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Why Join Our Team? 

• Competitive Compensation: Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience.

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay.

• Comprehensive Benefits Package:

• • Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.

  • Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle.

• Professional Growth Opportunities:

• • On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities.

  • Career development programs designed to help you grow.

  • Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable).

Employee Recognition & Rewards: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication

What you bring to SBHG:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Mental Health Field (recreation or occupational therapy required).

• (1) year experience with seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents in an inpatient or outpatient health care setting required (student internship and/or practicum time may be substituted).

• California Certification as Recreation Therapist Certified (RTC) or National Certification as Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) or California OT License (OTR/L) required.

How you will make a difference:

• Coordinate and provide direct and indirect rehabilitation treatment to adolescent clients.

• Conduct a written rehabilitation assessment of new clients utilizing verbal, written, auditory and visual communication.

• Develop an individualized schedule of therapeutic groups with and for each client.

• Lead or co-lead therapeutic groups with treatment team staff

• Assist clients in determining and taking the steps necessary to achieve the treatment goals and self-directed recovery.

• Document and report progress of client outcomes in therapeutic programs including group activities and individualized goal planning.

• Provide work direction to Rehab Aides, as needed

• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic milieu by developing the recreational activities to enhance client success on the unit.

• Develops, implements, and supervises the recreation/activities program that includes the following but is not limited to: social activities, indoor and outdoor activities, exercise activities, opportunities for client involvement for planning and implementation of the recreation activities.

• Notifies the treatment team of recommendations and plans for implementation regarding recreation/activities

• Document and report progress of client outcomes in therapeutic programs including group activities and individualized goal planning.

• Actively participate in Treatment Team meetings and assist in the development of a written Interdisciplinary Treatment Plan for each client.

• Coordinate therapeutic program evaluations and identify improvement in therapeutic programs. .

• Assist with maintaining inventory and equipment by visually inspecting equipment and supply levels.

• This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and employees will also perform other reasonably-related duties as assigned by the Clinical Director, or his/her designee as needed.

Division/Program Overview:

• 24/7 inpatient involuntary program
• 16-bed facility for acute youth (ages 12-17)
• Intensive treatment programs with individualized care plans
• Available for contracting Central Valley counties
• Moves clients through five phases: admission; engagement; learning; stabilization and linkage to resources and aftercare

Learn more about SBHG at: https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/

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