Job Overview

Responsible for the health and well-being of every therapy horse while maintaining the Willow Farm Barn facility. Share the functions of teachers and teaching faculty through collaboration with peers and supervisors to provide a positive learning and guidance techniques to students.

Essential Accountabilities

Proactively communicate with supervisor / team to problem solve concerns or questions

Assure consistency among staff through observations and check-ins and communicate to supervisor of needs

Maintain the Barn and agricultural needs of the facility.

Meet the individual needs of students by individualizing instruction and safety within the Barn environment.

Carry out all policies and procedures in a professional manner as outlined in STEPS policies and procedures manual

Attend professional in-services in areas related to job responsibilities

Ensure STEPS Educational Group confidentiality agreement for students is maintained.

Product Development as it relates to farm products

Maintain integrity of STEPS Educational Group Model

Scheduling appointments for the farrier, vet, and chiropractor to the needs of the Barn facility.

Maintain Barn facility

This includes haltering, fly spraying all horses, turning each horse out to pasture, cleaning 20 stalls, dumping water buckets, watering, haying, sweeping, night feed prep, filling shaving, bedding stalls, operating Bobcat for manure removal, cleaning and filling troughs, cleaning arena

Grooming, bathing, exercise horses this includes groundwork and riding, tending to injuries, de-sentizing horses, equipment maintenance (saddles, bridles, tack, helmets) barn maintenance (cleaning and organizing feed room, refilling feed and supplies for horses, organizing lockers) ordering supplies (grain, shavings, hay), heavy equipment maintenance, dragging pastures, grading pastures, setting up appointments for care of horses. Hay deliveries, checking on chickens, maintenance of bees, ect.

Complete other related tasks as assigned

Work Environment

Position can require or involve some degree of physical interaction with students who have difficulty controlling physical behavior. Working Farm to include agricultural needs including care for animals.

Physical Demands

Must be able to use a variety of equipment for children with special needs. Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, operate a computer and other office equipment. Must occasionally lift, move and/or support up to 50 pounds (and/or up to adult size body weight with two-to-three person lift).

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

High School Diploma/GED

Completion of criminal background check.

Outstanding communication skills.

Strong people skills and affinity for children.

Excellent observation and analytical skills.

2 plus years of knowledge in an Equine Facility

Candidate must possess strong time management skills, organizational skills

Must be able to work on a Farm environment with a barn facility and agricultural needs.