Activity Center Leader

Your Role

The Activity Center Leader duties will include, but not be limited to:

Plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate seasonal therapeutic recreation programs for individuals with disabilities

Utilize program planning forms in order to assure appropriate program content and adequate skill progressions

Assist supervisors with special events and field trips in order to assure a safe program

Provide supervision including all aspects of care to participants while in the program in order to provide a safe, effective program

Utilize behavior management techniques to ensure the safety of staff and participants

Handle emergencies as they arise in order to prevent injury/incident

Communicate with facility staff and/or supervisors in order to cooperatively utilize facilities

Communicate with parents in order to convey essential information and/or participant progress

Prepare administrative reports such as attendance, time sheets, equipment and supply requests, incident and accident reports, and cumulative participant performance reports in order to provide documentation as required

Lift/transfer participants in order to facilitate program participation or carry out activities of daily living (ADL’s)

Drive city vehicles to transport participants for special events

Operate wheelchair lifts and tie downs in compliance with city policy

Supervise staff and volunteers in order to provide leadership and direction

Review and interpret confidential participant files in order to provide safe, effective services

Substitute in other therapeutic recreation programs in order to assure sufficient staff to participant ratios

Perform other job duties requiring skills, knowledge and physical requirements as demanded by those duties described or less. Individual assignments will be determined by the supervisor based on then current workloads and department needs.