After School Program Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : After School Assistant

Location : Openings CANS and JP Parker.

Job Type : Part Time, 20-24 hours per week

Pay : $15-17 / hour

Qualifications :

• This position requires a high school diploma or its equivalency, an associate’s degree or higher is preferred.
• Interest and experience in working with children is preferred.
• A valid driver’s license is preferred.
• Must possess minimum technical skills including familiarity with Microsoft Windows and ability to use standard Microsoft Office applications.

Job Summary :

The After School Assistant supports the daily operations of the After School Program by engaging directly with children to foster their academic, social, and emotional development. Under the guidance of the School Age Supervisor, the Assistant helps implement developmentally appropriate activities, ensures a safe and nurturing environment, and builds positive relationships with children, families, and team members. This role plays a key part in maintaining the quality and consistency of programming while aligning with agency values and licensing standards.

Key Responsibilities :

Program Implementation & Child Engagement – 50%

Internal and External Collaboration – 20%

Administrative & Operational Support – 20%

Core Values & Professional Conduct – 10%

Work Environment :

Exposed to a combination of office, school, and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit, and bodily fluids.

Physical demands :

The physical demands 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 : Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, and lift to 50 pounds. Must be capable of sustained exertion and be able to participate in the physical restraint techniques and exercises required to ensure safety of clients at all times.

Our Culture :

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers.

Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.