Yoga Instructor - PART TIME - Newport Healthcare

Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love—and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.®

Responsibilities:

The Yoga Instructor facilitates individual and group sessions to instruct various stretching poses, practice meditation, and promote mindfulness in addition to overall wellbeing, while maintaining physical and emotional safety of our clients.

Essential Duties:

• Collaborate with Director of Operations or designee to identify and incorporate yoga activities for clients.
• Interact with milieu and encourage participation in sessions.
• Facilitate individual and group sessions as assigned.
• Provide knowledge of the history, philosophy, and ethics of yoga.
• Demonstrate practice and techniques and safely guide clients.
• Visually assess clients to determine their level of practice.
• Communicate with clinicians and direct care staff as needed.
• Provide weekly progress updates to treatment team as needed.
• Complete documentation timely and according to established standards.

• A minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of experience as a Certified Yoga Instructor.
• Experience working with adolescents, preferably in a residential treatment center preferred.
• Training or experience in trauma-informed treatment preferred.
• A passion for health and wellness, coupled with knowledge of the anatomy of the human body and physiology.
• Knowledgeable in the implementation of the chakra system and mindful meditation.
• Must have strong working knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, database, and presentation software (MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint)
• Possesses a working knowledge and understanding of substance abuse, addictions, recovery, and co-occurring disorders among adults.
• Knowledge of the addiction recovery community, mental health treatment, and the 12-Step tradition is essential.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.  Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

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