Activity & Volunteer Coordinator

If creating meaningful experiences building community partnerships and supporting youth through engaging programs is your passion then youll enjoy being part of our team. Heres your chance to make a lasting impact!

Become an Activity and Volunteer Coordinator at Devereux

Being an Activity and Volunteer Coordinator at Devereux has its Advantages:You will work with dedicated professionals who share your commitment to helping youth build social emotional and life skills in a supportive therapeutic environment.

We offer:

• An opportunity to design and lead impactful recreational educational and wellness-based programs for youth.
• Exposure to a large network of volunteers community organizations and service partners.
• Collaboration with clinical residential recreation therapy and development teams.
• Opportunities for professional development specialized training and career growth.
• A chance to make a meaningful difference in the lives of youth receiving behavioral health services.
• Comprehensive benefits and competitive compensation; range $20.00-$22.80

In this role you will:

• Plan develop implement and evaluate structured activity programs including creative arts recreation wellness social skills service-learning and community engagement opportunities.
• Facilitate therapeutic and recreational activities that support youths social emotional behavioral and developmental goals.
• Create and maintain daily and monthly activity schedules and coordinate on-campus and community-based events and outings.
• Collaborate with clinical residential PBIS recreation therapy and program leadership teams to ensure programming supports individualized treatment goals.
• Monitor document and evaluate youth participation and engagement in activities and special programs.
• Coordinate volunteer recruitment onboarding training scheduling and retention in partnership with the Development Department.
• Build relationships with community organizations and volunteers to enhance programming and expand available resources for youth.
• Maintain activity spaces equipment and supplies to ensure a safe organized and engaging environment.
• Participate in required trainings multidisciplinary meetings and quality improvement initiatives.
• Perform other duties special projects and assignments as directed by leadership.

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Georgia provides programs and services for adolescent with developmental diagnoses. Located in Hampton GA.

Keywords: volunteer coordinator program development community outreach behavioral health nonprofit programs

• High School Diploma required; Bachelors degree in Recreation Therapy Social Work Education Human Services or a related field preferred.
• Minimum one year of experience coordinating activities youth programming volunteer programs or related services.
• Experience working with children adolescents or individuals receiving behavioral health services preferred.
• Strong organizational communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to facilitate engaging group activities and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience recruiting training and supporting volunteers preferred.
• Valid drivers license and acceptable driving record required.
• CPR and First Aid certification or ability to obtain certification upon hire preferred.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.

Our Culture Our Expectations

At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

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Devereux is a drug-free workplace drug screening required. EOE