Activity Therapist - Unlimited Growth Potential

The Illinois Department of Human Services is the department of the Illinois state government responsible for providing a wide variety of safety net services to Illinois residents in poverty, who are facing other economic challenges, or who have any of a variety of disabilities.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• Life insurance benefits

• Paid time off (PTO)

• Retirement

Responsibilities include:

• Under general supervision of the Director of Rehabilitation Services, performs professional activity therapy duties involving the therapeutic use of activities individually or in group setting for forensic patients.

• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team (IDT), completing activity therapy assessments, activity therapy interventions, and evaluating patients' behavior and progress toward a measurable objective

• Develops plans and procedures to assist in the treatment and habilitation of consumers to guide them towards recovery; budgets activity therapy funds and orders supplies

• Works with other staff to maintain a safe working environment. Ensures that the clinical services are appropriate with respect to chronological age, developmental age and social maturity of the adult (18-64 yrs.) and geriatric (65+ yrs.) population.

Requirements include:

• Requires a bachelor's degree with a major in therapeutic recreation, music therapy, art therapy, dance therapy, drama therapy, leisure studies or recreation with a specialization in recreational therapy, including successful completion of an approved internship, fieldwork or practicum. 

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