John P. Parker After School Program Lead

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title : After School Program Lead

Location : In-person at 5051 Anderson Pl, Cincinnati, OH 45227

Job Type : Part Time, 20-26 hours per week

Pay : $20 / hour with a $300 Sign-On Bonus!

Qualifications :

• A high school diploma or its equivalent, an associate degree or higher, is preferred. Education and work experience must meet requirements for Career Pathways Level (CPL) 3 as outlined by Ohio’s Early Childhood Professional Development Network.
• Must be eligible to serve as an Ohio Approved Child Care Administrator.
• Direct experience in leading school age groups is required.
• Flexibility and strong leadership skills
• Strong communication and technical skills including familiarity with Microsoft Windows and ability to use standard Microsoft Office applications.

Childcare Licensing Responsibilities :

Job Summary :

The After School Program Lead supports and actively participates in the daily operations of a licensed after-school childcare program. This position builds strong, supportive relationships with children while promoting their academic, social, and emotional growth. Under the guidance of the School Age Services Supervisor, the Program Lead helps train and support group leads, ensures daily procedures and licensing standards are followed, and assumes leadership when the Supervisor is off-site. This role requires strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills, along with a commitment to maintaining a safe, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate environment for school-age children.

Key Responsibilities :

Child Supervision & Engagement

Program Leadership & Compliance

Administrative Duties

Family & Community Engagement

Professional Development & Team Participation

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 up 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.