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REHABILITATION THERAPIST - 60074350

State of Florida
Onsite

About The Position

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency, overseeing services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. Its mission is to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency. Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services, responsible for planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care. Florida State Hospital (FSH), a mental health treatment facility owned and operated by the State of Florida and part of DCF, is a tobacco-free facility. This is a highly responsible and professional position serving as a Rehabilitation Therapist within Mental Health Services. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office. This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail. The position is considered an evening shift, with working hours from 11:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, based in Bldg. 1260 Treatment Mall, but may provide in-unit services within various residential services program areas. This is a Rehabilitation Therapist Position responsible to the 11:00am - 7:30 pm Rehab Therapy Supervisor-SES based in Bldg. 1260. It involves skilled professional work in planning and providing direct resident services through a variety of therapeutic activities in a large mental health treatment facility, including evaluating programmatic and therapeutic needs, planning appropriate therapeutic services, implementing direct resident services through scheduled sessions, and ongoing evaluation of services delivered. A primary role for this position is to provide Illness Management and Recovery services in order to promote psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery for individuals served.

Requirements

  • The applicant selected to fill this position shall be required to submit to a pre-employment medical examination.
  • Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of Total Quality Management.
  • Knowledge of the principles and practices of one of the allied health field disciplines or one of the rehabilitative sciences.
  • Knowledge of interviewing techniques.
  • Ability to interview clients to identify needs.
  • Ability to plan and conduct rehabilitation therapy programs.
  • Ability to prepare reports.
  • Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
  • Ability to write evaluation and progress reports.
  • Ability to communicate effectively.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
  • Professional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the preferred college education.
  • Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application.
  • US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.
  • All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS).
  • Successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S.
  • No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.
  • Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.
  • All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

Nice To Haves

  • The ideal candidate will be a collaborative team player who works seamlessly across all sections within the program office.
  • This role requires the use of independent judgment, a proactive approach to responsibilities, and exceptional attention to detail.
  • If you are driven, organized, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply.
  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in an allied health field, one of the behavioral or rehabilitative sciences, music therapy, music education, or music, physical education with course work in adaptive physical education, vocational education, sociology, trades and arts education, industrial arts education, leisure studies with course work in therapeutic recreation, or horticulture therapy is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide Illness Management and Recovery services in order to promote psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery for individuals served.
  • Conduct interviews and assessments, perform record reviews and consult with recovery team members to identify resident service needs (strengths, needs, abilities and preferences).
  • Provide direct resident services including, but not limited to Illness Management and Recovery, Psychiatric Rehabilitation (developing a trusting relationship with residents, assisting residents in choosing desired roles and acquiring skills and supports needed for goal achievement), Treatment (Substance Abuse, Anger Management, Stress Management, Wellness Recovery, Competency Restoration), and Enrichment (services aimed at increasing knowledge, skills, and abilities for improving overall quality of life and promoting successful community integration).
  • Document progress and resident reactions/perspective of individual progress by completing progress notes and service attendance according to the mental health facility procedures and policies.
  • Coordinate frequent program evaluations, evaluate intended outcomes, and identify improvement processes.
  • Participate in performance improvement initiatives individually and by working with teams and revise/develop programs as directed by supervisor.
  • Provide support for unit and hospital-wide activities and initiatives as directed by supervisor.
  • Escort residents to activities as directed by supervisor and maintains a safe environment.
  • Perform other related work as required.

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