Key Responsibilities

Program Leadership & Direct Service

• Develop and implement daily, weekly, and monthly after-school programming aligned with child development and state standards.
• Provide direct supervision and engagement with children, ensuring safety and promoting social-emotional and academic growth.
• Manage challenging behaviors and emergency situations, including communication with families and emergency personnel.
• Maintain a responsive, trauma-informed environment and ensure compliance with licensing and quality standards.

Administration & Compliance

• Serve as the childcare administrator on the license and ensure adherence to Ohio Department of Children and Youth regulations and Step Up to Quality standards.
• Oversee enrollment, registration, and accurate completion of child and family documentation.
• Manage program data systems, tuition collection, and financial reporting.
• Coordinate activity calendars, lesson plans, field trips, and special events.
• Ensure proper maintenance and cleanliness of program areas.

Collaboration & Family Engagement

• Build positive relationships with families and address concerns professionally.
• Collaborate with school staff, agency programs, and community partners to support children’s needs.
• Represent the agency in school and community settings and participate in outreach activities.

Staff Supervision & Development

• Provide formal and informal supervision to school-age group leads, including quarterly shadowing and documentation.
• Recruit, hire, and train staff; monitor required training and credentialing.
• Support staff in daily practice and professional development, modeling best practices and communication techniques.

Work Environment: Exposed to a combination of office, school and mental health treatment environments. Exposed to children with behavior problems. May be exposed to shouting and clients who may be verbally and physically aggressive. May be exposed to blood or vomit and bodily fluids.

Physical Demands: The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required toRegularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend and lift up to 50 pounds.

Our Culture Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is Greater Cincinnati’s most prolific non-profit specializing in education, behavioral and therapeutic health services and autism services for vulnerable, at-risk youth, their families, and caregivers. Best Point Education & Behavioral Health is proud to embrace our ideals of an equal opportunity workplace by actions as well as our words. We lead our community with respect and tolerance, internally and externally, and we expect our employees to embrace this ideal and express it in their day-to-day interactions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category.