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Elements Wilderness Program is a therapeutic wilderness treatment program that serves students 13-17 years of age who are being challenged by behavioral issues that encompass depression, self-esteem, or management of emotions. In conjunction with the wilderness, a licensed therapist and highly trained field mentors will support, endure, join and guide students through a safe, stable and healthy environment for each to find a safer, healthier and enriching life. To promote awareness and growth, the four key elements of community, nature, well-being, and therapy is behind every wilderness experience. Students will learn how to take care of themselves, work together as a group, endure hardships, and accept unwanted challenges. As a smaller therapy program in the field, Elements can focus on quality and provide clinical assessment for families to put their life back together. |
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What You'll Be Doing |
Field Mentors will become healthy role models for each student out in the field. You will live, eat and work together as a group and also help process and guide the students to more appropriate decisions in their life. While in the outdoors, you will teach outdoor living skills (building shelters, preparing food, making fires), use problem solving techniques to maneuver through environmental challenges and lead daily personal reflective time, journaling, and meditation activities. By joining Elements in its infancy stage, you will have the opportunity to help structure and mold both the program and organization. You will be catalyst to help keep things fresh, keep each goal in sight, and provide different perspectives to a growing program. |
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Location |
Elements Wilderness Program's field area is one of the best in Utah. The summer field area is located in the Manti-La Sal National Forest, while winter months are spent in the San Rafael Swell region. With these two awesome locations and Moab and Salt Lake City just two hours away, you'll have plenty of city life and get-lost-in-the-woods life on days off. |
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Time Commitment |
So that you may develop professionally and truly learn about the wilderness therapy field, a 6-12 month commitment works best. If you cannot commit to this time frame, Elements is open to discussing contract timeframes. You will work an 8-day-on, 6-day-off shift, with staff change each Tuesday. This provides a great opportunity to travel far and wide, live wherever, and save money! |
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Perks & Rewards |
Each mentor's pay rate is based on a level system. Beginning mentors start at $127/day; with most mentors earning $145-$165/day. The level system is not a long process and one can reach the senior instruction level within six months. Elements will also assist in keeping your Wilderness First Responder certification up-to-date by paying for re-certification. More information to follow for those wanting to take the full WFR course. |
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The Essentials |
Mentors who are dedicated, hard working, passionate, caring, eager to be challenged, and really want to make a difference rather than working for a check will thrive in this environment. At minimum, applicants must be at least 20 years of age, a high school graduate, and have current CPR and first aid certification. |
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Application & Connections |
Mail, fax or email your
completed application Todd Merrill 406.600.4213
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Elements
Wilderness Program can be found in the
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resume, two letters of recommendation and copies of all
current certifications. 