Fitness Trainer (FITNESS-04) (Monday - Friday, 4:00am - 12:00pm)

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About Us

At New Freedom, wellness is an important part of recovery, confidence, and building a healthier future. As a Fitness Trainer, you’ll help members discover the benefits of physical activity, healthy habits, self-care, and personal growth through safe, engaging, and supportive fitness and wellness programming.

We move fast, expect a lot from each other, and show up every day to do meaningful, impactful work. If you’re driven, collaborative, and energized by making a real difference—this is where you belong.

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Why You’ll Love Working Here

We take care of the people who take care of others. At New Freedom, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive pay and strong benefits package
• $0 medical plan option employer-supported coverage
• 401(k) with match
• Generous paid time off
• Free meals, snacks, drinks, gym access
• Opportunity to combine fitness and wellness with meaningful member impact
• A mission that matters—and a team that works hard to deliver on it

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About the Role

The Fitness Trainer provides structured physical exercise, health, wellness, and lifestyle programming for members participating in New Freedom services. This role facilitates fitness and wellness groups, teaches safe exercise techniques, promotes healthy habits and self-care, and encourages members with varying levels of fitness experience and participation readiness. Working with program leadership and multidisciplinary teams, the Fitness Trainer helps ensure activities complement members’ established goals while maintaining safe, supportive, and engaging fitness environments.

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Is passionate about fitness, wellness, and helping others build healthier habits
• Enjoys leading group exercise and wellness activities
• Can engage individuals with different fitness levels and abilities
• Is encouraging, patient, energetic, and safety-minded
• Understands the importance of appropriate exercise modifications
• Enjoys collaborating with behavioral health and recovery-focused teams
• Wants fitness instruction to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives

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What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Leading fitness, exercise, health, and wellness classes using approved programming
• Teaching safe exercise techniques, equipment use, healthy habits, wellness, and self-care
• Engaging and encouraging members while providing appropriate modifications within scope
• Monitoring participation and communicating health, behavioral, or safety concerns appropriately
• Preparing and maintaining safe, clean, and organized exercise areas and equipment
• Maintaining accurate attendance, participation, service, and KIPU documentation
• Collaborating with program leadership, clinical staff, Peer Coaches, and other treatment-team members

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What Success Looks Like

• Members actively engage in fitness and wellness programming
• Classes are safe, organized, engaging, and appropriate for assigned programming
• Members learn proper exercise techniques and build confidence in healthy movement and lifestyle practices
• Individual needs are supported through appropriate modifications within the trainer’s scope
• Equipment and fitness environments remain clean, organized, and safe
• Documentation, productivity, quality, engagement, and departmental KPIs are consistently achieved
• Fitness programming supports members’ broader recovery and program goals

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What We’re Looking For

• High school diploma or GED
• Must be 21 years of age or older
• Current physical fitness, personal training, group fitness, or comparable professional training certification (additional certification or training in group exercise, strength and conditioning, wellness coaching, nutrition education, or a comparable discipline preferred)
• Must meet applicable Behavioral Health Paraprofessional designation requirements (Behavioral Health Technician designation preferred)
• Knowledge of exercise principles, safe movement techniques, fitness instruction, and general wellness practices
• Ability to demonstrate exercises and appropriately monitor participant activity
• Ability to engage individuals with varying levels of fitness experience and participation readiness
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organization, time-management, and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Electronic Health Records, and related business technology
• Experience providing group fitness, personal training, wellness coaching, recreational programming, or health education preferred
• Experience in behavioral health, healthcare, recovery, residential treatment, reentry, or community-based programming preferred
• Relevant lived experience with behavioral health, substance use recovery, reentry, incarceration, or the population served, along with Peer and Recovery Support Specialist certification preferred

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Environment Physical Demands

This position works across fitness, wellness, behavioral health, classroom, recreational, office, and community-based environments. Activities may occur indoors or outdoors, and some schedule flexibility or local travel may be required based on classes, events, program activities, and member needs.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Regular standing, walking, bending, reaching, squatting, and movement while facilitating fitness activities
• Ability to demonstrate exercises, movements, fitness techniques, and proper equipment use
• Periods of sustained physical activity during fitness and wellness programming
• Frequent handling, setup, movement, and storage of fitness equipment and instructional materials
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull, or position equipment and materials weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to observe participant activity and respond appropriately to safety concerns

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Our Standard

We’re building something meaningful—and that requires people who show up, contribute, collaborate, and take ownership.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a real impact, be part of a driven team, and help shape the future of an organization—we want to hear from you.

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Equal Opportunity

New Freedom is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, a drug and alcohol-free workplace, and compliant with Veteran and ADA regulations.

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"We’re not here to do small work—we’re here to change lives, rewrite stories, and rebuild communities. At New Freedom, you won’t just have a job. You’ll have a mission—to turn second chances into powerful comebacks."