Activities Manager - Krause

Activities Manager

Location: Rolling Meadows, IL

Schedule: Monday-Friday: 8:00am-4:00pm (40 hours/week)

Pay: $21.50/hr

Summary of Position:

Clearbrook empowers adults and children with intellectual/developmental disabilities to live their fullest lives possible. As an activity manager you will have the responsibility of planning, supervising and tracking all client activities at the Commons; both in-house and in the community. The Activity Manager provides training and support regarding activities to Direct Care Staff, tailors activities to client abilities and preferences, and maintains good working relationships with community resources.

Responsibilities:

The Activities Manager has the responsibility of developing, coordinating, and facilitating client activities. They provide training and support regarding activities to direct care staff, tailor activities to client abilities and preferences, and maintain good working relationships with community resources.

What You Will Do:

• Create & Coordinate: Develop and facilitate a wide variety of client activities, including assessing requests, planning for holidays/weekends, and distributing a monthly community activity calendar.
• Evaluate & Adapt: Review activities monthly to focus on client satisfaction, highlight successes, overcome barriers, and implement client recommendations.
• Community Outreach: Actively reach out to community partners to build relationships and secure new opportunities or resources for persons with disabilities.
• Support & Train: Ensure that activity requirements are reasonable and clearly communicated to direct care staff, and assist with Clearbrook client advocacy groups.

The Activities Manager has the responsibility of developing, coordinating, and facilitating client activities. They provide training and support regarding activities to direct care staff, tailor activities to client abilities and preferences, and maintain good working relationships with community resources.

What You Will Do:

• Create & Coordinate: Develop and facilitate a wide variety of client activities, including assessing requests, planning for holidays/weekends, and distributing a monthly community activity calendar.
• Evaluate & Adapt: Review activities monthly to focus on client satisfaction, highlight successes, overcome barriers, and implement client recommendations.
• Community Outreach: Actively reach out to community partners to build relationships and secure new opportunities or resources for persons with disabilities.
• Support & Train: Ensure that activity requirements are reasonable and clearly communicated to direct care staff, and assist with Clearbrook client advocacy groups.

Qualifications Required:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of one year of related experience.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to perform a two-person lift.
• Valid driver's license and insurable by Clearbrook.
• Ability to pass an 8th-grade literacy test, pre-employment physical/drug test, TB test, and an Illinois state criminal background check with no disqualifying conditions.

Preferred:

• Some college education.
• Previous experience working with people with disabilities in a recreational therapy setting.
• Knowledge of community resources for persons with disabilities.

Full Time Benefits Package:

• Group term life insurance and long-term disability insurance (fully paid for by Clearbrook!)
• Health insurance
• Optional dental, short-term disability, and critical illness and accident insurance
• 403(b) retirement savings plus company contributions
• Paid sick days
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Opportunities for training and referral bonuses
• And MORE!

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).