Child Watch Staff - Daytime Shift

Job Title: Daytime Child Watch Staff

Status: Part-Time

Hours: 8:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday

Wage: $12.88+/hour DOE

Reports to: Associate Director of Family Services

Revision Date: 02/2026

Probation: subject to Montana 12-month introductory (probationary) period

POSITION SUMMARY:

YMCA Child Watch Staff are responsible for leading developmentally appropriate activities for the YMCA’s Child Watch participants. Staff are responsible for the well being, health, and safety of all children under their care, as well as providing exemplary member service to families utilizing the Child Watch. Staff must be comfortable working with children ages 0-12; co-workers; and communicating clearly with member families and supervisors. Y staff are viewed as healthy role models in the YMCA and in the community, and should always model the Y core values of Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility. Staff must be able to thrive in an environment with the unique challenges of a non-profit and community service organization, and have the flexibility to work in a constantly changing environment.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• As a Child Watch employee:
  • First and foremost – responsible for the health and safety of the children in the program
  • Embrace your role as a positive role model: Leading intentional activities; actively engaging with children and modeling YMCA core values; managing child behaviors proactively with consistent expectations and positive redirection; knowing the names of parents and children, building genuine relationships and making yourself known and available to them.
  • Follow YMCA practices and procedures: checking participants in/out; documenting behaviors and incidents; knowing, educating, and enforcing rules and policies to participants and parents; providing care to infants including feeding and cleaning, changing diapers and sanitizing the changing area.
• As a YMCA employee: Attend staff trainings and meetings; know and follow schedule; accurately complete time-keeping; communicate effectively with your supervisor, participants and their families, and the YMCA Welcome Center; maintain the safety and cleanliness of Y facilities.
• Complete required child abuse training, comply with legal and ethical obligation as a mandatory reporter of suspected child abuse and cooperate fully with any investigation of such abuse.