Activity Leader

About Us:

AbilityFirst provides a variety of programs designed to help people with disabilities achieve their personal best throughout their lives. We do this by: creating targeted programming to help an individual successfully transition from childhood to adult life.

AbilityFirst strengthens and cultivates skills that give our participants the tools to successfully navigate each transition in life, including building social connections and independence; employment preparation, training and experience; and, fun and engaging activities that offer families an opportunity to refresh and recharge.

AbilityFirst is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides programs and services to help children and adults with disabilities reach their full potential. 

Our Mission: 

Looking beyond disabilities. Focusing on capabilities. Expanding possibilities.

Description of Role:

Responsible for implementing a wide variety of programs and activities designed to promote language, motor development, and social skills for developmentally and physically disabled children and/or adults in the Center. Also ensuring the safety of consumers while involved in Center programs by remaining with consumers at all times until relieved by another staff member, parent, or caregiver.

Primary Duties:

• Participates with the Coordinators and other members of the team to plan and implement the most appropriate activities to achieve the goals of individual service plans (ISP).
• Prepares materials for daily program activities; cleans after use and stores as appropriate; arranges program space in accordance with needs.
• Greets consumers upon arrival; helps them on and off buses and other transportation; attends and supervises consumers during field trips; attends to their personal needs (e.g. providing snacks or meals, taking to the bathroom, changing clothes, etc.)
• Engages and actively encourages consumers to participate in program activities; enters and remains in the pool with the consumer when engaged in pool activities; monitors and reports progress and problems.
• Informs supervisor of problems and discusses how best to resolve them.
• Daily charting and monitoring of consumer ISP goals.
• Provides daily updates to consumer's family/caregiver.
• Participates in safety and other training to develop program implementation and consumer development skills.
• Maintains accurate and complete records of activities, progress, and other issues on consumers' charts.
• Actively participates in staff meetings and in-service programs in order to improve child development skills; seeks outside educational opportunities to improve skills.

Secondary Duties:

• Performs any or all duties as required or requested by supervisor or Center Director.
• Safely transports consumers using company-owned vehicles. (Only permitted for Activity Leaders who are at least 21 years of age and have been included on our designated drivers' list for insurance purposes.)

Supervisory Responsibility:

The incumbent in this position does not have supervisory responsibility for other staff. However, as an Activity Leader, he or she is expected to provide leadership and guidance to Activity Aides and consumers.

Work schedule:

Part-Time    

AbilityFirst

Team Values = Heart

Teamwork

AbilityFirst’s team draws its strength from a shared enthusiasm for each other’s success. We live our mission at work and away. In pursuit of that commitment, we enthusiastically build connections between us to continuously learn from one another and actively seek feedback to improve our approach to the work.

Kindness

We nurture a warm and engaging work environment with trust and respect for one another. Rooted in our mission, we approach each other with humility, humor, and generosity of spirit. We value diversity and cultivate open and honest communication to understand each other.

We Get the Job Done

AbilityFirst’s team members are open-minded and innovative leaders, guided by a strong moral compass. We approach problems with creativity and follow-through, holding ourselves and each other accountable for staying focused on the goals we set together.