Rehabilitation Aide (Mental Health Services)
About The Position
The Rehabilitation Aide supports professional rehabilitation staff in providing direct services to adolescents through activity and rehabilitation groups. The aide independently plans and conducts large and small activity groups and outings under the direct or indirect supervision of the Director, Coordinator, Rehabilitation Therapist, or their designee. The role also includes monitoring equipment and supply inventory, documenting adolescents’ attendance and responses to activities and therapeutic groups, maintaining awareness of residents’ physical and psychiatric limitations, ensuring resident safety, and participating in treatment team meetings. The aide uses appropriate motivational techniques to maximize resident participation. The position is based at Star View Adolescent Center, a secure inpatient residential campus serving adolescents ages 12–17 who are experiencing severe mental health challenges. The facility provides Psychiatric Health Facility and Community Treatment Facility programs, an on-site non-public high school, multidisciplinary mental health services, Therapeutic Behavioral Services, and an Intensive Day Treatment Program.
Requirements
- High school diploma.
- Facilitating groups is preferred.
- Two years of residential childcare or equivalent inpatient psychiatric experience is strongly preferred.
Nice To Haves
- Associate or bachelor's degree preferred.
- Experience facilitating groups preferred.
- Two years of residential childcare or equivalent inpatient psychiatric experience strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist professional rehabilitation staff with direct services to adolescents through activity and rehabilitation groups.
- Plan and conduct large and small activity groups and outings independently, under the direct or indirect supervision of the Director, Coordinator, Rehabilitation Therapist, or their designee.
- Inspect equipment and supply levels, help maintain inventory, and communicate needs to the Director, Coordinator, or Therapist.
- Document each adolescent’s attendance and response to activity and therapeutic groups in the individual medical record or on department forms.
- Maintain visual awareness of adolescents’ physical and psychiatric limitations and ensure resident safety at all times.
- Participate in treatment team meetings.
- Maximize resident participation through appropriate motivational techniques.
Benefits
- Ample vacation and holiday pay.
- Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Additional voluntary benefits.
- On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities.
- Career development programs.
- Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals, where applicable.
- Employee recognition and rewards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
