Activities Assistant, (PRN) Behavioral Hospital
About The Position
Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital, operated jointly with Lifepoint Behavioral Health and Baystate Health, is seeking a dynamic Activity Assistant who is passionate about helping others and is a team player. This role is crucial in supporting the department's needs with a focus on clinical, operational, and administrative excellence. The hospital offers compassionate, high-quality inpatient and outpatient mental health and co-occurring treatment for teens, adults, and seniors, utilizing a full range of evidence-based medical and clinical services in a state-of-the-art healing environment. Programs include inpatient mental health and co-occurring treatment, Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP).
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED required
- CPR and De-escalation certification required or obtain within 30 days of hire
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in recreational therapy or equivalent preferred
- Previous experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred
Responsibilities
- Provides activity groups
- Documents the patient’s response to groups pertinent to patient treatment on daily/weekly progress status, as appropriate
- Provides and documents appropriate alternate interventions when patients miss groups
- Provides groups according to the protocol set forth by the Activity Therapist, communicate, and work with the patient to achieve the greatest benefit and resolution
- Maintains constant communication with the Activity Therapist when patient is not responding to the treatments
- Contributes to the effective functioning of the patient’s program
- Understands the age differences and the corresponding developmental needs
- Provides activities suitable to the patient’s needs and offers a variety of stimuli in accordance with the treatment plan, with approval of AT or AT lead
- Contributes to maintain a quality program to satisfy the therapeutic needs of the patient
- Offers direction and education to maintain clear communication of expectations
- Provides quality programming to support the objectives of the patient and their needs
- Contributes to treatment planning with feedback to nursing and program staff to achieve therapeutic interventions with supervision from AT or AT Lead
Benefits
- Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees
- Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off
- Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match
- Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs)
- Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
