Job Description

Job Description:

Hopedale Wellness Center is looking for a Swim Instructor to provide swim lessons (private or group) to children of all levels and abilities and will educate swim lesson participants to swim the basic strokes of freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, sidestroke, elementary backstroke to the best of their ability through creative and diligent efforts. This position will be responsible for the safety of the participants and will plan and implement the swim lessons to pre-school-school age children. Must be able to demonstrate and promote positive guest relations with the class participants and parents/legal guardians. This position will also be responsible for the cleanup of supplies following class/instruction.

The hours for this position are as follows:

• Monday–Friday from 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm
• Saturdays from 8:00 am to 11 am
• Available for other times as scheduled between the instructor and the client for private lessons.

Responsibilities

• Work hours as scheduled, which includes beginning and ending class on time; remaining after class to answer participant and/or parent questions as needed and clean up supplies.
• Instructs and evaluates students participating in swim lessons and promote swimmer safety.
• Act immediately and appropriately to secure the safety of patrons in the event of emergency.
• Assists management in gathering data. Responsible for keeping attendance and entering the number of total swimming lesson participants for each day into the Tally Sheet binder.
• Collaborates with other aquatics staff to develop optimal strategies for teaching and behavior management.
• Leads group and private swimming lessons to participants of all ages and ability levels using developmentally appropriate and effective techniques. This includes teaching stroke

Background and Drug screen Disclaimer:

All HMC employees are required to pass a Federal and State background check and pass a drug and alcohol test. We test for illegal and legal substances, including marijuana.

Requirements:

• Experienced in swimming or life guarding and must be CPR/AED certified.
• High school diploma or equivalent, or current enrollment in secondary school, is required.
• Ability to provide safe instruction to members.
• Valid CPR/AED certification, or willingness to obtain upon hire, is required.
• Knowledge of and ability to demonstrate swimming techniques including front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, butterfly, sidestroke, elementary backstroke, individual medley, medley relay, legal turns including flip turns, use of a pace clock for training purposes, and/or the ability to quickly master this knowledge and these skills via job training.

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