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What You'll Be Doing

Wilderness Instructors

Our instructors are healthy role models for each client out in the field. You will live, eat and work together as a group, and also help process and guide clients 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.

You will also have the opportunity to help structure and mold both the program and organization. You will be the catalyst to help keep things fresh, keep each goal in sight, and provide different perspectives to a growing program.

Time committment:

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 are open to discuss contract timeframes. You will work an 8-day-on, 6-day-off shift, with staff change each Wednesday.

Wilderness Therapists

Our therapists are clinical intervention providers to each client out in the field. You will live, eat and work together within a group, and also utilize NVW's clinical models for clients to assess decisions in their life and how to move forward. While in the outdoors, you will be involved with all processes of clinical intake, case management, individual and group therapy, post-trip clinical summaries and all related paperwork.

You will also have the opportunity to help structure and mold both the program and organization. You will be the catalyst to help keep things fresh, keep each goal in sight, and provide different perspectives to a growing program.

Time committment:

So that you may develop professionally and truly learn about the wilderness therapy field, a 12 month commitment works best. If you cannot commit to this time frame, Elements are open to discuss contract timeframes. Therapists most commonly work a 4-day-field, 1-day-office, 2-day-off shift, but alterations are common pending casework.

Location

Both of New Vision Wilderness Program's field area's are one of the best in their respective state. Our programs operate year round and we happily embrace all four seasons to the fullest. With these two awesome locations, and major cities within two hours away, you'll have plenty of options of city life and wilderness life.

New Vision - North Woods

North Woods is our location for Pre-Teen and Adolescent programming (clients between ages 11-17). All programming is based out of the abundant Chequamegon National Forest in Northern Wisconsin which provides easy access from Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee and all throughout the Midwestern United States.

New Vision - West Coast

West Coast is our location for adolescent (11-17) and young adult programming (clients between ages 18-24+). All programming is based out of the abundant Cascade Mountains in Western Oregon which provides easy access from Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and all throughout the Western United States.

General Perks and Rewards

NVW provides training and a friendly and challenging work environment.

The Essentials

Team members 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:

Application

New Vision Wilderness - Employment Application (PDF)

Mail, fax or email your completed application, resume, application, cover letter, and copies of all current certifications.