Activity Therapy Specialist 2 - 20020908

Ohio; Grafton (OH); On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals in a residential treatment setting. This role involves planning and implementing therapeutic programs for inmates, ensuring their physical and mental well-being. You will engage with patients through various activities, provide direction in their treatment plans, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. Your contributions will directly impact the rehabilitation process, making a meaningful difference in the lives of those in your care. If you are passionate about therapeutic services and teamwork, this is an exciting opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 42 months experience in activity therapy or recreation.
• Completion of an associate degree in recreation or specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Plans and conducts clinical adjunctive therapy programs for inmates.
• Monitors psychiatric patients' daily activities and promotes well-being.
• Provides direction in care and treatment programs for inmates.

Skills

Therapy/Therapeutical Services

Behavioral Health

Basic Documentation

Programming

Professionalism

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Customer Focus

Decision Making

Emotional Intelligence

Education

Associate Degree in Recreation or Specialty Area

Undergraduate Core Program in Recreation or Specialty Area

Experience as Activity Therapy Specialist 1

Job description

What You’ll Do:

• Plans, organizes, conducts and ensures implementation of clinical adjunctive therapy program/services for inmates assigned to residential treatment units
• Directs and monitors all aspects of psychiatric patient day-to-day activities
• Promotes self-care and physical and mental well-being
• Provides direction and assistance in the care, treatment and /or programs to inmates
• Carries out inmate or group treatment delineated by the multidisciplinary treatment team
• Promotes activities to inmates on and off the unit to include encouraging interaction and /or involvement
• Monitors and instructs treatment plan programs to inmates in directing the care of personal hygiene and grooming (e.g., bathes, shaves, feeds and /or dresses patients) and assists as needed
• Provides clinical lead work/work direction to lower-level activity therapy specialists
• Provides direction to psychiatric inmates in regards to general behavior
• Escorts psychiatric inmates to and from off-unit activities
• Observes and monitors inmate activities and behavior and documents in progress notes on regular basis
• Intervenes during crisis behavior to prevent inmate self-injury or injury to others
• Assists with subduing of violent inmates
• Attends to and monitors inmates
• Recognizes unusual and /or threatening conditions and takes appropriate action.
• Prepares and maintains work related documentation (e.g., records or evaluations of individual progress and /or involvement towards established goals of education or treatment plan, reports regarding equipment maintenance, completes requisitions and /or purchase orders for supplies and equipment, files on patient treatment plans, notes of unusual inmate behavior department log on attendance and participation of residents in program, inmate assessment and program proposals written by staff)
• Assists in administering treatments as directed by the treatment/behavior plan
• Facilitates treatment with appropriate interventions as decided by treatment team Conducts one-on-one communication/interaction with inmates to address patient concerns and resolve problems
• Leads and participates with inmates in activities, both on and off the unit
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings and collaborates with other members of the treatment team
• Reports any problems and /or unusual incidents directly to immediate supervisor as appropriate
• Attends scheduled meetings
• Completes quality assurance monitoring and documentation
• Completes mandatory training and optional in-service programs
• Performs various miscellaneous tasks as needed for contingencies on assigned units
• Assists other departments (e.g., security, psychology) when necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

42 mos. exp. in activity therapy or recreation or 42 mos. exp. providing work direction to incarcerated persons & training &/or development.

-Or completion of associate degree in recreation or specialty area (e.g., music, art, drama, dance); 24 mos. exp. in activity therapy.

-Or completion of undergraduate core program in recreation or specialty area (e.g., music, art, drama); 18 mos. exp. in activity therapy.

-Or 12 mos. exp. as Activity Therapy Specialist 1, 44213.

-Or equivalent of the Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment Noted Above.

Job Skills: Therapy/Therapeutical Services, Behavioral Health, Basic Documentation, Programming, Professional, Confidentiality, Teamwork, Customer Focus, Decision Making, Emotional Intelligence