Interested in Extending the Reach of a Young Woman with Physical & Some Intellectual Challenges?

$20 per hour, plus benefits; work environment includes a highly-accessible home studio space and a nearby
local community center in the Northwest Bronx, near Riverdale. Convenient to upper-Manhattan & Westchester.

Are you someone with training in Dance, Yoga, Pilates, or other movement disciplines who is interested in part-time work as an enabler for our 29-year-old daughter who uses a wheelchair and walker, yet relies on daily movement practices to enhance her life?

Can you envision yourself joining a team of highly-motivated women who play a supportive role in developing her physical and psychological independence? Would you enjoy being a source of learning and connection for a young woman who is vitally connected to her music, friends and family?

This position is funded through a social service agency that offers a stable line of employment and good benefits. We live near Broadway and 231st St. (#1 and 4 trains) where we employ a team of four responsible women. All have been trained as movement enablers and personal care givers for our highly social and artistically motivated daughter.

We now seek another good-natured, socially at ease individual with the personal maturity to adapt their movement skills to a daily support plan that involves assisting Jenny in her active dressing and bathroom routine. JennyE?s day incorporates a carefully tailored personal stretching and strengthening regimen that uses Conductive Education (CE), a specialized movement program that originated in Europe, and is coordinated with our family, a veteran CE practitioner, and a terrific group of young dancers. CE, which shares in common certain Yoga and Pilates breathing and positioning techniques, has enabled our daughter to greatly expand her functional movement repertoire; especially moving as safely and independently as possible despite her lack of walking balance. Daily movement activities combined with music- and picture-making and local community cultural and social activities add up to a healthy, personally satisfying, and meaningful life.

Requirements: Available to work at least 1, 2, or 3 consistent days per week from 10am-7pm.
Must live within easy commuting distance of the NW Bronx. Driver's license a plus, not required.
Comfortable taking directions, collaborating with peers & working among special needs/disabled individuals.
Female only.

Please send a very brief e-mail stating your interest and movement qualifications and experience to: 

jsg77@caa.columbia.edu