BARRINGTON AREA TEENS After-School Enrichment Youth Development Professional

Job Title: After-School Enrichment Youth Development Professional

Site Placement: Can change

Position: Part-time (20 hours) Monday-Friday during the school year, and schedule to be determined for Summer Camp

General Overview:

Responsible for planning, delivering, and overseeing fun, meaningful and compelling program experiences for school-age youth members TEENS LEVEL. Program experiences include sports/athletics, creative arts, technology, education based, and character building and other hands-on activities based on YDP background, interests, and skills.

Responsibilities.

• Facilitating Club programs, activities and services that prepare youth for success and create a club environment which facilitates growth and achievement in children.
• Supervising and encouraging youth members to participate in a variety of program areas and activities which are called experiences, and receive instruction and constructive feedback to further develop skills.
• Providing guidance to members to assist them in making appropriate choices in educational, personal, physical, social, emotional, vocational, and spiritual needs.
• Effectively communicate standards of our program and maintain experience areas safe, diligently sanitized, and well maintained within state guidelines.
• Documenting reporting data, including attendance and program participation on a daily basis.
• Maintaining a healthy and safe environment, ensuring facilities, equipment and supplies are maintained.

Reasoning Ability:Ability to anticipate, identify and 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 schedule form. To accurately complete all required paperwork. To professionally handle and/or get help to resolve conflict. Ability to follow instructions as given and/or directed by supervisor.