Responsibilities Windsor Laurelwood Center for Behavioral Medicine is seeking an Activities Therapist! This position is responsible for planning, organizing and leading art therapy, music therapy, or recreational therapy activities on all units. The employee will work with patients whose abilities to manage usual activities of daily living are compromised by behavioral health problems.
The delivery of Activities Therapy services includes patient assessment, formulation of a treatment plan, implementation of the plan, and documentation of all services provided. Role Responsibilites: Plan and lead therapeutic recreation and activity-based interventions that support patient treatment goals. Complete patient assessments, maintain accurate documentation, and ensure timely recordkeeping.
Facilitate therapeutic groups using effective engagement and group-processing techniques. Build therapeutic relationships with patients while promoting patient rights, safety, and well-being. Communicate patient progress, concerns, and incidents to the interdisciplinary treatment team.
Maintain a safe, organized, and therapeutic environment, including monitoring equipment and supplies. Collaborate with staff, patients, and families to support recovery and positive patient outcomes. Participate in program development, performance improvement initiatives, staff meetings, and ongoing training.
Adhere to all facility policies, unit protocols, and regulatory requirements. It takes passion and dedication to meet the behavioral health needs of our community. For over 100 years, Windsor Laurelwood Center for Behavioral Medicine, located in Willoughby, Ohio, has provided high-quality behavioral health and substance abuse treatment services to adults, adolescents, and children.
We provide both inpatient and outpatient programming to meet your healthcare needs. The team at Windsor Laurelwood is dedicated to helping you regain control of your life. Windsor Laurelwood is a part of one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.
Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $11.4 billion in 2019. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 90,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 328 behavioral health facilities, 42 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.
S. states, Washington, D. C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. Qualifications
Minimum bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy, Therapeutic Recreation, or master’s degree in Art Therapy.
Previous healthcare experience in one of the above disciplines preferred. Requires knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment practices relating to them.
- Must be certified by profession’s credentialing board (either art, music, recreational therapy). Will maintain active CPR and CPI certification. EEO Statement All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success. Notice At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: https://uhs.alertline.com or 1
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