***Begins January 2023***

Who we are

Maple Lake Academy is a residential treatment center for adolescents (boys and girls 13 to 18) on the autistic spectrum. Our students are high functioning dealing with deficits in social skills, life skills, inability to understand their own emotions or put their emotions in to words. Many of our students are emotionally fragile or don’t have strong emotional intelligence. We provide a safe and nurturing home like environment for our students to learn skills that push them in the areas mentioned above. Our team works with our client population daily, hands on, and in one on one situations.

Maple Lake Academy sets ourselves apart in the mental-health industry by using an attachment-based approach, focusing on relationship building and modeling what healthy, secure relationships look and feel like. As a member of the MLA team, you'll be trained extensively in attachment styles, and how to best help teens in our program to build healthy relationships with themselves, their peers, and caregivers. We seek to create a safe environment for students and employees to learn, grow, develop, explore, make mistakes, and build lasting impactful relationships with those around them.

The Fine Arts Instructor Role

Empower students who experience Autism, ADHD, and other learning differences to gain skills, learn about their strengths, understand what accommodations they need to be successful leading to improved independence and productivity. We expect our teachers to exhibit qualities of teamwork, accountability, flexibility, and attentiveness. We are a small school setting grades 7-12 with students at different abilities. We are accredited by Cognia. Our mission is to help our students feel successful and find that learning can be fun and rewarding. For this coming school term, the position will focus on performing arts.

Benefits and Perks

• Immersive experience working with teens in the autism spectrum
  
• Full training provided in-house
• A very collaborative team between all departments, including Therapists, Teachers and other Administrative Staff
  
• Close teamwork among all staff
• A positive and supportive working environment
• Flexible schedule - Great work-life balance
• Employee activities and company parties throughout the year
• Competitive pay

Schedule

• Beginning date: January 17, 2023
• Evening Position: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00pm-8:00 pm

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Qualifications and Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required
• 2+ years’ experience with performing/visual/music arts (preferred)
• *Teaching license not required (will work under the supervision of the academic program manager)
• Ability to pass background check upon hire
• Ability to pass all critical trainings
• Knowledge of Utah State standards for Fine Arts

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

• Maintain an up-to-date training record
• Achieve and maintain certification in CPR and First Aid upon hire
• Achieve and maintain certification in Positive Control Systems (PCS) upon hire
• Provide a safe and nurturing environment for clients
• Instruct 25-35 students on two campuses with 10-15 students per class
• Demonstrates flexibility and creativity when working with our students who struggle with different learning challenges
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Develops and implements lesson plans and Fine Arts curriculum
• Ability to plan and prioritize work.
• Ability to upload attendance, grades, teacher notes on our system
• Prepare for fine arts presentations with an audience
• Classes must be planned and documented, a scope and sequence created
• High level of self-awareness, and demonstrate ability to self-regulate in stressful situations
• Other duties as assigned
• Work under the direction of the Academic Program manager
• Be responsive to directions, comments, and feedback
  
• All other duties as assigned

Technology Requirements

• Copy/Fax/Scanner machine: Basic
• Computer Skills: Intermediate
• Microsoft 365: Basic
• Video Conferencing: Basic

An ATTACHMENT Approach

Most youth residential treatment programs use a behavioral approach to therapeutic and residential support, but we set ourselves apart for our students by using an attachment-based approach. Everything we do is through the lens of attachment theory. As a member of the MLA team, you'll get great training in attachment styles, and how to best help teens in our program to build healthy relationships with themselves, their peers, and caregivers. Additionally, we focus on helping students identify the core issues behind their behaviors and thoughts, and then how to address those core needs. We seek to create a safe environment for students and employees to learn, grow, develop, explore, make mistakes, and build lasting impactful relationships with those around them.

Commitment

To maintain the stability and effectiveness in our program, and because our residents value the relationships they build with their mentors, it is important that our staff are committed to the role they undertake at Maple Lake Academy. While we do not require a minimum commitment period in the position; we believe it's important that staff are committed to their position for at least a six months to a year. Many Mentors at Maple Lake Academy's programs have been contributing their talents for at least 2 or more years, which also provides you a great team of dedicated coworkers!

The Maple Lake Academy Team

While being part of the MLA team, you'll work with a talented group of mentors and professionals who are first and foremost dedicated to the well-being of our clients. You will receive both structured and on-the-job training, and have opportunities to learn about our Attachment Theory approach to care, where the focus is always on building trusting and safe relationships. We value our employees and do our best to create a rewarding and appreciative environment. You can also have opportunities for future advancements.

Open until: Filled

Position Starts: January 2023

Interested applicants should apply to this posting, and you can expect an immediate email notification upon receipt of your application. Our hiring managers will reach out to candidates who appear to meet our needs within a few business days. If you don't see any emails come through upon submitting the application, or are awaiting a response from the hiring managers, check your SPAM folder. Sometimes emails from our application system get sent there.