What are the responsibilities and job description for the REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (RECREATION-SAFETY) position at Department of State Hospitals?

These positions are for the Department of State Hospitals - Coalinga.

The Rehabilitation Therapist (Various Specialties) will receive clinical supervision from the Supervising Rehabilitation Therapist and administrative supervision from the Program Assistant in the Rehabilitation Services Department. The incumbent will be responsible for the following duties but not limited to:

• Conduct and prepare written Rehabilitation Therapy Assessments/ evaluations.
• Participate in Treatment Plan meetings to review each patient’s progress towards community reintegration.
• Provide written documentation on patients’ progress pertaining to their rehabilitation therapy program
• Organize, plan and conduct rehabilitation therapy/leisure skill groups

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Coalinga State Hospital is accepting applications for this recruitment continuously. This advertisement will remain posted until the position(s) have been filled. Cut-off-date for this recruitment will be every other Wednesday, commencing March 18, 2025. Applications may be processed on a flow basis prior to the cut-off-date to meet the hiring needs of the department. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications and have eligibility by the application received date to be invited to participate in the next available scheduled interview and/or processed for conditional hire.

Unless otherwise requested by the candidate, all communications and correspondence regarding this recruitment from our agency will be sent electronically via your CalCareers account and/or email listed on your State Application, STD. 678. It is the applicant’s responsibility to check their email inbox, including junk/spam emails for any correspondence regarding their application status. In addition, applicants are encouraged to keep their CalCareers profile updated with a current telephone number, mailing address, and email.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Special Requirements continued -

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

All Therapists: Completion of an approved clinical internship in the appropriate rehabilitation specialty in an approved hospital or rehabilitation center affiliated with the college. (Individuals who are registered or certified with the appropriate therapy association but who have not completed a clinical internship because it was not a component of the academic program at the time are required to have completed a minimum of two years' full-time paid experience in a clinical, residential, or community-based setting after receipt of the required degree to be admitted into the exam.)

Art: Possession of a Master's Degree in Art Therapy or in Art with emphasis in Art Therapy, or registration with the American Art Therapy Association, or eligibility for such registration.

Music: Equivalent to graduation from a recognized college with major work in music therapy, or registration with the American Music Therapy Association, or eligibility for such registration.

Recreation: Equivalent to graduation from a recognized college with major work in therapeutic recreation, or in recreation with an emphasis in therapeutic recreation, or certification as a registered recreator with specialization in therapeutic recreation by the California Board of Park and Recreation personnel, or the National Therapeutic Recreation Society, or eligibility for such certification.
Occupational: Equivalent to graduation from a recognized college with major work in occupational therapy, or certification as an occupational therapist registered by the American Occupational Therapy Association, or eligibility for such certification.

This advertisement may also be used to fill future vacancies for positions that are of the same classification and same tenure/time base if the vacancy occurs while this job posting is active.

REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (RECREATION-SAFETY)

What are the responsibilities and job description for the REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (RECREATION-SAFETY) position at Department of State Hospitals?

Art: Possession of a Master's Degree in Art Therapy or in Art with emphasis in Art Therapy, or registration with the American Art Therapy Association, or eligibility for such registration.

Music: Equivalent to graduation from a recognized college with major work in music therapy, or registration with the American Music Therapy Association, or eligibility for such registration.

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