General Program Leader

Job Details

Job Location:

Aurora, IL 60506

Salary Range: $19.00 - $19.00 Hourly

Program Leader

Recreation

Class 4 (less than 300 hours)

Paid Time Off-8 hours

FLSA:
Non-Exempt

DIRECTLY

REPORTS TO:

The Support Staff Manager and FVSRA Assigned Liaison

RESPONSIBLE FOR DIRECTLY SUPERVISING: NA

To assist in the planning, implementing and leading of FVSRA seasonal recreation programs for adults and children with disabilities.

• Experience with children and adults with various disabilities in community recreation or related fields.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of various disabilities, and experience in planning a wide range of recreation activities.
• Experience leading and supervising part-time staff and volunteers.
• Must have good organizational skills, ability to work effectively with diverse groups of people.
• Must demonstrate dependability, promptness and punctuality.
• Be a team leader, promoting group cohesiveness.
• Demonstrate a professional attitude when working with staff, parents and community contacts.
• Be safety conscious.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Current Handle With Care Certification and First Aid/CPR Certification, or obtain within six months of hire.
• Ability to engage in activities requiring physical exertion.
• Ability to perform required duties under stressful situations without supervision.

• Adhere to all FVSRA safety policies and procedures and FVSRA Policy Manual.
• Plan, implement and evaluate FVSRA recreation programs.
• Understand needs of persons with disabilities and adapt activities to enable participation.
• Ability to communicate opportunities available at FVSRA to participants, parents, the general public, and other professionals.
• Lead programs in areas assigned, and assist in preparing part-time staff and volunteers working in the assigned areas.
• Prepare and implement behavior management strategies when necessary, to ensure safe involvement in recreation programs.
• Supervise part-time staff and volunteers assigned to work in programs.
• Develop skills and abilities necessary to carry out assigned duties by attending meetings, in-service training programs and other opportunities, when required.
• Maintain constant communication and quality customer service with parents, staff, and participants.
• Demonstrate creativity, enthusiasm, and take initiative.
• Responsible for collecting and turning in receipts from program expenses in a timely fashion.
• Responsible for record keeping such as attendance sheets, as well as incident and accident reporting forms.
• Provide assistance and instruction to the participants when needed.
• Complete all weekly and daily paperwork and documentation as assigned including end of season evaluations and staff evaluations.
• Report any problems or concerns to the Support Staff Manager or FVSRA Assigned Liaison.
• Communicate effectively with individuals, and large and small groups of people.
• Provide timely responses to phone calls, voicemails, and written materials, whether received by mail, facsimile, text, and e-mails.
• Solve moderate to complex problems regarding the program, participants, or supervision of part-time employees and volunteers.
• Work efficiently and effectively under pressure such as deadlines or emergencies.
• Effective use of cell phones for the performance of job assignments.
• Treat public concerns with the utmost and courteous attention.
• Record and report hours worked on a bi-weekly basis.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Collaboration
  - Promotes and supports work teams and groups
• Reliability
  - Performs responsibilities dependably and accurately, fulfills promised actions
• Responsiveness
  - Focuses on the customer, willingly helps others and provides prompt service
• Assurance
  - Conveys trusts and inspires confidence
• Empathy
  - Deals with individuals, appreciates their differences, handles emotions and shows compassion for others
• Self Confidence
  - Recognizes the contributions of others and is conscious of own ability
• Initiative
  - Begins and follows through energetically with plans and tasks
• Communication
  - Shares information, listens to what others are saying
• Adaptability
  - Makes decisions and solves complex problems

• Gather, load, transport and set-up equipment and supplies for activities.
• Supervise individuals, including at times the use of physical restraints.
• Physically assist individuals in wheelchairs by pushing, pulling or providing stabilization on unknown terrain.
• Physically transfer individuals from wheelchair to chair, into and out of vehicles, from pool deck into pool, in washroom facilities, etc.
• Lift and carry as much as 50 pounds for as far as 300 feet.
• Active participation in programs.

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