Title: Campus Life Associate - Recreation - #WWRW0429

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: Anticipated Salary is $40,540

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: FISHERSVILLE

Agency Website:  https://www.wwrc.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

WWRC has a long history of helping Virginians with disabilities enter or remain in the workforce.

Job Duties:

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) provides people with disabilities comprehensive, individualized services to realize optimal personal independence and employment. We strive to be the preferred provider of comprehensive vocational rehabilitation for Virginians with Disabilities. We apply our shared values; Ethical, Engaged, and Effective, to everything we do. The Recreation Services Department of the Campus Life Division is responsible for providing a safe and secure recreational environment for all consumers, staff, and visitors at WWRC.

The Campus Life Division – Recreation Services Department provides relevant programs, classes, experiences, and services to enable consumers to achieve successful employment and optimal independence.

We are seeking a Campus Life Associate - Recreation to engage with clients and other rehabilitation team members to create a safe, clean, and supportive residential/recreational experience throughout the entire Campus Life Division environment, promoting health, wellness and recreation, positive social, interpersonal, and self-management skills. Through on-going residential/recreational environment engagement with Campus Life Associates, each client will be given the opportunity to explore, learn, and practice needed skills to enhance relevant personal independence to promote vocational success.

The incumbent of this position will be responsible for performing the following duties:

• Plan, organize, lead and evaluate recreational and wellness activities for the students of WWRC. 
• Provide creative quality recreational opportunities in assigned select recreation groups (for students not involved in the general recreation program due to emotional, cultural, behavioral, or physical disabilities) and in the general recreation program.
• Provide activities in the areas of Games, Sports, and Athletics (coaching and teaching skills for team sports) and Outdoor recreational programming such as camping, hiking, tennis, Lake activities, etc.
• Provide programming in a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Use of coaching and instructional methods to develop leisure awareness, skill development and positive group behaviors for successful leisure and vocational functioning.
• Orders and maintains recreation equipment for assigned select recreation group and general recreation program.
• Attend client staffing (as needed).
• Provide therapeutic outings for community re-integration.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the residence halls for coverage as needed.
• Provide programming and coverage in both Residence and Recreation Halls as needed for safe and therapeutic environment.
• Promote safe, clean and supportive environment promoting positive social, interpersonal and self-management skills.
• Encouraging opportunities to learn needed skills to promote and enhance independence.

Minimum Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Valid Virginia driver’s license required

Knowledge/Experience:

• Basic activity skills, knowledge of concepts and practices of community recreation and wellness. 
• Knowledge to implement on-going recreation programs and skill development with an emphasis on team sports in the area of games sports and athletics, outdoor recreation, community outings, special events, etc.
• Knowledge of confidentiality and boundary issues.
• Knowledge of safety awareness in a recreational setting.
• Knowledge of the Campus Life Division’s Residential Housing environment(s) and expectation(s) for coverage as needed.
• Ability to learn and research new recreation leisure interest.

Skills/Abilities:

• Skills in assessing individual and group needs and ability to plan and implement programs to meet those needs. 
• Ability to relate positively to people with disabilities and knowledge of disabilities served.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good organization/time management skills.
• Ability to foster a safe, clean and supportive environment promoting positive social, interpersonal and self-management skills encouraging opportunities to learn needed skills to promote and enhance personal independence.
• Good basic computer skills.
• Ability to assess environmental factors and safety hazards while conducting day to day operations.
• Ability to establish healthy boundaries to clients and coworkers.
• Ability to foster the interdisciplinary team approach.

Additional Considerations:

• Experience in recreational setting. 
• Experience working with individuals with a variety of disabilities in a recreation and/or rehabilitation setting (may Include coaching and/or teaching).
• Fitness certification.
• Lifeguarding.
• Knowledge and experience with Restorative Practices/ Restorative Justice.

Special Instructions

• This position is designated to provide first aid, CPR and AED only as a collateral duty to routine work assignments, responding solely to injuries resulting from workplace incidents, generally at the location where the incident occurred, until emergency personnel arrive on the scene. The incumbent understands that pre-exposure hepatitis B vaccination is not being provided, but that post-exposure hepatitis B vaccination will be provided, and they will complete annual blood borne pathogens training in accordance with the OSHA standard.

• This has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2-1201.1. 
• A fingerprint-based criminal history check will be required of the finalist candidate.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitment@dars.virginia.gov for assistance.

Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, Americorp, Peace Corps, and other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.

To Apply:

Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. PageUp will provide you with a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information:

Name: Human Resources

Email: Recruitment@dars.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.