Recreation Therapist Pool II
Company: Rogers Behavioral Health
Location: Hartford
Posted on: October 16, 2024
Job Description:
New Employee Retention Bonus
*$3,000.00 retention bonus available!
(New Employee is defined as someone who has not been employed with
Rogers for more than six months)
Schedule:
Part-time, Pool II - 8 shifts per month.
Develops, plans, implements, facilitates, directs and evaluates
experiential therapy programming in all specialized treatment
areas. Knowledge and experience are applied in an educational role
with interdisciplinary staff and community resources. Documents
within designated program. Is knowledgeable, skillful and have
abilities in a wide variety of experiential media. The Experiential
Therapist I will have a working knowledge of a psychosocial
functioning of patient/resident groups as well as application of
expressive activities within a psychiatric setting. These include,
but are not limited to, adventure-based and environmental
activities, sports, dance, group initiatives, arts/crafts, music,
outdoor activities, art media, psychodrama, horticulture, ropes and
challenge course.Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Develops, plans, implements, facilitates, directs and evaluates
programming in all specialized treatment areas.
- Able to maintain basic staffing need and daily functioning of
department in leader's absence.
- Coordinates, evaluates, supervises student interns.
- Have a thorough working knowledge of a psychosocial functioning
of patient/resident groups as well as application of expressive
activities within a psychiatric setting.
- Utilizes recreational activities to aid patients /residents to
learn to apply and utilize recovery skills being taught in protocol
sessions.
- Provides individualized treatment within a group setting.
- Awareness of CBT and DBT skills.Additional Job
Description:Education/Training Requirements:
- BS/BA degree is required, preferably in art, music, dance,
recreation, or other therapies required. A Master's degree in these
areas is preferred.
- Certification/registration through appropriate credentialing
board preferred.
- Valid driver license in the state of employment (Residential
and PHP/IOP assignments).
- American Heart Association Healthcare Provider CPR or American
Red Cross Professional Rescue certification is required within
thirty (30) days of the date of hire, with annual
re-certification.
- Formal training in management of the aggressive patient is
required within sixty (60) days of the date of hire, with annual
re-certification, including self-defense training.
- Ropes and Challenge Course training by Rogers Memorial
Hospital, with yearly renewal (where applicable to the
position).
- Employees at the Child/Adolescent Day Treatment programs
licensed under HFS -40 are required to have at least one (1) year
of educational or work experience and a licensure or certification
when serving children with mental health disorders.
- Applicable to Experiential Therapy pool and Experiential
Therapy fixed FTE staff dedicated to a residential cost center:
Compliance in Residential Care Centers (RCC) and Community Based
Residential Facility (CBRF) employee training requirements.Art
Credential - Cert, Art Therapist Registered - Cert, Certified
Therapeutic Recreation Spec - Cert, Dance Therapist - Cert, Music
Therapist - CertWith a career at Rogers, you can look forward to a
Total Rewards package of benefits, including:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your
family -
- 401(k) retirement plan -
- Employee share program -
- Life/disability insurance -
- Flex spending accounts -
- Tuition reimbursement -
- Health and wellness program
- Employee assistance program (EAP)Through UnitedHealthcare, UMR
and HealthSCOPE Benefits creates and publishes the Machine-Readable
Files on behalf of Rogers Behavioral Health. -To link to the
Machine-Readable Files, please visit -Transparency in Coverage
(uhc.com)
Keywords: Rogers Behavioral Health, Glenview , Recreation Therapist Pool II, Healthcare , Hartford, Illinois
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