Enrichment Activities Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

The Enrichment Activities Specialist will be part of an Intervention Support Team of highly trained and experienced staff whose primary task is to prevent serious incidents and to help children maintain in the residential and school settings. This is achieved through providing therapeutic activities and events for the children to participate in outside of the program setting.

  • The Enrichment Activities Specialist is responsible for supporting milieus on campus by planning and implementing therapeutic groups, activities, and programming aimed at enhancing individuals’ response to treatment.
  • The Enrichment Activities Specialist works within a team to assess individual client and milieu needs, develop an activities curriculum, as well as work with volunteers all while collaborating with the treatment teams and program staff.
  • The goal of Enrichment Activities Support team is to provide and create positive outlets to foster expression, individuality, new skill acquisition and experience while processing through their trauma in a non-traditional therapeutic setting.

Requirements

  • Must have High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Significant experience related to child care or supervision of children and/or adolescents, or experience in providing therapeutic interventions with clients who have severe emotional and behavioral concerns.
  • Must possess a valid state driver’s license and be eligible to drive in accordance with the Maryhurst motor vehicle policy.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $17.50 – $19.50 per hour

Benefits

  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Referral program
  • Retirement plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance

Schedule

  • 8 hour shift
  • Overtime

COVID-19 Considerations

Maryhurst policy requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with exemptions only as required by law.