Campus Life Associate - #WWRW0009

Title: Campus Life Associate - #WWRW0009

State Role Title: Direct Service Associate III

Hiring Range: Anticipated starting salary: $41,756 comm w/ experience

Pay Band: 3

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: Wilson Wkfc Rehab Ctn

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

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

About the Agency: 

We provide 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.

Job Duties:

Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) is seeking a Campus Life Associate to support our mission of helping individuals with disabilities achieve successful employment and greater independence.

The Campus Life Associate is responsible for delivering engaging programs, classes, and experiences that promote personal growth, social development, and independent living skills for students enrolled in WWRC programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and implement dormitory-based programming for youth and/or adults with disabilities.
• Create and maintain a safe, supportive “living and learning” residential environment within an educational and rehabilitative framework.
• Promote positive self-esteem and the development of social and independent living skills.
• Provide First Aid/CPR and administer emergency medications; supervise students taking over the counter (OTC) medications.
• Document direct services and communicate observations and progress with team members.
• Maintain daily communication with staff to ensure continuity of student programming and support learning goals.
• Complete required documentation accurately and in a timely manner, including behavioral observations, findings, and recommendations from residential assessments.
• Participate in assigned teams and committees, representing WWRC professionally and effectively.

  This position is scheduled to work from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM on assigned workdays.

Minimum Qualifications:

KSA’s and/or Competencies required to successfully perform the work:
Knowledge of: characteristics of adolescent and adult behaviors and positive intervention techniques; characteristics of diverse disabilities and implications for residential programming; needs of youth with disabilities and their families in the transition from school-to-work; and group dynamics, confidentiality and boundary issues, safety awareness in a residential/dormitory setting, recreation hall environment for coverage as needed, good basic computer skills.

Demonstrated skills in: application of positive intervention strategies to challenging behaviors which may be presented in a residential setting; use of appropriate behavioral responses in emergency situations; client-focused advocacy; and effective oral and written communication; assessing individual and group needs and ability to plan and implement programs to meet those needs, some knowledge and skill in providing recreational activities in a residential environment.

Demonstrated abilities to: anticipate and respond immediately to individual and group crisis/emergency situations; enforce disciplinary measures while retaining respect and confidence from participants and /WWRC staff; lead recreational and independent living activities; balance workload responsibilities with competing organizational priorities; and complete work assignments both independently and as an effective team member.

This position works a schedule that combines day and evening on a rotating basis, dependent on when participants are on campus and in consideration of identified resource and coverage needs.

Education, Experience, Licensure, Certification Required for Entry into Position:

Valid VA
Driver’s License required
Experience in a residential educational, therapeutic residential, recreational or rehabilitation setting working with students with disabilities.

Additional Considerations:

Training in principles and techniques of residential programming and/or behavior intervention techniques.
Fitness Instruction Certification, Lifeguarding, Coaching (team or individual) certification.

Special Instructions:

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, AmeriCorps, 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 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.