Adaptive Adventure Guide at Parker Personal Care Homes, Inc.

Position Description: 

Manages rock climbing related safety for UpRoutes clients and staff, while leading with efficiency and care.  Enhances the quality of life for a variety of people, including people who have experienced trauma, youth experiencing homelessness, and youth and adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.  This is a part-time position, and the successful candidate must be available to work a flexible schedule, potentially to include evenings and weekends.

Essential Duties: 

1. Ensures that services are provided in a manner that respects and acknowledges individuals’ self-expression, self-worth, self-reliance, and decision making.
   • Maintains exemplary services in all programs of responsibility through quality assurance measures and processes. 
   • Oversight of the effective and person-centered delivery of services in accordance with Service Plans, oversight agencies, and PPCH mission. 
2. Builds a culture where individuals receiving services are healthy, safe, and valued by others. 
   • Models and teaches respect for others, including individuals in services, staff, guardians and loved ones, and team members. 
   • Ensures the safety and well-being of individuals receiving services by providing oversight, supervision, training, and mentoring to staff and clients.
3. Sets up and breaks down top and base-managed single pitch sites.
   • Trains staff on basic rope management techniques such as knot tying and top rope belaying.
   • Trains clients on basic rope management techniques when time and learning goals allow.
   • Navigates busy crags in the front range. Respectfully shares areas with other guides in the region, maintaining an exemplary relationship with other organizations in the space.
4. Accountable for compliance with relevant PPCH policies, and rules and regulations of State, Federal, and other oversight agencies. 
   • Maintains knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and guidelines as they pertain to the programs offered. 
   • Responsible for quality assurance of programs and services.
5. Maintains a calm, regulated affect in a fast-paced environment. 

Other Duties:. 

1. Accurately completes process evaluation sheets for each group.
2. Attends meetings as needed or requested. 
3. Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:

Education and Training: 

• Wilderness First Aid training required. 
• American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) training required.
• Single pitch instructor certification or higher is required.
• Required PPCH training will be provided and must be successfully completed. 
• Master’s degree in social work or MSW candidate preferred, but not required.

Experience:        

• 5 years’ experience in rock climbing required.
• 2 years’ experience in outdoor education, rock guiding, or climbing instruction required. 
• Two years’ experience supervising others required.
• Adaptive guiding experience highly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Knowledge and skill in rock climbing including top rope management, setting anchors, climbing site management. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with individuals and groups at all professional levels. 
• Effective listening skills, even when non-traditional communication is used. 
• Skill and ability to supervise, lead, and manage others. 
• Ability to respectfully address significant issues of health and safety while supporting an individual’s choices. 
• Strong planning and organizational skills. 
• Skill to effectively negotiate and problem solve, including crisis intervention and dispute mediation. 
• Ability to work with shifting roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
• Skill and ability to constructively receive and provide feedback. 
• Ability and willingness to complete required trainings and learn PPCH operations and systems. 
• Valid Colorado driver’s license, and ability to meet PPCH’s driving requirements. 

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Work will predominately be performed outside in various terrains and weather conditions. 
• Lifting and carrying of approximately 50 lbs. 
• Regular and frequent driving throughout the Denver Metro area.  Occasional driving throughout Colorado, especially in the mountains and foothills. 
• Ability to drive an eight-person passenger van.

Parker Personal Care Homes, Inc. (PPCH) is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to diversity, inclusivity, and wage equity.   We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.