Activity Therapy Specialist 2 - 20081534

State of Ohio • London, OH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is seeking an Activity Therapy Specialist 2 to plan, organize, conduct, and ensure the implementation of clinical adjunctive therapy programs and services for inmates assigned to residential treatment units. This role involves directing and monitoring all aspects of psychiatric patient day-to-day activities, promoting self-care and well-being, and providing direction and assistance in care, treatment, and programs to inmates. The specialist will carry out inmate or group treatment as delineated by the multidisciplinary treatment team, promote activities on and off the unit, and monitor and instruct treatment plan programs. This includes assisting inmates with personal hygiene and grooming, providing clinical lead work and work direction to lower-level specialists, and directing psychiatric inmates regarding general behavior. The role also involves escorting inmates to off-unit activities, observing and documenting inmate activities and behavior, intervening during crisis situations, assisting with subduing violent inmates, and attending to and monitoring inmates. The specialist will recognize and act on unusual or threatening conditions, prepare and maintain work-related documentation, assist in administering treatments, and facilitate treatment with appropriate interventions. Additionally, the role includes one-on-one communication with inmates, leading and participating in activities, attending interdisciplinary team meetings, reporting problems to supervisors, attending scheduled meetings, completing quality assurance monitoring, mandatory training, and performing various miscellaneous tasks as needed. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a tobacco-free and drug-free workplace, and all final applicants will be subject to urinalysis for illegal drug use and a criminal background check.

Requirements

• 42 mos. exp. in activity therapy or recreation or 42 mos. exp. providing work direction to incarcerated persons & training &/or development.
• Or completion of associate degree in recreation or specialty area (e.g., music, art, drama, dance); 24 mos. exp. in activity therapy.
• Or completion of undergraduate core program in recreation or specialty area (e.g., music, art, drama); 18 mos. exp. in activity therapy.
• Or 12 mos. exp. as Activity Therapy Specialist 1, 44213.
• Or equivalent of the Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment Noted Above.
• Therapy/Therapeutical Services
• Behavioral Health
• Basic Documentation
• Programming
• Professional
• Confidentiality
• Teamwork
• Customer Focus
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, conducts and ensures implementation of clinical adjunctive therapy program/services for inmates assigned to residential treatment units
• Directs and monitors all aspects of psychiatric patient day-to-day activities
• Promotes self-care and physical and mental well-being
• Provides direction and assistance in the care, treatment and /or programs to inmates
• Carries out inmate or group treatment delineated by the multidisciplinary treatment team
• Promotes activities to inmates on and off the unit to include encouraging interaction and /or involvement
• Monitors and instructs treatment plan programs to inmates in directing the care of personal hygiene and grooming (e.g., bathes, shaves, feeds and /or dresses patients) and assists as needed
• Provides clinical lead work/work direction to lower-level activity therapy specialists
• Provides direction to psychiatric inmates in regards to general behavior
• Escorts psychiatric inmates to and from off-unit activities
• Observes and monitors inmate activities and behavior and documents in progress notes on regular basis
• Intervenes during crisis behavior to prevent inmate self-injury or injury to others
• Assists with subduing of violent inmates
• Attends to and monitors inmates
• Recognizes unusual and /or threatening conditions and takes appropriate action
• Prepares and maintains work related documentation (e.g., records or evaluations of individual progress and /or involvement towards established goals of education or treatment plan, reports regarding equipment maintenance, completes requisitions and /or purchase orders for supplies and equipment, files on patient treatment plans, notes of unusual inmate behavior department log on attendance and participation of residents in program, inmate assessment and program proposals written by staff)
• Assists in administering treatments as directed by the treatment/behavior plan
• Facilitates treatment with appropriate interventions as decided by treatment team
• Conducts one-on-one communication/interaction with inmates to address patient concerns and resolve problems
• Leads and participates with inmates in activities, both on and off the unit
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings and collaborates with other members of the treatment team
• Reports any problems and /or unusual incidents directly to immediate supervisor as appropriate
• Attends scheduled meetings
• Completes quality assurance monitoring and documentation
• Completes mandatory training and optional in-service programs
• Performs various miscellaneous tasks as needed for contingencies on assigned units
• Assists other departments (e.g., security, psychology) when necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS ) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation )

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree