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RECREATION DEPARTMENT MANUALS AND REGULATIONS
EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION MANUAL
Welcome to the Recreation Department
The Recreation Department welcomes you. We look forward to you being an asset to our organization. We hope you will help us continue our long tradition of providing high quality services to the citizens of Philadelphia.
Please read this employee manual thoroughly and keep it as part of your personal files for future reference. Although the manual is not a contract or an agreement to retain any employee of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation, it provides vital information concerning your job, employee benefits, and overall responsibilities. You should also feel free to ask your supervisor any questions that are not answered here.
The Recreation Department's Human Resources Office constructed this orientation manual to provide new employees with an overview of the general benefits of your position as well as to highlight some departmental and City policies. The Human Resources Office provides this manual as a general guide only. It is not intended as a definitive statement of the benefits or policies of the department or City of Philadelphia. The information contained in this manual may also change as a result of collective bargaining negotiations or changes in the Civil Service regulations and the Home Rule Charter.
In the event that this employee manual unintentionally misrepresents any City/department policy or employee benefit, we apologize for any inconvenience.
We hope your employment with the City is enjoyable, rewarding and fulfilling.
About the Recreation Department
The Recreation Department comes under the organizational structure of the Managing Director's Office and is one of many operating City departments. The Recreation Commissioner, and three Deputy Commissioners head the Recreation Department. The Department is directly responsible for directing and managing recreational programs and activities throughout the City. The Department operates and staffs over 157 recreation centers and playgrounds, 5 older adult centers, 100 parks and squares, 85 pools, and 5 ice skating rinks. In addition, the Department is also responsible for the operations of the Robin Hood Dell East, Mural Arts Program, Atwater-Kent Museum, African-American Museum, Betsy Ross House, Carousel House, Camp William Penn, Fort Mifflin, and Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium. The Department also plans and coordinates popular annual events, including the New Year's Day Mummers Parade and The Broad Street Run.
The Department of Recreation's motto is "For Fun. For Safety. For All." This motto is more than a series of words. It is the Department's guiding principle in its efforts to continuously provide the people of Philadelphia with the finest possible recreational programs, services and facilities.
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