Job Description
Job Description
Now Hiring: After School Assistant
Location: Reading School District, Reading, PA 19606
Pay: $17.00 per hour
Job Type: Part-time
The Children’s Home of Reading Youth & Family Services is seeking a Part-Time After School Program Assistant for our Community Prevention Partnership Program.
Purpose
The primary purpose of the After School Program Assistant is to deliver Kids Against Pressure (KAP) afterschool program to students in elementary schools in the Reading School District. KAP focuses on developing character education, learning conflict resolution, enhancing self-esteem and developing social skills to build positive peer relationships. KAP is delivered through after school sessions, summer KAP camp two-week sessions and approximately 4-6 Saturday enrichment days.
Part-time: approximately 10-15 hours a week during the school year, variable during Summer
Responsibilities
- Monitor the safety and wellbeing of students and employees during KAP sessions
- Deliver KAP curriculum to classrooms in 5 elementary schools in the City of Reading
- Provide KAP services during KAP 2-week Summer Day Camp experience for Reading School District elementary students
- Work collaboratively with KAP Program Manager to develop calendar, lesson plans and learning objectives
- Administer pre and post-tests
- Assist KAP Program Manager in outreach, recruitment and enrollment of eligible students
- Assist KAP Program Manager in maintaining accurate attendance records
- Assist in ordering food and preparing snacks for students
Communication
- Ability to maintain relationships based on trust, support and growth with team colleagues, program participants and community members.
- Maintains clear, effective, open, honest communication with both internal and external customers and colleagues.
- Creates, maintains and supports a safe environment for open discussion.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Seeks and responds appropriately to feedback
Qualifications
- Associate's degree in human services, education, social work, health, psychology or a related field is recommended.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (e.g., nonjudgmental, objective, reflective, empathic, patient, tactful)
- Ability to establish rapport with youth/students and empower them by building on their strengths
- Strong organizational and record keeping skills
- Ability to work independently and be self-motivated
- Computer skills; including web browsing, e-mail, Internet, and word-processing and data management
- Driver’s license – possibility of driving company 14 passenger van
Who We Are: The Children's Home of Reading Youth & Family Services (CHOR YFS) an affiliate of Apis Services Inc., is expanding its programs to offer treatment-oriented care rather than custodial care. Today our programs allow us to meet the critical behavioral and mental health needs of over 650 children and families every year! Visit BuildingKidsLives.org to learn more about our programs and who we serve.
Who is Apis Services Inc: Apis Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Inperium, Inc.) provides a progressive platform for delivering Shared Services to Inperium and its Constellation of affiliate companies. Allowing these entities to advance their mission and vision. By exploring geographical program expansion and focusing on quality outcome measures to create cost savings that result in reinvestment into the organizations stakeholders through capacity creation and employee compensation betterments.
Apis Services, Inc and affiliate’s provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment in compliance with all federal and all applicable state and local laws and regulations, including nondiscrimination in hiring and employment.
All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy/childbirth, veteran status or any other basis protected by law. This policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities extends to every phase and aspect of hiring and employment