What are the responsibilities and job description for the Swim Instructor position at YMCA Southcoast?
YMCA Southcoast
Job Title: Swim Instructor
Position Summary:
Provides direct leadership, instruction, and motivation for students in swimming classes.
Essential Functions:
Essential Functions:
- Prepares lesson plans and schedules classes.
- Instructs swimming lessons in accordance with YMCA guidelines.
- Selects, trains and supervises class aides.
- Develops positive relationships with participants; provide feedback on progress; provide motivational support.
- Encourages member and parent support and involvement; identifies potential volunteers.
- Communicates information on aquatics programs and schedules; refers members and participants to other YMCA programs.
- Maintains attendance records, progress reports, others.
- Maintain current knowledge of emergency and safety procedures; report incident and accident events in complete and timely manner.
- Examines and reports damaged or unusable equipment; identifies and reports unsafe conditions.
YMCA Competencies:
Mission and Community Oriented: Accepts and demonstrates YMCA values. Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions and perceptions. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and community needs. Recruits volunteers and builds effective supporting working relationships with them.
People Oriented: Seeks first to understand the other person’s point of view; remains calm in challenging situations. builds rapport and relates well to others. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative in developing others.
Results Oriented: Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high value experience for members. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Makes sound judgments and transfers learning from one situation to another. Establishes goals, clarifies work, and participates in meetings.
Personal Development Oriented: Accurately assess personal feelings, strengths and limitations, and how they impact relationships. Pursues self-development that enhance job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change; seeks opportunities in the change process.
Qualifications:
People Oriented: Seeks first to understand the other person’s point of view; remains calm in challenging situations. builds rapport and relates well to others. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative in developing others.
Results Oriented: Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high value experience for members. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Makes sound judgments and transfers learning from one situation to another. Establishes goals, clarifies work, and participates in meetings.
Personal Development Oriented: Accurately assess personal feelings, strengths and limitations, and how they impact relationships. Pursues self-development that enhance job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change; seeks opportunities in the change process.
Qualifications:
- Minimum age of 16.
- CPR for the Professional Rescuer; AED; Basic First Aid Certifications
- YMCA Swim Instructor certification or equivalent
- Demonstrated ability of YMCA standards swim instructor skills
Physical Demands:
- Ability to demonstrate, instruct and observe participants in proper stroke technique.
- Ability to react to emergency situations by quick movements, strenuous activity, and on occasion assist or lift persons in distress of varying weights.
- Required to remain alert to dangerous situations while sitting, standing, or walking for various lengths of time.
- Ability to communicate across distances in a noisy environment.
Salary : $16 - $18