Student Services Coordinator (After-School Care)
Role and Responsibilities
The After-School Care Coordinator plays an important role in building relationships with students in After-School Care. Students from Lake Hills Elementary spend their time at Jubilee REACH while they wait to be picked up to go home.
The responsibility in this role is to build healthy relationships with students, parents, volunteers, and coworkers. The person in this position ensures every child is known, loved, affirmed, and experiences a sense of belonging. Some of the basic functions in this role require assistance in planning, organizing, facilitating, teaching, and monitoring the activities students participate in. Activities planned for students are intended for them to build relationships with each other and others as they engage in intellectual, creative, artistic, and physical ways.
I. Qualifications
Must be 18 years or older
Pass Federal fingerprint and State (WSP) background check and reference check
Minimum HS diploma or GED equivalent
Posses a heart to serve and to love all, especially the ones who can be most difficult to love
Minimum of 6 months of experience working with youth
II. Skills Required
Strength of presence, patience, and perseverance
Social/emotional intelligence and the desire to serve humbly and compassionately
Ability to build relationships with students, parents, volunteers, and staff
Core values of trustworthiness and integrity of character
Excellence in follow-through and follow-up on details
Ability to “go to” and manage conflict well
III. Areas of Responsibility and Quality Execution
Staff work from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm on Wednesdays
The person in this role primarily works alongside the Student Services Specialist
Support and serve all onsite JR staff and volunteers
Account for every student daily, including one-on-one “check and connects”
Assistant in the planning and implementation of daily programs to meet the needs of the children in attendance; setup program, project, and activity areas as needed
Interact with children in an effort to build self-esteem and form a comfort level with their peers; answer student questions, provide proper examples, emotional support, a friendly attitude, and general guidance
Assist in maintaining a clean and organized environment for students; demonstrate and involve students in cleaning and organizing program activity areas before, during, and after use.