Activity Therapist – UMP
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full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Alton • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $61,176 - $90,660 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provides activity therapy for patients deemed to be Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity or Unfit to Stand Trial at the Alton Mental Health Center.
- As a primary therapist for forensic patients, formulates treatment plans, writes program notes, and formulates realistic discharge plans.
- Conducts Activity Therapy Assessments on newly admitted patients.
- Orders and stocks supplies and equipment for activities.
- Teaches classes for new activity therapy, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and service team employees and volunteers.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor’s degree with a major in therapeutic recreation, music therapy, art therapy, dance therapy, drama therapy, leisure studies or recreation with a specialization in recreational therapy, including successful completion of an approved internship, fieldwork or practicum.
- Requires the ability to physically restrain patients as necessary to prevent injury to patient or others.
- Requires the ability to obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certificate.
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
Benefits
- A Pension Program
- Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
- 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
- Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
- 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
- Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
- Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
- 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
activity therapytreatment planningactivity therapy assessmentsprogram notes writingdischarge planningphysical restraint
Certifications
bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreationCPR certificate