AFTERSCHOOL COUNSELOR

## Description

**Department:** Youth Development

**Reports To:** Afterschool Site Director / Program Coordinator/Before school Director

**Status:** Part-time

### Position Summary

The Before and/or Afterschool Counselor supports the YMCA’s mission by providing a safe, engaging, and nurturing environment for children during afterschool hours. Counselors lead activities, supervise participants, and serve as positive role models while promoting youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.

### Essential Functions

• Supervise and ensure the safety of children at all times
• Lead age-appropriate activities including homework help, games, arts & crafts, and enrichment programs
• Build positive relationships with participants, families, and staff
• Maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful environment
• Follow YMCA policies, procedures, and behavior management guidelines
• Assist with set-up, clean-up, attendance, and daily documentation
• Communicate effectively with site leadership regarding participant needs or concerns

• Model YMCA values of **Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility.**
• **PRAESIDIUM CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION VERBIAGE**
• *Employees**and**volunteers**who**directly**supervise**consumers**will:*

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers.
• Attend required abuse risk management training.
• Adhere to procedures related to managing high-risk activities and supervising consumers.
• Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.

#### Employees and volunteers who do not directly supervise consumers will

• Adhere to policies related to boundaries with consumers.
• Attend required abuse risk management training.
• Report suspicious and inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
• Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.
• Adhere to job specific abuse risk management responsibilities.
• Maintenance employees and volunteers—ensure unused rooms and closets remain locked; routinely monitor high-risk locations (locker-rooms and bathrooms), etc.
• Front desk personnel—ensure consumers are properly signed in and signed out, ensures only authorized adults are allowed inthe facility, etc.

#### Supervisors and administrators will

• Follow employees and volunteers screening requirements and use screening instruments to screen for abuse risk.
• Provide employees and volunteers with on-going supervision and training related to abuse risk.
• Provide employees and volunteers with regular feedback regarding their boundaries with consumers.
• Require employees and volunteers to adhere to policies and procedures related to abuse risk.