Alliant Personnel Resources / Body Fit Plus is hiring for correctional facility in Coalinga, California.Job Details: Recreational Therapist
- Location : Correctional Facility in Coalinga, California
- Pay Rate $63.00 Per Hour
- Schedule : 6 to 9 months Full Time Contract Eligible for extension
Requirements: Recreational Therapist
- Twelve (12) continuous months of experience within the last three (3) years rendering direct patient care in public or private institution. Clinical competencies must be current
- Valid Photo ID Driver's License or Passport (Required)
- Possess current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an American Heart Association
- NATIONAL or CA Recreational Therapist Certificate
Benefits: Recreational Therapist
- Health Insurance
- Contract Extension Bonus
- 40hrs paid sick time
- Payroll - Weekly direct deposit
- Paid Pre-Employment Testing
- This is a great opportunity for temp to perm state position with exceptional state benefits should one open up
Duties/Responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to: Recreational Therapist
- Communicate changes in patient's condition to Director of Recreational Therapy and interdisciplinary treatment team.
- Provide pertinent feedback to the interdisciplinary treatment team regarding patient response to therapy, treatment interventions, and therapeutic objectives, as appropriate and necessary.
- Provides assessment in psychosocial/leisure and recreation skills development/deficiency.
- Ensure timely documentation of interventions and ensure interventions are based on the patient's plan of care.
- Teach coping skills and stress management techniques to patients and display a balance leisure lifestyle.
- Utilize advanced knowledge of counseling and therapeutic concepts and methods for determining therapeutic services for psychiatric, traumatic, and chemically dependent patients.
- Demonstrate knowledge of group dynamics as well as therapy and practice of group processing.
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