"At Spring Lake Ranch, you can see others grow, grow with them, and learn to care for others in a way never imagined. The organization prioritizes employee and resident satisfaction, and will assist any employee in reaching their goals. My experience was nothing short of life-changing and constantly educational."
Spring Lake Ranch thrives when its community is full of dedicated, diverse, and passionate team-players committed to its mission of empowering individuals to heal and grow. We believe that recovery occurs in the context of relationships lived with compassion, acceptance, respect, authenticity, mutuality, and shared work and play.
We are looking for people that share our values of hope, empowerment, connection to the natural environment, and community to join our team. Pay and benefits at Spring Lake Ranch are competitive and many intangible rewards of working here include homemade meals (often sourced right from our gardens and pastures), access to the pristine Spring Lake and hiking trails right outside your door, a whole host of friendly farm animals, and a community of collegial and supportive coworkers, all nestled in 700 acres of the beautiful Green Mountains.
Benefits
Medical Coverage
Full-time employees are eligible to enroll in Spring Lake Ranch’s group health plan. The Ranch will cover up to 90% of the premium costs depending on the level of enrollment.
Dental Coverage
Dental coverage is offered the Northeast Delta Dental at no cost to eligible employees. The dental-care services offered under this plan include no-cost preventative care.
Health Savings Account
Spring Lake Ranch offers a Health Savings Account (HSA) for eligible employees who enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan.
Life Insurance
Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage equal to one times an eligible employees annual salary up to $50,000 is provided at no cost.
Disability Benefits
The Ranch provides short term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) benefits to eligible employees at no cost.
Paid Time Off
Vacation and Paid Time Off (PTO) starts at 20 days per year and goes up depending on position and tenure.
Parental Leave
Employees are entitled to 12 weeks of partially paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child; Spring Lake Ranch pays at 60% of their current salary for six weeks; insurance pays at 60% of their current salary for the second six weeks.
Flexible Schedule Options
Spring Lake Ranch is committed to helping employees face the demands of juggling work, family, and personal obligations by offering a number of flexible work arrangements such as flextime, a compressed workweek, and remote work options.
Community Meals
An employee favorite! All staff are welcome to partake in our delicious, nutritious home-cooked meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Current Employment Opportunities
Senior Program Manager
Senior Program Manager
Spring Lake Ranch is seeking a mission-driven Senior Program Manager to oversee the work and recreation programs as part of the full continuum of resident experience .
Classification: Full time, exempt position
Salary range: $57,750-$60,000
Reports to: Executive Director
Essential Functions of the Position:
- Provide supervision, mentoring, coaching and performance management for Program Staff.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the Clinical Program Manager to ensure that the Programs provides meaningful experiences and is integrated with clinical programming.
- Ensure identification of hazards and application of appropriate health, safety, and risk management measures in SLR’s programming.
- In collaboration with the Finance Department ensure annual development of departmental budgets and be overall responsible for the oversight and management of the budgets.
- Provide administrative oversight including on-going general support and supervision, time management, conflict resolution, scheduling, evaluation, and professional development, etc. of the Program teams.
- Troubleshoot and coordinate program scheduling issues with the Human Resource Manager.
- Conduct program orientation and training for relevant staff.
- Maintain resident/client privacy by keeping personal information confidential in accordance with federal HIPAA legislation and Spring Lake Ranch policies and procedures.
- Lead the development and monitoring of key performance indicators and other qualitative and quantitative analysis per department.
- Spend 20% of their regular work week working on the various work crews.
Program Responsibilities:
- Oversee the Work and Recreation Programs, and related evening and weekend programming.
- Ensure a comprehensive knowledge of SLR’s programming including participating in and leading crews on Work Program, as needed and appropriate.
Recreation Responsibilities:
- Supervise the Recreation Supervisor and ensure the inclusion and development of therapeutic adventure programming including camping and backpacking trips, ski trips, annual ranch traditions, etc.
Coordination:
- Attend Coordination team meetings and participate in committees as needed as the representative of SLR Programs.
- Ensure active communication, coordination, and collaboration between the program departments and all other departments to encourage an environment of efficiency and performance.
Strategy, Policies, and Guidelines:
- Participate in setting, monitoring, and reporting on departmental strategies both annually and long-term.
- Ensure regular monitoring and evaluation of program outcomes, best practices, and lessons learned.
- Ensure the proper training of relevant staff on policies and guidelines.
- Participate in setting guidelines and standards by which the organizations quality and impact can be evaluated; identifies opportunities for improvement.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates an understanding and commitment to the SLR mission, Vision, and Core Values.
- Represent Spring Lake Ranch professionally and positively to others including: families, doctors, therapists, vendors, other providers, employers, volunteer contacts, friends, interns, volunteers, visitors, candidates, the general public, etc.
- Maintain respectful, therapeutic, and supportive relationships with Spring Lake Ranch residents and clients.
- Draw upon personal talents, interests, and passions to develop special programming for the community.
- Participate in holidays and other Ranch special events throughout the year when requested.
- Participate in weekend and evening duty rotation as needed.
- Crisis intervention and assistance as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or adventure-based therapeutic programming preferred.
- 5+ years of previous management experience of similar work-based programs.
- Interest in and commitment to working in a therapeutic community for people in recovery from mental health and substance abuse conditions.
- Previous experience in a psychiatric treatment, education, or wilderness therapy setting preferred.
- Experience with or knowledge of maintenance, mechanics, carpentry, farming, gardening, and/or forestry work is helpful.
- Extensive supervision, administrative, and management experience.
- Experience in organizing and managing groups of people to accomplish a specific task.
- Flexible leadership style; ability to be direct and supportive; ability to act as a leader or in a collegial role with coworkers.
- Interested and able to develop new skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal, organizational, conflict resolution, and presentation skills
To apply:
- Click here to fill out our employment application, and send this with a cover letter indicating your interest and resume to Casey at caseyv@springlakeranch.org, or
- Mail the above materials to 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738 or fax to (802) 492-3331.
Program Coordinator
To Apply
Click here to fill out our employment application, and send this with a cover letter indicating your interest and resume to Casey at caseyv@springlakeranch.org, or
Mail the above materials to 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738 or fax to (802) 492-3331.
Spring Lake Ranch provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, place of birth, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, health coverage status, genetic information, military or veteran status, crime victim status, HIV status, pregnancy or pregnancy related condition, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.
COVID-19 Procedure Updates
Masks & Physical Distancing – All employees and visitors are required to wear face coverings while in shared spaces and practice social distancing whenever possible.
Cleaning & Sanitizing – Spring Lake Ranch has implemented additional cleaning routines, and has provided sanitization stations at all entrances.
Visitors – Visitors are required to sign a screening log, wear facial coverings and practice physical distancing.
