Drop-In Child Care Attendant

Job Title:  Drop-In Child-Care Attendant                                      Department:  Membership

Reports to:  Director of Fitness & Aquatics                                   FLSA Status:  Non-Exempt

Salary:  $15/hour, part time

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Job Summary:

The Drop-In Child Care Attendant provides safe, attentive, and quality care for children ages 6 weeks through 8 years while their guardian/member utilizes the Fitness Center. This position creates a welcoming, engaging, and age-appropriate environment where children feel safe and supported. The attendant is responsible for actively supervising children, facilitating appropriate play and activities, maintaining a clean and organized child care space, and providing friendly, professional service to children and families.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

- Provide attentive, active supervision of children in a safe, welcoming, and engaging environment.

- Plan, organize, and participate in age-appropriate activities, play, and interactions with children.

- Support positive behavior, healthy habits, and respectful interactions among children.

- Respond appropriately to children’s emotional and developmental needs while in care.

- Maintain required staff-to-child ratios and follow established capacity and supervision guidelines.

- Ensure all children are properly checked in and out through Daxko and follow established drop-in child care procedures.

- Communicate professionally and respectfully with parents/guardians regarding their child’s care, behavior, or needs.

- Provide basic care as needed, including bottles, snacks, and diaper changes, in accordance with established procedures and parent/guardian instructions.

- Maintain a clean, organized, sanitary, and hazard-free child care environment, including toys, equipment, and activity areas.

- Maintain appropriate confidentiality regarding children, members, and families.

- Follow parent/guardian instructions regarding approved methods for addressing behavioral concerns and communicate significant concerns to the parent/guardian.

- Promptly report safety concerns, incidents, damaged or missing materials, or concerns regarding an individual child to the appropriate supervisor.

- Follow all required procedures for reporting suspected child abuse, neglect, or endangerment.

- Attend required meetings, trainings, and staff development activities.

- Maintain reliable attendance and flexibility to work assigned drop-in child care shifts, which may include weekday mornings, evenings, and other scheduled hours based on program needs.

- Follow all YWCA Tulsa policies, procedures, safety practices, and applicable child care guidelines.

- Perform other related duties as assigned to support safe and effective child care operations.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities

- Must have current CPR certification and First Aid certification.

- Must be enthusiastic about interacting with children.

- Requires strong communication, the ability to work on a team, and an understanding of child

development and human behavior

- Must be able to read and write in English, and in Spanish is a plus.

- Ability to demonstrate good judgment and authority in caring for children.

- Ability to work with children without recourse to physical punishment or psychological abuse.

- Must be an advocate for the mission, values and goals of the YWCA Tulsa.

- Work effectively with all employees and members of all races, religions, sexes, national origins, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions; and without regard to disability status, genetic information, marital status, or status as a covered veteran.

- Openness to approaching conflict in a positive and proactive manner with the goals of finding

solutions, producing change, and bringing together opposing parties.

- Strong commitment to learning, growth, and continuous improvement.

Physical Requirements:

- Ability to frequently stand, walk, sit, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, and reach while supervising and interacting with children.

- Ability to sit on and rise from the floor to engage in activities with children.

- Ability to lift, carry, and assist infants and young children weighing up to 40 pounds.

- Ability to move throughout the child care area quickly and safely when responding to children’s needs or emergencies.

- Ability to push, pull, lift, and move child care equipment, toys, and supplies as needed.

- Ability to perform routine child care tasks, including diapering, feeding, cleaning, and assisting children with basic needs.

- Ability to visually and audibly monitor multiple children and remain alert to activities occurring throughout the child care area.

- Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Education and Experience:

- At least one year experience in a child care setting

- Customer service experience is preferred

Other Duties:   This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.   Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required competencies and expectations:

- To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following mission centered competencies as they relate to YWCA Tulsa core values:

- Community: We center people in our program design; we engage the Community in our decisions, and we partner with others to achieve the greatest impact.

- Advocacy: We are committed to creating space for voices to be heard.

- Respect: We care about each other and treat each other with dignity and value. We believe that authentic, respectful relationships lead to learning and growth.

- Empowerment: We empower each other [and the community/those we serve] to have a voice and create change.

- Equity and Inclusion: We build diverse, welcoming, and inclusive spaces within our walls and in the world.

- Excellence: We set and achieve ambitious goals.

Data Competency:

YWCA team members are expected to demonstrate knowledge of their data and how it relates to their scope of work. Every team member is responsible for the collection of data and the expectation is that this information is reflected upon and used for decision making, serving clients where applicable and adjusting processes when needed. Team members are responsible for entering data accurately, timely and consistently and ensuring that they are aware of goals and objectives related to their position. YWCA team members are expected to synthesize and apply their data to advance our mission and ensure they are reporting progress to their direct supervisors in weekly meetings where they will use data to create action plans, work strategically, and analyze any gaps or areas of need.

Communication Competency:

YWCA team members are expected to communicate clearly, effectively, and in a collaborative manner. YWCA staff are expected to utilize a variety of communication tools, including but not limited to email, TEAMS messages, telephone and in person conversation. It is expected that communication is responded to within no more than 48 hours. YWCA staff will communicate timely and respectfully with staff, stakeholders and clients.

Mission-Centered competency:

YWCA staff are expected to remain focused on our mission while making strategic decisions for their position. YWCA staff embrace a growth mindset and are proactive problem-solvers who demonstrate competency in their position. Accountability, adaptability and collaboration are expected of all YWCA staff members.  YWCA staff utilize their time effectively, meet deadlines and attend all YWCA meetings, functions and activities when it is an expectation of the position.  YWCA staff consistently demonstrate the ability to respect and maintain the privacy of sensitive and confidential information and use best practices to protect that information.