Youth Sport Coaches

Contact: Kai Bell Email

Time Commitment: 2 hours-a-week during league seasons that are 6 weeks in length.

Job Description: Provide encouragement, leadership, and sport specific instruction for children ages 5-12.

Qualifications: Knowledge of specific sport, patience, and the ability to promote team spirit along with the YMCA's youth sports philosophy that "Every Child is a Winner." Must submit to fingerprint screening.

Training: Provided by the YMCA.

This position is available to adults, seniors, and teens 15 years or older.

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Swim Lesson Assistant

Contact: Elaine Yarranton (650)286.9622
Time Commitment: Varies

Job Description: Assist the aquatics staff in delivering a safe, effective aquatics program. Provides water assistance to the swim instructor during instruction of water orientation, water safety, and stroke development.

Qualifications: Must be motivated, outgoing, patient, and enjoy working with children. Helpful to have current CPR/First-Aid and WSI certification, but not required.

Training: Provided by the YMCA.

This position is available to adults, seniors, and teens.

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Building Futures Youth Mentor

Contact: Please call (650)349.7969

Time Commitment: 1-3 hours each week with child (schedule established between mentor and child), and one 1-hour mentor support meeting per month.

Job Description: To provide youth in-need with positive attention, strong role models, life coaching, encouragement, support, safe, fun recreation.

Qualifications: An interest in counseling and mentoring with a sincere desire to work with youth. The ability to make a one-year commitment to a youth. No prior felony convictions. Must complete a fingerprint screening and provide proof of auto insurance (if car is owned). Mentors must be at least 23 years old.

Training: Mentors are required to attend a 4-week training course (3 hours per week) including counseling, communication, and relationship building skills, family systems and dynamics, and ethical issues related to the mentoring relationship.

This position is available to adults and seniors.

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T.E.A.C.H. Teaching Everyone About Changing Habits

(Formerly YARP)

Contact: Armando Sandoval at (650)294.2605

Time Commitment: 1 hour, 1 evening a week from September through June.

Job Description: Provide one-on-one tutoring and mentoring to at-risk teens between the ages of 13 and 17. Position works in a team environment with trained staff and other volunteers.

Qualifications: A true interest in working with at-risk teens, and the ability to teach a variety of academic subjects, particularly math and English. Patience is a must. Creativity and a sense of humor a plus. Must submit to fingerprint screening.

Training: Training in academic tutoring and working with youth at risk issues will be provided by both the San Mateo School District and YARP.

This position is available to adults, seniors, and teens.

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Special Events Assistant

Contact: Robyn Fischer at (650)294.2608

Time Commitment: Varies with event.

Job Description: Assist staff and other volunteers wtih special event tasks including planning, set-up and event day support.

Qualifications: Enthusiastic, creative, a team player and a willingness to work with people of all ages.

Training: Specific to event.

This position is available to youth, teens, adults and seniors.

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