Employment Opportunities
STAFF INFORMATION FOR OUR SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM:
Are you interested in being a part of the Aaron’s Acres team? Staff applications are now CLOSED for School Year 2024-2025.
DATES
Younger Group (ages 5-12)
Time: Saturday evenings, 4:30-8:00pm
Location: Stayer Hall, Millersville University
Dates: October 5th, November 2nd, December 7th, February 1st, March 1st, April 5th, and May 3rd.
Our younger group (ages 5-12) (meet at Millersville University on Saturday nights) participate in games, crafts and activities related to a different theme each month. We also serve dinner–pizza, carrots, pretzels, and water.
Older Groups (ages 13-21) Dauphin and Lancaster Counties Only
Time: Friday evenings, 5:30-8:30pm with the exception of December (5:00-10:00)
Dates: October 4th, November 1st, December 6th (foul weather date December 13th), January 31st, February 28th, April 4th, and May 2nd.
Older adolescents (ages 13-21) (meet within Lancaster and Dauphin counties) enjoy activities such as bowling, game night, corn maze, Hershey Park (transportation provided for those participating in the Lancaster program), a dance held at Millersville University (transportation provided for those participating in the Dauphin program).
STAFF ORIENTATION
Date & Time
Saturday, September 21st 9:30am – 12:00pm (noon)
Location
Manheim Farm Show Building (across from the Manheim Community Pool) 504 Adele Ave, Manheim 17545
Staff Orientation is MANDATORY. You MUST be able to attend the Orientation meeting and all dates of program for the session(s) you wish to work. Please review the program dates and Staff Orientation dates before applying.
APPLICATION LINKS
Staff applications for School Year 2024-2025 are now CLOSED.
Group Leader, Counselor and Buddy job descriptions listed below.
Please download instructions below for more information on the required clearance forms.
For all new staff to Aaron’s Acres, a face-to-face interview with our Program Director is required. Staff must also submit clearances (PA Child Abuse, PA Criminal, and FBI Criminal—run through Dept. of Human Services NOT Education).
Group Leader
The Group Leader will have an extremely active role in the school year and camp programs.
The responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
• Supervise and support several counselors and buddies within his/her assigned group
• Supervise and assist participants assigned to the small group
• Motivate and encourage the group members and staff as they participate in all activities
• Oversee the small group at all times while reinforcing the daily schedule for the participants
• Responsible, along with her/his staff, to help plan the summer programs
• Manage and monitor the goals and outcomes of the children during the program sessions
Job qualifications include the following:
• Preferred study in special education, social work, psychology with a focus on children with disabilities
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in working with children who have disabilities
• Required child clearances must be provided prior to start of session
Download the Aaron’s Acres Group Leader job description below.
Counselor
The Counselor will have an extremely active role in the school year and camp programs.
The responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
• Encourage and motivate each child to participate as much as possible in the various activities at program (and encouraging as much independence as possible)
• Ensure that children within group are safe at all times by providing ongoing supervision to children (within group)
• Responsible along with other staff within group to help plan the summer programs
• Provide appropriate feedback to group leader in order to monitor the goals and outcomes of the children during the program sessions
Preferred qualifications include the following:
• Undergraduate students studying social work, special education, music therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology or other related field
• Required child clearances must be provided prior to start of session
Download the Aaron’s Acres Counselor job description below.
Buddy
(This is a volunteer position for high school students.)
Students between ages 14-17 volunteer to be “buddies” for the children with disabilities. Each buddy is paired with a child and works hand in hand with the professional staff. The Buddy’s job is to act as a positive role model.
– Buddies help staff with the children, but more importantly, Buddies gain an experience and perspective on the life of a child who has disabilities.
– Barriers are broken down, fears that some of the typical children have of those with disabilities fade away, and friendships develop among children and adolescents with all different abilities.
Download the Aaron’s Acres Buddy job description below.
Additional Job Opportunities
Special Events & Stewardship Coordinator
The Special Events & Stewardship Coordinator will provide professional expertise and lead in the planning and implementation of all Aaron’s Acres events. The responsibilities include:
- Working with members of the team to collaboratively plan high quality events and donor experiences
- Helping to identify and facilitate discussion and decisions about issues affecting events
- Ensuring that high standards and priorities are reflected in the planning and presentation of events
- Helping to provide oversight of donor relationships including strategies for event sponsorship.
This is a part-time position for 12 hours per week. If interested, please send your resume to the Director of Development and Community Relations, Kate Mullen, at katemullen@aaronsacres.org.
Download the full Aaron’s Acres Special Events & Stewardship Coordinator job description below.
Please contact info@aaronsacres.org if you are interested in volunteering with Aaron’s Acres.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Aaron’s Acres does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Aaron’s Acres promotes, and is committed to, the principle of Equal Opportunity Employment. All recruiting, hiring and promoting for all job classifications is made in keeping with the Equal Opportunity Employment policy. This also applies to the administration of all personnel actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfer, training opportunities, company sponsored social recreational programs and use of company facilities.
Aaron’s Acres complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws providing for nondiscrimination in employment against qualified individuals on the basis of a disability. Aaron’s Acres also provides reasonable accommodation for such individuals in accordance with these laws. It is Aaron Acres policy to: – Ensure that qualified individuals are treated in a nondiscriminatory manner in the preemployment process and that employees with disabilities are treated in a nondiscriminatory manner in all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. – Keep all medical-related information confidential in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and all local and state laws and retain such information in separate confidential files. – Provide applicants and employees with disabilities with reasonable accommodations, except where such an accommodation would create an undue hardship on Aaron’s Acres.
