YMCA of Metropolitan MIlwaukee: Adaptive Art Volunteer

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Are you an art enthusiast? Do you have a passion to better your community? Do you want to make a difference? Help make a difference in the life of a child, teen, and an adult with an intellectual or developmental disability by assisting or leading the adaptive arts program at John C Cudahy YMCA.

ESSENTIAL DUITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Help manage and supervise the Adaptive Arts program. 2. Provide instruction and in activities. 3. Ensures that daily care of participants a key priority. 4. Assist in setting up and taking down of equipment before and after programs, events, and classes. 5. Help engage children with cognitive disabilities through developmentally appropriate play activities designed to foster physical, cognitive, and social development. 6. Help raise the awareness about the disabilities of children with cognitive disabilities through peer participation, demonstrations and other events 7. Responsible for strict adherence to all policies and procedures related to safety and conduct rules and other regulations.

Requirements:

•Experience working with youth. •Creativity, initiative, flexibility, eagerness to seek out and involve others and genuine concern for today’s youth are essential. •Lives YMCA values •Actively values diversity •Engages community and others in the Y-mission and work •Must be energetic •Willing to make a difference and develop relationships