RESPONSIBILITIES
The coordinator will be directly responsible for and assist the Senior Coordinators in managing a cohort of children and will be tasked with looking into the following, but not limited to that.
- Child’s Physical Well-Bring + Physical Development:
- Chaperoning them safely from the school to the centre (walking distance)
- Ensuring good hygiene practices are followed by the children
- Ensuring children take their meals
- Ensuring they behave themselves and listen to instructions
- Ensuring the children rest during rest-time
- Ensuring they follow the rules and expectations of the centre e.g. observe safety first at the centre (and not expose themselves or their friends to hazards)
- Providing first aid and arranging quickly for medical attention should a child fall sick or sustain an injury
- Leading the children in physical exercises (there are designated times)
- Ensuring the children are safely received by their parents to go home at the end of each day
2. Child’s Emotional & Psychological Well-Being – Moral & Social Development:
- Leading by personal example for the children by modelling and imparting values and good qualities to the children and managing their conduct
- Creating opportunities for the children to acquire social skills and good etiquette, and managing the children as they interact with each other, making sure they do so in ways that are polite, considerate and respectful.
- Listening to and counselling a child when he/she is upset and down, balancing the need to counsel and guide the child with respect for the child as a person
- Imbuing each child with a more positive sense of self and the spirit of doing his/her best
- Partnering parents and volunteers to guide and nurture the children
3. Child’s Schoolwork + Cognitive & Aesthetic Development
- Ensuring the children keep up with their schoolwork – homework assigned by the school
- Coaching and guiding children in areas/topics they are weak in – in their academic subjects
- Providing children with learning activities beyond their textbooks and to exercise and express their creativity through art, music
- Helping children to find areas they are good in and to have the desire to learn new things
4. Other (admin) Duties
- Helping to keep the centre clean, neat and operationally well-functioning
- Carrying out tasks assigned by the Head of Centre
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum O Level
- At least 1 year of relevant experience in looking after children would be an advantage
- IT savvy as need to use technology in teaching and for admin
- Hardworking and meticulous with a positive attitude
- Able to work well under stress in a fast-paced environment, especially with a large group of children (age 7 to 12).
