Master Gardner

Saint Francis Ministries•Salina, KS

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Master Gardener provides basic care for the greenhouse and basic landscaping around the Salina West Campus. This role ensures the basic care for the greenhouse and maintains a safe environment in the facility. The Master Gardener coaches and mentors clients while they are working with plants, providing structure, discipline, and security. This position also involves irrigating, mowing, raking, and trimming lawns and/or athletic fields, as well as planting, transplanting, fertilizing, applying chemicals, watering, pruning, and weeding flower beds and plant areas. The Master Gardener ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies, promoting continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices. They serve as an adult role model and a source of feedback to the clients, intervening in crisis situations using the approved Mandt system. Additionally, this role requires reporting to work at scheduled times, documenting significant behaviors and client contact, ensuring horse barns, stables, and training areas are clean and free of hazardous materials, and performing assigned cleaning or maintenance duties. The Master Gardener implements Saint Francis Ministries policies and follows directives, adhering to all pertinent Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), rules, personnel policies, and procedures, as well as accreditation and licensure standards, and federal, state, and local rules, statutes, regulations, and contractual terms. They report unusual incidents through appropriate channels and ensure clients’ rights are protected, while being knowledgeable of and following all safety procedures.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent.
First Aid/CPR.
Mandt.
Must be 21 years of age.
Must pass a physical examination, including drug screen and TB Skin Test.
Must pass an MVR, KBI and Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry Clearance check.
FBI Fingerprint Check
Must have valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Lifting requirements of 50 lbs.

Nice To Haves

Prefer two years of experience in landscaping and gardening.

Responsibilities

Ensures that basic care for the greenhouse and maintains a safe environment in the facility.
Coaches and mentors, the client while they are working with plants.
Provides structure, discipline, and security in meeting the needs of the clients while they are working with the plants and landscaping around the campus.
Irrigates, mows, rakes, and trims lawns and/or athletic fields.
Plants, transplants, fertilizes, applies chemicals, waters, prunes, and weeds flower beds and plant areas.
Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
Serves as an adult role model and a source of feedback to the clients.
Intervenes in crisis situations using the approved Mandt system.
Reports to work at scheduled times and remains on duty until end of shift.
Documents significant behaviors and significant contact with client.
Ensures that the horse barns; stables; and training areas are clean and free of any hazardous materials.
Perform assigned cleaning or maintenance duties.
Implements Saint Francis Ministries policies and follows directives as required. Follows and adheres to all pertinent Saint Francis Ministries Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), rules, personnel policies, and procedures; related accreditation and licensure standards; and federal, state and local rules, statutes, regulations, and all contractual terms.
Reports unusual incidents through appropriate Risk Management, clinical and safety channels.
Ensures clients’ rights are protected.
Is knowledgeable of and follows all safety procedures.