Activity Therapist
- Conduct assessments to determine patients’ emotional, cognitive, and social needs and develop individualized therapeutic activity plans.
- Lead and facilitate therapeutic groups and individual sessions using art-, music-, or occupational-therapy–based modalities
- Create a supportive, safe, and engaging environment that promotes patient participation.
- Evaluate patient participation and progress, adjusting therapeutic approaches as needed, and document all services per policy.
- Encourage patients to participate in activities that support emotional expression, social interaction, education, and skill development.
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary treatment team to implement treatment plans and communicate changes in patient status.
- Seek supervision or clinical support when challenges arise in individual or group sessions.
- Maintain accurate, timely documentation, including assessments, sessions, and updates to treatment plans.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s or Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Occupational Therapy or related field. Master’s degree preferred.
- Prefer three (3) years’ clinical practice experience in inpatient acute care.
- Must hold and maintain current certification / licensure appropriate to discipline:
- Music Therapist- Board Certified (MT-BC)
- Registered or Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR, ATR-BC, ATR-P (LPAT)
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care that meets age-, disability-, and culturally related needs of the assigned patient population.
- Understands principles of growth and development across the lifespan and applies this knowledge in assessment and treatment.
- Assesses and interprets patient data to identify individual needs and deliver appropriate therapeutic interventions for adolescent, adult, geriatric, chemically dependent, and dually diagnosed populations.
- Possesses in-depth knowledge of mental illness, chemical dependency, and associated family dynamics.
- Demonstrates understanding of evidence-based clinical therapy modalities relevant to activity therapy.
- Communicates effectively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members; exhibits strong group facilitation and process skills appropriate to patient needs.
- Demonstrates adaptability, flexibility, and the ability to perform effectively in stressful or rapidly changing situations.
- Exhibits strong organizational and time-management skills; able to coordinate multiple priorities efficiently.
- Functions effectively both independently and under supervision as required.
- Must successfully complete Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification and an Oceans approved behavioral de-escalation program.
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