Recreational Therapist - JFK ADATC
About The Position
The Julian F. Keith Alcohol & Drug Abuse Treatment Center (JFK ADATC) is currently accepting applications for a Licensed Recreational Therapist. If you are seeking a meaningful career working as part of a multi-disciplinary team that positively impacts lives, please consider this opportunity! Recreational Therapists integrate treatment plans with intervention strategies in an attempt to restore, remediate, or rehabilitate functioning and independence of the client. Reassessment and evaluation are consistently conducted, and treatment plans are rewritten in collaboration with the treatment team. The scope of services provided by the Recreational Therapist includes assessment of client care needs and planning and development of individualized treatment goals, objectives, intervention strategies, and other appropriate documentation as required. ABOUT THE FACILITY JFK ADATC is a 68-bed inpatient treatment facility designed to meet the needs of adults with substance use disorders from the 44 westernmost counties in North Carolina. The facility treats individuals with substance abuse and psychiatric diagnoses. JFK is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations as a Behavioral Health facility and certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as an inpatient psychiatric hospital.
Requirements
- Licensed to practice recreational therapy by the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of co-occurring disorders and their implications for RT services are necessary.
- Working knowledge of psychological functioning, pathology in psychological functioning, cognitive learning and motor learning that contribute to health and human functioning.
- Considerable knowledge of RT theory, principles, techniques, and methods with an emphasis on restoring, remediation, or rehabilitating physical and/or mental functioning and independence.
- Ability to accurately administer a variety of assessment tools and to assess clients’ current functioning level, develop treatment plans, and evaluate progress, as well as to determine needed services and supports according to the professional standards of RT.
- Ability to articulate the philosophy, goals, and strategies of RT.
Responsibilities
- Integrate treatment plans with intervention strategies in an attempt to restore, remediate, or rehabilitate functioning and independence of the client.
- Reassessment and evaluation are consistently conducted, and treatment plans are rewritten in collaboration with the treatment team.
- Assessment of client care needs and planning and development of individualized treatment goals, objectives, intervention strategies, and other appropriate documentation as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
