Employment

Fun, energetic, caring individuals for child care positions. Preschool age 2.5-5 years old, located at the Hastings Nazarene Church. Program hours: 6:30 am-6:00 pm, Wage is negatable.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Build strong relationships with families and children. Follow all procedures, policies, and licensing standards. Provide a classroom environment that encourages participation of all children. Plan parent conferences to discuss children’s developmental progress. Create and carry out weekly plans and implement an age-appropriate curriculum that nurtures and stimulates all domains of each child’s development.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1-2 years’ teaching experience is a plus
• Possess an Associate degree in early childhood education or child development; or a Child Development Associate credential w/18+ hours of college credit; or a Bachelor’s degree in early childhood education, child development or a child related field
• Completion of: Required trainings, such as Child Abuse Prevention and others; CPR; First Aid; AED; Bloodborne Pathogens; complete a TB test and a drug test.
• Fulfillment of state-specific hiring standards, pass the criminal history background and fingerprinting process and completion of YMCA program specific certifications.
• Questions please contact Shay at: shay@ymcaofbarrycounty.org

A Job that Impacts your Community

Responsible for working in the outreach and recreation department at the YMCA.

Schedule:

• Monday-Thursday: 3:00-8:00 PM
• Off on Fridays
• Some flexibility
• $16-18/Hour

Essential Functions:

• Assist the Outreach and Recreation Director
• Provide support to athletes, coaches, and families
• Participate in fun games and activities
• Maintain a safe, positive, encouraging, and fun playing environment
• Communicate effectively
• Display leadership
• Be upbeat, energetic, and active

Areas of Focus:

• Sports
• Y on the Fly Program
• B. Bus Mobile Library
• Tiny Tots Program
• Potential for growth

Helps officiate and facilitate soccer games at fields in Hastings for YMCA youth soccer.

• Enjoys working and teaching youth
• Officiate youth soccer games
• Grades 1st-6th Fall season
• September-October; 2-4 nights a week
• Knowledge of soccer rules
• Enforce fair play
• Maintain a safe and fun environment

Fun, energetic, caring individuals for child care positions.

Preschool age 2.5-5 years old, located at the Hastings Nazarene Church.

Position Requirements:

• At least 1 year of experience in child care or related field
• Must be 17-18 to apply
• High School Diploma or GED
• Willing to have background check and finger printing
• Starting wage $12 an hour

Contact Shay Payne via email: Email Me

Fun, energetic, caring individuals for child care positions.

Two locations: Y Time is a school age program located at the Hastings Nazarene Church. This program offers before and after school.

• After school shift is 3:00 pm-6:00 pm
• Before school shift begins is 6:15 am-8:30 am

Position Requirements:

• At least 1 year of experience in child care or related field
• Must be 17-18 to apply
• High School Diploma or GED
• Willing to have background check and finger printing
• Starting wage $12 an hour

Contact Shay Payne via email: Email Me

Y on the Fly, (YOTF) is a mobile YMCA that provides programming experiences directly to our neighborhoods in Barry County. The YOTF program operates year-round and is known for FOOD, FUN, and FITNESS. 

Essential Functions:

• Display leadership
• Participate in a variety of fun games and physical activities
• Maintain a safe playing environment
• Communicate effectively
• Be positive, energetic, and enthusiastic
• Monitor and address challenging behaviors

Program Details:

• Begins in Fall: Monday – Thursday, 3:30pm-6:30pm
• MUST be 16 years or older
• Contact Gina at: gina@ymcaofbarrycounty.org

Come OUTSIDE and play with us!

CATCH (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) is an evidence-based program that promotes physical activity and healthy food choices, teaching youth healthy habits that last a lifetime. 

Essential Functions:

• Display leadership
• Participate in a variety of fun games and physical activities
• Maintain a safe playing environment
• Communicate effectively
• Be positive, energetic, and enthusiastic
• Monitor and address challenging behaviors

Program Details:

• Monday – Friday, 8:30am-1:00pm
• Fish Hatchery Park
• 7 weeks in the summer
• MUST be 16 years or older
• Flexible schedule
• Contact Gina at: gina@ymcaofbarrycounty.org

Teens strengthen communities by connecting with children. Teens have the opportunity to work in the following programs: B. Bus Mobile Library (summer), Summer Playground (summer), Y on the Fly (year-round), and Recreation/Sports (year-round).

Essential Functions:

• Display leadership
• Participate in a variety of fun games and physical activities
• Maintain a safe playing environment
• Communicate effectively
• Be positive, energetic, and enthusiastic
• Monitor and address challenging behaviors
• Establish connections
• Program planning

Program Details:

• Begins in Fall 2024; hours vary
• 15 – 16 year olds
• Flexible schedule
• Paid position
• Contact Gina at: gina@ymcaofbarrycounty.org

B. Bus Mobile Library’s goal is to reach students throughout Barry County, providing access to summer reading and active learning. The B. Bus will visit neighborhoods so participants can check out books, listen to stories and engage in activities.

Essential Functions:

• Engage youth, in an inviting manner that encourages reading throughout the summer months.
• Connect youth and their families with resources that encourage reading.
• Circulate B. Bus materials using a computer and specialized library software.
• Register patrons, and keep patron data and records of circulation current utilizing the provided software system.
• Communicate effectively
• Be positive, energetic, and enthusiastic

Program Details:

• Summer ONLY
• Monday – Friday, 8:30-4:30pm, 9 weeks
• MUST be 16 years or older
• Flexible schedule
• Contact Gina at: gina@ymcaofbarrycounty.org