Director of Campus and Recreation

The Director of Campus Life and Recreation helps neighbors build active, connected, meaningful lives.

This position develops recreation, social opportunities, community relationships, projects, volunteering, and other experiences that reflect neighbors’ interests. The Director works across departments and locations to create additional options that may not fit within one existing program.

The Director does not replace the responsibility of CAG, CAI, Residential, Employment, Spiritual Life, or Case Management. The position adds capacity, develops opportunities, and helps departments connect neighbors to meaningful experiences.

The central question for the position is:

• Develop a broader range of recreational and social opportunities for neighbors.
• Develop at least one evening and weekend opportunity in partnership with Residential.
• Create options for neighbors with different interests, abilities, and support needs.
• Coordinate agreed organization-wide trips, celebrations, and neighbor events.

• Learn what neighbors enjoy, want to try, want to learn, and can teach others.
• Help turn those interests into actual opportunities.
• Work with Case Management and program staff without creating a separate planning or documentation system.
• Regularly evaluate who is participating, who is not being reached, and where additional options are needed (with the support of Case Managers)

• Develop relationships with recreation programs, businesses, colleges, civic organizations, clubs, libraries, parks, volunteers, and other community resources.
• Connect departments with community partners and resources that support their work.
• Determine whether a new relationship should remain organization-wide or transfer to a department for ongoing ownership (e.g. Employment, CAI, etc).
• Help neighbors move from one-time outings toward recurring participation, relationships, and community belonging.

• Develop neighbor-driven projects such as gardening, cooking, woodworking, recreation, campus beautification, volunteering, and community service.
• Create opportunities for neighbors to contribute, take responsibility, teach others, and lead.
• Ensure projects are designed for neighbor growth, enjoyment, and contribution rather than as a substitute for routine staff or Facilities work.

• Provide ideas, relationships, resources, and coordination that strengthen the work of CAG, CAI, Residential, Employment, Spiritual Life, and Case Management.
• Help departments expand the meaningful options available to neighbors.
• Support employees in recognizing and developing recreation and community-life opportunities.
• Work across departments without supervising their staff or taking over their core responsibilities.

CAG remains responsible for providing meaningful daily activities and community experiences during CAG services.

The Director may:

• Bring community partners or instructors into CAG
• Create opportunities that CAG staff help neighbors access
• Develop a relationship and later transfer it to CAG for ongoing ownership

The Director does not become CAG’s activities department. CAG remains responsible for the overall quality of the CAG day.

CAI remains responsible for delivering individualized community access services, including direct support, transportation, goals, and documentation.

The Director may develop relationships or opportunities that CAI staff help a neighbor access.

Residential remains responsible for home operations, staffing, transportation, health and safety, medication systems, and routine direct support.

The Director works with Residential to make evening and weekend opportunities possible. The Director may provide direct support for a specific opportunity when trained and authorized but is not routine DSP coverage.

Employment remains responsible for vocational discovery, job development, employer relationships, job coaching, and employment supports.

The Director may help a neighbor explore an interest, volunteer, or develop a skill. Employment takes the lead when the desired outcome becomes paid work.

Note:

If it is billable, employment takes the lead.

Spiritual Life remains responsible for pastoral care, spiritual formation, neighbor spiritual leadership, staff spiritual support, church relationships, and…