Youth Program Supervisor

Job Title

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to provide a safe and enriching environment for youth program participants and supervise Youth Program Leaders.

Job Responsibilities

Works with Youth Program Leaders to provide a safe, structured, well-rounded full-day program for participants. This includes leading sports and fine arts activities; supervising participants while swimming; attending field trips; leading community service projects; and, leading team building exercises. Maintains parent communication including handling sign-out sheet; discussing behavior concerns with parents; reminding parents about payments and other program information; and, sitting in on parent conferences as needed. Supervises Youth Program Leaders including redirecting Leaders as needed; relaying information from Recreation Programmers; and, attending Program Supervisor meetings. Performs administrative functions including completing attendance, incident, and behavior reports; and, completing late pick-up forms. Ensures and performs safety regarding facility use and programs including CPR and First Aid; fire drills; site checks; administering participant medication as directed; and, overseeing sign-out of participants. May perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Work requires the ability to read and understand written instructions, to understand simple processes and the routine operation of machines. Level of knowledge is equivalent to less than high school or equivalency.

Skills and Abilities

Work requires functioning as a lead worker performing essentially the same work as those directed, and includes overseeing work quality, training, instructing, and scheduling work. Work may require providing advice to others outside direct reporting relationships on specific problems or general policies. Contacts may require the consideration of different points of view to reach agreement. Elements of persuasion may be necessary to gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas. This position normally performs the duty assignment after receiving general instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results. There is some opportunity for discretion when making selections among a few, easily identifiable choices. The assignment is usually reviewed upon completion. Work requires the use of standard technical skills appropriate to the work environment of the organization. Intermediate ability to read papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias. Basic ability to perform the four basic arithmetic operations. Intermediate ability to write reports, prepare business letters, expositions, and summaries with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech.