RidgeWalker

ANASAZI FOUNDATION

Mesa, Arizona

Job Title:

Back-Up / Ridge Walker
Department:
Field Operations

Reports To:

Field Leadership
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
Date Revised:
September 2026

The Back-Up / Ridge Walker is an experienced field staff member responsible for providing leadership, safety oversight, navigation, transportation, emergency response, and logistical support within ANASAZI Foundation’s Outdoor Behavioral Health Care Program.

This position supports Trail Walkers and Young Walkers in remote outdoor environments and helps ensure safe, effective, and consistent field operations. The Back-Up / Ridge Walker does not independently provide psychotherapy, diagnosis, treatment planning, or nursing services.

• Provide field leadership, guidance, and support to Trail Walkers and Young Walkers.
• Assist with continuous protective oversight and client safety in remote outdoor environments.
• Navigate using maps, GPS, established routes, and other approved navigation resources.
• Monitor weather, terrain, water availability, environmental hazards, staffing, supplies, and other conditions affecting field safety.
• Safely operate ANASAZI vehicles on paved, unpaved, and rugged roads, including four-wheel-drive vehicles when assigned.
• Support client treatment goals established by the clinical team while maintaining appropriate behavioral health role boundaries.
• Assist staff with behavioral concerns, conflict resolution, de-escalation, and crisis situations.
• Respond appropriately to emergencies, client elopement, medical concerns, evacuations, transportation needs, and other significant field events.
• Provide first aid, emergency assistance, or medication support only when appropriately trained, authorized, and permitted.
• Maintain and monitor field communication equipment, emergency supplies, vehicles, food, water, and other assigned resources.
• Coordinate field resupply, transportation, staff movement, and other logistical needs as assigned.
• Maintain timely and accurate field documentation and incident reporting.
• Promptly communicate significant client, staff, medical, behavioral, safety, or environmental concerns to appropriate personnel.
• Maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, client rights, and mandatory-reporting requirements.
• Participate in required training, meetings, competency assessments, emergency preparedness, and quality-improvement activities.

• High school diploma or GED required.

• Minimum of six months of relevant ANASAZI field experience or comparable direct-care/outdoor program experience required.
• Experience with youth, behavioral health, outdoor programming, field leadership, or emergency response preferred.

• Valid driver’s license and satisfactory driving eligibility/insurance requirements for assigned vehicle operation.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification.
• Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card as required by applicable law and ANASAZI policy.
• Wilderness First Aid (WFA), Wilderness First Responder (WFR), EMT, or other advanced first-aid certification as required for assigned responsibilities.
• Required ANASAZI field, safety, emergency-response, driver, and competency training.
• Previous four-wheel-drive or off-road driving experience preferred; ability to learn and demonstrate safe operation required when assigned.

ANASAZI will verify required education, experience, credentials, qualifications, driving eligibility, and competencies in accordance with applicable requirements.

• Field leadership and client supervision
• Outdoor safety and risk awareness
• Navigation, route planning, and environmental assessment
• Four-wheel-drive and vehicle safety when assigned
• Behavioral…