Recreational Therapist - Maury CI

State of North Carolina•Castoria, NC

10d•$41,407 - $62,111•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at Maury Correctional Institution in Hookerton, NC. Maury Correctional Institution is a close-custody prison housing male offenders. The facility is designed to house a maximum capacity of 1500 offenders. Positions at this level perform duties that include data entry and collection, and making and reporting clinical impressions of inmates during assessments or in daily activities on the Residential Mental Health or infirmary unit. This position may assist in group or individual supportive counseling in groups such as arts and crafts, leisure activities, horticulture, and quilting. This position may be responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and inventorying supplies used for programming. The employee may set up testing situations in the diagnostic center and monitor inmates as they work on treatment goals, and may also assist in aftercare planning under the direction of a clinical social worker. Employee's supportive counseling role includes use of crisis intervention techniques and referral to treatment staff as required.

Requirements

Licensed to practice recreational therapy by the North Carolina Board of Recreational Therapy Licensure.

Nice To Haves

Proficient knowledge of fundamental principles, techniques and methods of behavior therapy field to include assessments, evaluations, development of goals and activities.
Proficient knowledge of behavior management techniques.
Working knowledge of population served and of the area when required for particular job.
Demonstrated skills in writing goals and programs.
Proven ability to plan and conduct program of leisure/rehabilitative activities.
Proven ability to evaluate and document progress and to present to the Treatment Team.
Proven ability to establish rapport and relate to population served, families, colleagues and staff, community agencies and groups and variety of treatment service disciplines

Responsibilities

Data entry and collection
Making and reporting clinical impressions of inmates during assessments or in daily activities on the Residential Mental Health or infirmary unit
Assisting in group or individual supportive counseling in groups such as arts and crafts, leisure activities, horticulture, and quilting
Monitoring, maintaining, and inventorying supplies used for programming
Setting up testing situations in the diagnostic center and monitoring inmates as they work on treatment goals
Assisting in aftercare planning under the direction of a clinical social worker
Utilizing crisis intervention techniques
Referring individuals to treatment staff as required