Teacher Assistant - Early Childhood

Are you looking for more than a job? The YMCA of Coastal Carolina is the perfect place for people with a passion for making the community a better place. The dedicated people who make up our staff are the foundation of the YMCA. Each person plays an important role in making the Y a welcoming, productive, and vital resource in their communities.

If you want to turn your passion for strengthening communities and impacting lives into a career, apply today. Working at the Y comes with personal benefits too. As a part time employee you receive a FREE YMCA Family Membership along with employee discounts on YMCA programs.

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Provides direction for the children in the classroom and implements program curriculum. Provides a quality experience to children and parents that focuses on building achievement and belonging in youth and relationships among youth and within families.

• Supports implementation of curriculum within the established guidelines.
• Nurtures children through purposeful programming dedicated to building achievement and belonging in youth and relationships among youth and within families.
• Helps with the supervision of children, classroom, and all activities.
• Makes ongoing, systematic observations and evaluations of each child.
• Cultivates positive relationships, maintains effective communication with parents. Engages parents as volunteers and connects them to the YMCA.
• Help maintain program site and equipment.
• Maintains required program records / documentations.
• Attends and participates in family nights, program activities, staff meetings, and staff training.
• Adheres to policies related to boundaries with youth.
• Attends required abuse risk management training.
• Adheres to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising youth.
• Reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements.
• Ability to work Monday – Friday 8am – 12pm
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Meets educational and experience qualifications established by state law (if the state sets requirements. The YMCA should establish minimum qualification standards if the state has no requirements).
• At least 18 years of age.
• CPR, First Aid, AED certifications and assigned Redwoods trainings within 30 days of hire date.
• Child Abuse Prevention: reports any items that may provide a health or safety hazard to staff, members, or guests to your supervisor; follows all policies and procedures related to keeping children safe in our facilities and programs, including those related to the monitoring and supervision of children; reports any suspicious behavior and violation of policy and procedures to your supervisor; completes all child abuse prevention training as required.
• Previous experience working with children in a developmental setting preferred.
• Ability to plan, organize and implement age-appropriate/developmentally appropriate program activities.
• Previous experience with diverse populations. Ability to develop positive, authentic relationships with people from different backgrounds.
• Understands the YMCA is a public accommodation committed to inclusion and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

• Stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl twist, bend; and talk to hear.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.