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About the Role
The Recreation Worker will help create and maintain a safe, healthful, and nurturing environment for children in care. This role involves assisting in the planning and execution of therapeutic leisure activities, supporting the treatment team, and serving as a positive role model.
Responsibilities
- Provide general supervision of children, encouraging participation in campus activity programs.
- Teach children appropriate social interaction skills, team skills, sportsmanship, and cooperation.
- Monitor resident activity and the environment during recreation periods.
- Mediate and intervene in resident misbehaviors and conduct life space interviews.
- Document resident participation and inform cottage staff of behavioral consequences.
- Assist other staff members with residents as needed.
- Prepare Incident Reports on critical incidents.
- Prepare reports to the treatment team on each child as scheduled.
- Help each child achieve goals identified by the treatment team, particularly those related to recreational activities.
- Assist in the role of Child Care Worker for Cottages during staff shortages.
- Organize, initiate, and supervise scheduled activities.
- Provide alternative activities as needed with approval.
- Assign Child Care Workers to supervise appropriate activities.
- Ensure all equipment and conditions of recreation areas are safe.
- Document activity results on evaluation forms.
- Help residents adhere to behavioral standards.
- Monitor the condition of the Fieldhouse and report repair needs.
- Maintain a clean and neat environment in recreation areas.
- Ensure all children and staff have left the building at the end of the day and all doors are locked.
- Transport children to and from off-campus activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Adhere to and perform all duties in accordance with every safety standard, practice, and policy of The William George Agency.
- Adhere to all rules, regulations, policies, and philosophy of The William George Agency and the New York State Department Office of Children and Family Services.
Requirements
- Must successfully complete all required background checks, including SCR, SOR, DCJS fingerprinting, SEL, OMIG Medicaid Exclusion List, out-of-state child abuse register inquiry, LENS, and OIG.
- Must successfully complete Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI).
Skills
- Background in sports and recreation
- Ability to work with a diverse population presenting a variety of cultural, socioeconomic, developmental and sexual identities.
- Ability and willingness to establish and foster healthy and supportive relationships that acknowledge individual identities and encourage personal growth.
Location
- Ithaca, New York State
Work Type
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Flexible schedule
- Afternoons
- Evenings
- Weekends
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Degree in Related Field (Preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $24.00/hour
Benefits
- Comprehensive health plan options
- Retirement plan options
- Generous paid time off
- Support work-life balance
About the Company
- The William George Agency for Children’s Services is a private not-for-profit residential treatment center located on a 650-acre campus near Ithaca, NY.
- It serves male and female youth aged 12-21 and their families who present with significant mental health issues, behavioral difficulties, and substance abuse issues.
- Programs offer an array of treatment modalities specifically designed to meet the needs of the youth.
Equal Opportunity
- The William George Agency for Children’s Services is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.