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%

• Actively participate in daily program activities while maintaining session flow and structure.
• Promote active engagement through meaningful and age-appropriate experiences.
• Foster supportive interactions with children using positive guidance and the Reframing Conflict model.
• Implement the Plan-Do-Access model and design environments that support various learning styles and developmental levels.

Internal and External Collaboration – 20%

• Communicate openly and respectfully with team members, families, and site supervisors.
• Build strong, positive relationships with children and families to support development and wellbeing.
• Represent the program with professionalism and a customer service mindset.
• Attend team meetings, required trainings, and agency functions.
• Participate in the Youth Program Quality Continuous Improvement process.

Administrative & Operational Support – 20%

• Assist in developing and delivering lesson plans aligned with program goals.
• Accurately complete daily attendance and other documentation in a timely manner.
• Share in housekeeping duties and maintain an organized, clean work environment.
• Ensure compliance with licensing and safety standards, including maintaining training credentials.

Core Values & Professional Conduct – 10%

• Demonstrate respect for diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives.
• Maintain a positive, flexible attitude and strong sense of teamwork.
• Prioritize tasks effectively and communicate needs for support.
• Show empathy, care, and professionalism in all interactions with youth and families.
• Participate actively in professional development and required training hours (10 hours annually minimum).

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.