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Youth Development Assistant

Carole Robertson Center for Learning
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Youth Development Assistant (Part-Time)

The Youth Development Assistant School-Age Mentor ensures high-quality programming for school-age students (K-6th grade) in the out-of-school time hours. Staff maintains a physically and emotionally enriching environment with clear and consistent limits and expectations. Staff plans and facilitates project-based activities, helps build social-emotional skills, and communicates with families. 

Major Responsibilities and Key Tasks

  • Plan and facilitate engaging activities tailored to the individual needs of youth;
  • Assist with homework, identifying any strengths and challenging areas, and communicating those with parents and teachers;
  • Collaborate with fellow mentors to plan and execute events and outings;
  • Maintain program records for class, including but not limited to: classroom attendance, meal counts, child assessments, accident reports, referrals for social services, and anecdotal notes related to health, peer relationships, individualized goals, etc.;
  • Maintain safety and create a welcoming environment for all youth and families using group-established norms and expectations;
  • Communicate successes and incidents with parents and set goals around academic and behaviors;
  • Maintain systems to recognize positive behaviors and build social-emotional skills in all youth;
  • Create and follow up with action plans with parents and youth to correct any negative, unsafe, or disruptive behaviors;
  • Ensure high quality programming based on the Youth Program Quality Assessment measures;
  • Ensure all behavior and goal setting discussions between staff/volunteers and youth/families is strengths-based, youth-centric, and solution-focused;
  • Ensure all supplies, classroom, common use areas, and playground are maintained and left better than the way they were found;
  • Maintain overall professional personal appearance adhering to the guidelines of CRCL;
  • Participate in staff meetings, training sessions, conferences, workshops, and other professional development activities;
  • Demonstrate respect, understanding, and patience to all youth and adults from all cultural backgrounds, with an appreciation for their interests, creativity, capabilities, beauty, and means of expression;
  • Must be able to resolve problems, handle conflict, and make effective decisions under pressure;
  • Ability to formulate lesson plans, prepare written materials, and articulate lesson plans;
  • Comply and adhere to all compliance and licensure standards, including local, state, and national regulatory entities;
  • Ability to frequently sit, stand, or bend, for prolonged periods;
  • Physical agility to attend to the activity levels of youth; and
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience 

  • Over 700 hours of direct classroom management experience; and/or
  • A bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, recreation, or youth development related field; and/or
  • High school diploma, a level 1 ECE credential, and completion of at least 5 modules of School Age Youth Development Credential.

Benefits:

Carole Robertson Center for Learning is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer that values and actively seeks diversity in the workforce. Carole Robertson Center for Learning evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and other legally protected characteristics.