Oversee the Mizner Kids Center, supervise and interact with children. Maintain a safe and entertaining environment for children of members and their guests.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES include the following when working as a fitness attendant. Other duties may be assigned, as needed.

Responsibilities

• Engage children in activities and play that stimulates their development
• Appropriately always supervise children while keeping them safe
• Employ a variety of fun techniques (storytelling, video gaming, arcade gaming, art, music, media etc.)
• Assist children with Homework
• Comfortable with changing diapers
• Facilitate daily activities that are developmentally appropriate for infants, toddlers, kids and teen-age children
• Maintaining an environment that is clean, organized, and safe for all children
• Encourage children to interact with each other and resolve occasional disagreements
• Establish a professional level of rapport with each family in order to provide quality care and friendly service
• Attend and engage in occasional events that may be on nights and/or weekends
• Serve snacks to children and clean up the preparation and eating areas afterwards
• always Maintain a professional self-image and project the values of the organization
• Observe each child to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem

Requirements

• Ensure the safety and well-being of each child by responding to their emotional, social, and physical needs as well as their educational needs
• Familiarity with safety and sanitation guidelines for youth facility
• Always utilize developmentally appropriate practice and best practice methods
• Be a positive role model for all care giving staff and children
• Be warm and nurturing with children
• Be member service orientated and professional
• Cool-tempered, friendly and reliable
• Ability to act as mediator between children

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years of age
• Have a high school diploma or equivalent education
• Have at least 1 year of experience working with children and/or a certificate in early childhood education or currently working towards the completion of one
• Be mentally and physically capable of caring for a large, mixed age group of children
• Possess a strong work ethic, be punctual, and have minimal absences
• Have an awareness of the unique needs of young children and have appropriate expectations of their abilities
• Be able to kneel, bend, squat, lift, push, pull, and carry children up to 70lbs
• Have dependable transportation

REASONING ABILITIES

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. A sharp eye for possible safety issues and the ability to swiftly and successfully intervene.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and depth perception. Employees will need to be able to carry young children without difficulty, bend to assist children and clean up messes, and must possess an energy level sufficient to maintain supervision and interaction with children for the duration of the assigned shift.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the fitness position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

When working in the childcare center, employees will be working in a small, limited drop-in childcare facility on the Mizner Country Club property. Care must be taken to avoid creating or allowing any safety hazards to arise for children and other staff members. Spills and messes must be cleaned promptly and small objects must be kept out of reach of babies and toddlers under the age of 3 years. Vigilant supervision of children is necessary to prevent accidents and to immediately intervene in potentially dangerous situations.