Recreational Coordinator, Park Slope Women's Shelter

About the role

The Recreational Coordinator at Park Slope Women's Shelter plays a crucial role in enhancing the social development of clients through therapeutic and recreational activities. This position involves organizing and leading activities that promote wellness, recovery, and self-advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Organize and lead therapeutic/recreational activities to enhance the social development of individual group members.
• Plan and organize social/peer support/ADL events or groups to promote wellness and recovery, including developing skills to improve mental health, physical health, resistance to alcohol and other drug use and self-advocacy.
• Facilitate and/or teach physical education, arts, music, or drama.
• Plan and organize activities to maximize program contract's goals and performance targets.
• Plan, coordinate and facilitate social/peer support events, including group facilitation for clients.
• Design and produce aesthetic visuals for public spaces of the shelter which reflect cultural, seasonal and programmatic themes.
• Maintain and post a weekly and/or monthly calendar of all client programmatic activities occurring internally and externally.
• Input client data using the DHS CARES database, as needed.
• Escort clients, as needed.
• Communicate effectively with clients, direct reporting staff, peers, supervisors, and funders.
• Encourage teamwork among direct reporting staff as well as among peers.
• Trouble-shoot client and direct reporting staff problems and make decisions in accordance with program policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Work with direct reporting staff to improve work performance through client feedback, training, weekly documentation of one-on-one supervision of staff.
• Motivate, coach and counsel direct reporting staff to excel.
• Overcome resistance to change from clients, direct reporting staff, and supervisors/funders.
• Administer constructive discipline to direct reporting staff, as needed.
• Manage own time effectively and coordinate program activities to maximize time of direct reporting staff.
• Monitor clients' progress toward their goals and document via progress notes.
• Lead and participate in administrative and staff meetings as requested.
• Provide all required information for weekly/monthly/quarterly/semester/annual reports to CAMBA management and/or to funders.
• Review and sign timesheets.
• Prepare performance appraisals for direct reporting staff.
• May prepare marketing materials for the program.
• May reach out and market the program to the community in order to develop additional resources for the program.
• May conduct initial intake or assessment of clients.
• May have direct client service/program responsibilities in addition to the above.

Requirements

• Minimum Education/Experience Required: Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.S.W.) and two years of applicable experience and/or equivalent experience. Licensed Master’s degree in Art Therapy preferred.
• Other Requirements: May be required to become First Aid/CPR certified. May be required to become certified in overdose prevention. Bi-lingual preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (e.g., B.A., B.S.W.) and two years of applicable experience and/or equivalent experience.
• Licensed Master’s degree in Art Therapy preferred.

Skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to motivate and coach staff.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Knowledge of therapeutic and recreational activities.
• Ability to design and produce aesthetic visuals.
• Ability to manage and coordinate program activities.
• Ability to monitor client progress and document via progress notes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, staff, and funders.
• Ability to overcome resistance to change.
• Ability to administer constructive discipline.

Benefits

CAMBA offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance, 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, paid time off (vacation, personal, and sick time), and paid holidays.

Pay

$55,620 - $57,680 annually

Schedule

Full-time (35 hours per week)