SPARK Assistant | Medical Fitness Center | PRN status

Bring energy, creativity, and care to kids after school!

Do you love working with kids, getting active, and making a positive impact every day? Join our SPARK (Sports, Physical Activities, and Recreation for Kids) After School Program as a SPARK Assistant and help create a safe, engaging, and fun environment for children ages 6–12.

Our Mission: Quality, compassionate care for all.

Our Vision: Reimagine health care through connection, service and innovation.

Our Core Values: Be Kind | Trust and Be Trusted | Work Together | Strive for Excellence.

Whether it’s leading a game, jumping into an art project, or helping a student build confidence, your role is essential to helping kids grow socially, emotionally, and physically after the school day ends. If you're enthusiastic, reliable, and ready to be a positive role model, we’d love to have you on our team!

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Assisting with the planning and delivery of age-appropriate activities such as arts and crafts, fitness games, basic sports skills, and group activities.

• Supervising students during activities, ensuring their safety, participation, and enjoyment.

• Helping with check-in and check-out procedures to ensure accurate attendance and accountability.

• Supporting the implementation of daily lesson plans and adapting activities as needed to keep kids engaged.

• Interacting with children in a positive, respectful, and encouraging manner — and participating alongside them!

• Helping create an inclusive and welcoming environment where all kids feel supported and valued.

• Collaborating with team members to maintain a safe and organized program space.

What We’re Looking For:

• Current CPR certification or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire.

• At least 1 year of experience working with children or youth preferred (volunteering, babysitting, tutoring, etc. counts!).

• Strong organizational skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a respectful and professional demeanor.

• Comfort with basic computer use and willingness to learn necessary software (Microsoft Office, etc.).

• A positive, patient, and creative mindset with a strong commitment to child safety and development.

Why Join SPARK?

Because you'll do more than just assist — you'll inspire, encourage, and support kids during one of the most important parts of their day. Each afternoon brings opportunities to build connections, lead by example, and have a little fun along the way.

Qualifications:

• Current HS AED Certification required.

• Minimum one (1) year experience working with children and youth preferred.

• Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented, a self-starter, possess critical thinking skills and be able to set priorities and function as part of a team as well as independently.

• Commitment to working in a team environment and maintaining confidentiality as needed.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate effectively with various audiences.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.

• Possess and maintain computer skills to include working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and ability to learn other software as needed.

Job Specific Duties:

• Assists in preparing an implementing activities to include, but may not be limited to; art projects, fitness fun, sports skills and a variety of cooperative games. 

• Responsible for the daily checking in / out of each child in addition to overseeing their participation in the program.

• Assists with implementation and monitoring of activities and programs for participants.

• Develops new games and activities to be considered into daily lesson plans.

• Monitors activity sessions as assigned, follows lesson plans, and makes adjustments as applicable to assigned area.

• Recognizes when adjustments are required and creatively adapts activities to maintain participant’s enthusiasm.

• Interacts with children during activities. Participates in games as required, and as opportunity arises.

• Works closely with leadership and staff to ensure the safety of all children participating.

• Treats participants with honesty and respect whi