Child, Youth

**Date Posted**: November 28, 2024

**Position Title**: Child, Youth and Family Staff
**Location**: Robert Lee YMCA (955 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y2)
**Terms**: Permanent Full-Time
**Hours**: 35 hours per week
**Shifts**:Shifts vary, will include weekday mornings and afternoon/evenings

**Salary**: 0-500 Hours $17.94 hourly

501-1000 hours $18.48 hourly

1001-1500 hours $19.04 hourly

After 1500 $19.61 hourly

**Start Date**: As soon as possible
**Reports To**: Child, Youth & Family Supervisor

**Nature & Scope**:
Will report to the Supervisor, Child, Youth and Family and will work collaboratively with other members of the YMCA team to provide a safe and fun environment for our child, youth, and family programming.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Lead programs for children aged 0 to 12 years old in a positive and professional manner
- Facilitate games and activities for various children’s programs to promote active and creative play
- Build meaningful relationships with children, parents, YMCA members, visitors, and colleagues
- Navigate challenging conflict situations using YMCA standards and procedures
- Strong work ethic and able to remain flexible
- Perform general administrative duties and record keeping responsibilities
- Ensure the safety of all members, participants, staff, and property by following YMCA policies and ensuring they are maintained among all members and staff
- Assist with training new staff/volunteers in procedures and practices

**Requirements**:

- Current Standard First Aid certificate with CPR level C & AED (valid within 2 years)
- Experience working with children - preferred
- Demonstrated high level of customer service skills
- 3 professional references

**Application Deadline**: December 8, 2024

The YMCA cares about the same things you do: raising healthy and resilient children, ensuring youth feel confident and supported, and helping people feel healthy and connected to others in the community**. **As the Lower Mainland's largest operational charity, we are 4,000 staff and volunteers providing vital community services that are having a positive impact on some of the community's most pressing social issues. Central to our success are:

- The **people** who unite behind our mission to help people reach their potential
- The safe and welcoming **places** we provide—from health and fitness facilities to childcare centres to camps—that foster a sense of community
- The comprehensive community **programs** that provide the skills, opportunities and confidence people need to achieve their potential

These people, places, and programs come together to create a sense of belonging and a supportive network that have proven time and again to help people achieve their personal goals. For some the impact can be truly transformational and can have an enormous ripple effect on those around them.

**About You**:

- ** Do the right thing - **You are caring, respectful, honest and responsible in all you do
- ** Put people first -**You believe in the strengths, perspectives and passion of people
- ** Keep our promises -**You do what you say you will do
- ** Lead by example -**You are courageous, speak with conviction, listen attentively and collaborate

**Competencies**:
**_ Commitment to Organization and Values: _**Demonstrates and promotes a personal understanding of and appreciation for the mission, vision, outcomes and values of the YMCA.

**_ Leadership:_** Motivates and inspires self and others to take action to achieve desired outcomes.

**_ Communication: _**Communicates in a thorough, clear and timely manner.

**_ Creativity and Innovation:_** Develops new ways or adapts existing ideas to improve programs and service.

**_ Team Work:_** **The ability to work effectively with others to achieve optimal results.

**_ Product Knowledge:_** **Thorough understanding of the components required in providing quality care.