Health and Education

Thank you for your interest in Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness. We are a licensed treatment program that uses the wilderness setting to provide a clinically-focused intervention, teaching clients accountability, communication skills and healthy emotional and behavioral habits. BRTW’s main office is in Clayton, GA, in the southern Appalachian Mountains and borders the Chattahoochee and Nantahala National Forests. Clayton is conveniently located between Atlanta, GA, and Asheville, NC. We are currently looking to fill the position(s) of Field Instructor. Qualified individuals will be asked to go on a week-long training. Our next training is September 27th to October 3rd. Download Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness Field Instructor Application Instructors are pivotal to the success of BRTW.  Field instructors work an 8-day on, 6-day off schedule.  For the entire 8 days, instructors hike and camp with clients in the National Forest.  The program serves youth “in...

Therefore all staff members participate in a minimum of 80 hours of initial staff training until the Executive and Field Directors believe they are proficient in the following skills: Instruction in safety procedures and proper equipment usage (fuel, fire, life protection) Instruction in emergency procedures like medical, evacuation, weather, or fire Basic first-aid Navigation skills (map and compass use for navigation) Local environmental precautions (terrain, weather, insects, poisonous plants) Planned response to adverse situations or emergency evacuations Counseling, teaching, supervisory skills, leadership, leadership, communication, relational skills, and wilderness hard skills Managing, preparing, and conserving water, food, and shelter Low impact wilderness expedition and environmental conservation skills Group management (containment, control, safety, conflict resolution, and behavior management) Sanitation procedures; water, waste, food, etc. Report writing, inc...