Activity Therapist

Wellpath
US - South Carolina - Columbia
November 5, 2024

Compensation Range

$15.54 - $18.99 / hour

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved

• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture

• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients

• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging

• Autonomy in a warm team environment

• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!

• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching

• Company paid life insurance

• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts

• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to 'Always Do The Right Thing!', and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Activity Therapistis responsible forcreating and delivering enjoyable and therapeutic activities that enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of patients in a safe and comfortable environment. Working with minimal supervision, they use their creativity to plan and implement activities that are tailored to each patient's needs and conditions. The Activity Therapist'sultimate goalis to provide all patients with meaningful and rewarding activities that support their treatment and recovery.

Key Responsibilities

Providesrecreational resources and opportunities to improve patients' health and well-being.
Collaborates with administrative and medical staff todetermineactivity goals and evaluates patients through observation and interviews, documentingprogressand treatment in reports.
Identifiesactivity needs andparticipatesin in-service training, continuously developing skills.
Leads group sessions to teach alternative coping skills, overcoming environmental, physical, or emotional barriers.
Communicates effectively with all patients, medical, nursing, and staff members, and tactfully deals with the public.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

High School Diploma/GED required.
Bachelor's degree in Health and Human Services, Physical Education or other related fields highly preferred.

Experience

At least one (1) year experience planning and implementing activities to treat or maintain the physical, mental, or emotional wellbeing of clients.
Must have the ability to pass a background check and drug screen.
Ability to express thoughts logically, in English, in both written and verbal form.
Ability to use computers and the typical software such as Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and various database systems.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn't seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

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Job Post Information : Posted Date* 17 hours ago(11/6/2024 8:43 AM)

Requisition24-169343

LocationSC, Columbia

FacilitySC SVP Treatment Program

TypeFull-Time

ShiftDay 8 hour

Recruiter : Full Name: First LastCaitlin Bayer

Recruiter : EmailCBayer@recoverysolutions.us

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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