and staff evaluations.
• Prepare weekly and monthly schedules of activities.
• Create all learning center bulletin boards, display of member activities and other department objectives.
• Promote and recruit members by contacting local schools and parents.
• Keep written, updated logs of members’ observations and progress.
• Assure that programs operate at optimum capacity and meet member’s needs.
• Monitor and evaluate programs, services and activities to ensure safety of members, quality in programs and appearance of the unit at all times.
• Prepare periodic activity reports.

Supervision

• Maintain members order and discipline by managing members’ behavior; reinforces
• rules of the club and all the recreational areas.
• Maintain a clean room/environment by sweeping, disinfecting, and organizing at theend of the day.
• Help develop injury prevention methods, evaluates injuries.
• Ensure a productive work environment by participating in regular unit and organization staff meetings.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• May participate in special programs and/or events.
• May be required to drive Club van and obtain Class B license.
• May be required to help in other program areas.
• Assume other duties as assigned.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Internal: Maintains close, daily contact with Club staff (professional and volunteer), Club members, and supervisor to receive/provide information, discuss issues, explain guidelines/ instructions; instruct; and advise/counsel.

External: Maintains contact with external community groups, schools, members' parents and others to assist in resolving problems.

Requirements

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• High School diploma or GED.
• Experience in working with children.
• Knowledge of youth development.
• Good level of responsibility, reliability, and punctuality.
• Ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific classes.
• Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive data and information.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form. Involves semi-routine standardized work with some latitude for independent judgment concerning choices of action.
• Ability to motivate youth and manage behavior problems.
• Ability to deal with the general public.
• Ability to plan and implement quality programs for youth.
• Ability to organize and supervise members in a safe environment.
• Mandatory CPR and First Aid Certifications and TB clearance.
• Must have a valid State Driver’s License.

ENVIRONMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Tasks are regularly performed with moderate exposure to environmental conditions such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, and temperature and noise extremes.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Tasks involve the ability to exert physical effort, typically involving some combination of standing for long periods of time, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects up to 50 pounds.

DISCLAIMER

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.