General Activities Therapist 2 - 20026516

State of Ohio • London, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The General Activities Therapist 2 plans, conducts, implements, and monitors general recreation, personal development, structured therapeutic, and entertainment activities for inmates. Activities may include sports, arts and crafts, woodworking, swimming, and exercise. The therapist serves on an interdisciplinary team to assess participants and recommend individual or group treatment goals and activities, observes participants, and provides instruction.

The role also involves preparing and maintaining treatment, program, schedule, inventory, production, and requisition records; performing security functions as required; attending meetings and training; maintaining safe and functional work areas; managing supplies and equipment; picking up and delivering production goods; setting up jobs and fixtures; and relieving the supervisor when needed. Other duties may be assigned.

This is a permanent, full-time classified position with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction at Madison Correctional Agency in London, Ohio. The agency describes its mission as reducing recidivism through rehabilitative treatment and programming in a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment.

Requirements

• One of the following qualification pathways: 30 months of experience with coaching, personal training, and/or fitness instruction, or 30 months of experience providing work direction to incarcerated persons and training and/or development.
• Alternatively, completion of an associate degree in recreation and 12 months of experience in activity therapy or recreation.
• Alternatively, completion of an undergraduate core program in recreation and 6 months of experience in activity therapy or recreation.
• Alternatively, 6 months of experience as a General Activities Therapist 1, classification 44211.
• Equivalent of the stated minimum class qualifications for employment may also qualify.
• Applicants must describe relevant qualifications, experience, education, and training in the online Ohio Civil Service application.
• Final applicants tentatively selected must submit to urinalysis drug testing, including testing for marijuana, before appointment.
• The final selected applicant must undergo a criminal background check.

Responsibilities

• Plan, conduct, implement, and monitor recreation, personal development, structured therapeutic, and entertainment activities for inmates.
• Serve as a member of an interdisciplinary team and analyze, assess, and evaluate participants to define and recommend group or individual treatment goals and activities.
• Observe participants during activities.
• Provide instruction to inmates.
• Prepare and maintain work-related documentation, including treatment-team reports, program activity records, program evaluation statistics, requisitions, production and inventory records, and weekly activity schedules.
• Perform security functions as required, including man-down response, shakedowns, and inmate movement.
• Attend and participate in meetings, conferences, and training sessions, and consult with activities therapy department members.
• Maintain clean, safe, and functioning work areas.
• Store, issue, and maintain supplies; pick up and deliver production goods.
• Perform job and fixture set-up.
• Relieve the supervisor in their absence.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Free dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums after completion of the eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, adoption, and foster care leave
• Education and development opportunities, including Employee Development Funds and Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Public retirement systems, including OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS
• Optional deferred compensation through Ohio Deferred Compensation

What This Job Offers

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