Recreational Therapist-Psychiatry

Job8368Seeking a passionate creative and goaloriented Recreational Therapist for a Regional Health Center that specializes in compassionate behavioral health services including crisis stabilization for acute mental health and substance use disorders. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care and follows the core principles of resilience recovery and restoration. The teams are committed to providing superior patient care that exceeds industry standards as well as patient expectations.As a Recreational Therapist you will:Planning and implementation of group sessions for each populationPlanning and implementation of individual sessionsDocumentation of group sessions and individual sessionsCompletion of Activity/Recreational Therapy assessmentsPlanning and assisting with programming outside of normal group hours for special events.Maintaining and ordering appropriate materials and supplies for interventions.Education: Bachelors degree in Psychology Therapeutic Recreation or related field and minimum one year experience providing direct individual or group therapeutic services is required.Licenses/Certification: Certified Recreation TherapistExperience: Minimum 1 year of experience in psychiatric settingSalary negotiable based on experience plus SignOn bonus.$15000 half paid out after 30 days of employment a quarter after one year and the remaining quarter after two years.Benefits:401(k)Dental insuranceHealth insurancePaid time offVision insuranceMedical specialties:PsychiatrySchedule:8 hour shiftEducation:Bachelors (Preferred)Experience:Psychiatric care: 1 year (Preferred)Recreational Therapist: 1 year (Preferred)Behavioral health hospital: 1 year (Preferred)License/Certification:IA License (Preferred)