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Activities Therapist
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. The Activities Therapist plans, organizes, develops, and directs quality activities for patients, ensuring that the recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs of each patient are met in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards. Activities Therapists work as members of a multidisciplinary treatment team. May organize and conduct music, art, recreation, or other therapy programs, depending on specialty. Responsibilities include: Performing proficiently in all competency areas including general activities duties, supervisory responsibilities, care plan and documentation responsibilities, patient rights, and safety and sanitation principles and techniques of therapy as applies in an acute care psychiatric facility. Demonstrating understanding of basic medical and psychiatric terminology as well as basic regulations governing the treatment of people in psychiatric health facilities. Communicating effectively, both orally and in writing while appropriately and descriptively charting patient progress and behavior. Maintaining detailed records of activity programs and participation of individual residents, identifying progress toward established care plan goals. Adapting treatment programs by graduating tasks to meet patient's level of function. Developing, organizing, and implementing a program of adjunctive therapy activities to meet the social, emotional, physical and other therapeutic needs of patients as identified on the patients' plan of care and within the specified budget. Making regular in-room visits to patients uninterested or unable to participate in group activities. Exhibiting excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards patients. Coordinating and verifying that assistance is provided to residents for activities and events as necessary. Creating an ongoing calendar of activities, which creatively meets multiple needs and is accessible and appealing to both men and women of all ages and abilities. Education Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in human services field required. Licensure/Certification Requirements: No licensure or certification required. Professional Experience Requirements: No experience is required. Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: A variety of individual and group facilitation techniques. Demonstrated proficiency in arts/crafts/music is preferred. Knowledge of one or more therapeutic activity areas such as recreation/occupational/music/art therapy; individual and group behavior and effective ways of working with clients; knowledge of the general nature of physical or mental illnesses/disabilities and/or developmental disabilities. Ability to apply and adapt skills and knowledge of activity areas to planned sessions of therapeutic activities. Ability to foster interest, initiative, responsibility, and experimentation in clients and discourage inappropriate responses. Experience facilitating therapeutic groups. Familiarity working with forensic and/or psychiatric consumers preferred. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. The Activities Therapist plans, organizes, develops, and directs quality activities for patients, ensuring that the recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs of each patient are met in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards. Activities Therapists work as members of a multidisciplinary treatment team. May organize and conduct music, art, recreation, or other therapy programs, depending on specialty. Responsibilities include: Performing proficiently in all competency areas including general activities duties, supervisory responsibilities, care plan and documentation responsibilities, patient rights, and safety and sanitation principles and techniques of therapy as applies in an acute care psychiatric facility. Demonstrating understanding of basic medical and psychiatric terminology as well as basic regulations governing the treatment of people in psychiatric health facilities. Communicating effectively, both orally and in writing while appropriately and descriptively charting patient progress and behavior. Maintaining detailed records of activity programs and participation of individual residents, identifying progress toward established care plan goals. Adapting treatment programs by graduating tasks to meet patient's level of function. Developing, organizing, and implementing a program of adjunctive therapy activities to meet the social, emotional, physical and other therapeutic needs of patients as identified on the patients' plan of care and within the specified budget. Making regular in-room visits to patients uninterested or unable to participate in group activities. Exhibiting excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards patients. Coordinating and verifying that assistance is provided to residents for activities and events as necessary. Creating an ongoing calendar of activities, which creatively meets multiple needs and is accessible and appealing to both men and women of all ages and abilities. Education Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in human services field required. Licensure/Certification Requirements: No licensure or certification required. Professional Experience Requirements: No experience is required. Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: A variety of individual and group facilitation techniques. Demonstrated proficiency in arts/crafts/music is preferred. Knowledge of one or more therapeutic activity areas such as recreation/occupational/music/art therapy; individual and group behavior and effective ways of working with clients; knowledge of the general nature of physical or mental illnesses/disabilities and/or developmental disabilities. Ability to apply and adapt skills and knowledge of activity areas to planned sessions of therapeutic activities. Ability to foster interest, initiative, responsibility, and experimentation in clients and discourage inappropriate responses. Experience facilitating therapeutic groups. Familiarity working with forensic and/or psychiatric consumers preferred. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.