Bilingual Recreation Specialist II - St. PJ's Children's Home
Bilingual Recreation Specialist II - St. PJ's Children's Home
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Job Description
Mission: The Mission of St. PJs Childrens Home is to be a safe and loving refuge for children in crisis and to accompany them on their journey to healing and wholeness breaking the cycle of abuse and neglect one child at a time.
Summary:
Under the general direction of the Assistant Program Director the Recreation Specialist is responsible for the coordination and implementation of daily recreational activities for UAC in accordance with agency policy TDFPS Minimum Standards and ORR Policy. This includes ensuring a safe clean and organized environment for structured and unstructured activities that enhance quality of life for UAC support pro-social behaviors and promote acculturation.
Position Responsibilities:
- *Designing scheduling and facilitating age-appropriate activities for the residents including cultural and spiritual activities;
- *Ensuring educational services are provided in a manner that promotes best practices and facilitates the optimum delivery of quality trauma informed care to UAC;
- *Ensuring that UAC receive at least one hour per day of outdoor unstructured leisure activities and one hour per day of structured activity (outdoor recreation is increased to a total of three hours per day on weekends and holidays);
- *Creating a monthly recreation calendar that includes cultural and spiritual activities;
- Maintaining recreational supplies and equipment inventory;
- *Ensuring that necessary supplies equipment and directions/instructions are available for all unstructured and structured activities;
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education
- A Bachelors degree in the behavioral sciences human services or social services fields; or
- Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent plus two years of employment experience in the child welfare field planning activities for children and/or adolescents.
- Experience
- Minimum one year experience in the child welfare field working with children and/or adolescents in a social service setting.
- License and Credentials
- Reliable transportation;
- Valid driver license;
- Valid vehicle insurance.
Able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route if working directly with unaccompanied children;
- Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from healthcare provider verifying previous infection.
- MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least 4 weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases
- DTaP or TDap: Complete primary vaccination series. If primary vaccination series completed in childhood one TDaP dose in adulthood.
- Influenza: one dose annually during flu season.
Minimum Knowledge and Skills:
Must have the ability to read and interpret documents such as policy and procedures and program standards;
Must be able to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before individuals and groups;
*Bilingual: Fluent in English/Spanish with regards to reading writing speaking and comprehension of the spoken language;
Must be able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously organize and manage responsibilities and prioritize duties and assignments;
Must possess strong assessment skills and the ability to remain calm and composed in crisis situations;
Must be detail oriented organized self-motivated work well independently and on a team;
Must have good critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Travel Requirements:
Travel requirements for the position includes 0% local and 0% overnight.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
