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Recreation Aide

Mayhill Hospital
Portsmouth, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/6/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/26/2026
Job Description

Responsibilities

Harbor Point Behavioral Health Center offers hope and healing for youth ages 7 to 17 at the time of admission with several psychiatric diagnoses and/or developmental disabilities. Located in Portsmouth, VA, Harbor Point provides intensive, residential treatment to youth in a comfortable setting that is conducive to healing. Our facility specializes in treating children and adolescents with depression, bipolar, ADHD, and other mental health issues. We also have specific treatment programs for those with intellectual disabilities or those with self-injurious behavior. Harbor Point and its programs are fully accredited by The Joint Commission and the Virginia Association of Independent Specialized Educational Facilities. We are licensed by The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Virginia Department of Education. We are a TRICARE®-approved and certified facility.

Job Duties

  • Provide developmentally appropriate instruction to residents.
  • Leading, organizing, and scheduling intramural sporting events for residents.
  • Maintaining a safe, clean, therapeutic environment for staff and residents.
  • Willing to work flexible hours to accomodate for daily scheduled residential events.
  • Have an understanding of psychological needs of residents and basic awareness of psychological needs of residential environment.
  • Display a high degree of professionalism in all activities and interactions with students, staff, parents, agency personnel, and community members.

Qualifications

  • Must be at least 21 years old.
  • Minimum high school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Must possess knowledge of and ability to implement behavioral management strategies and de-excalation techniques; good written and verbal communication skillls and good interpersonal skills.
  • Experience working with children and adolescents preferred.
  • Previous experience working in a residential or psychiatric setting with children and adolescents preferred.
  • Requires ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
  • Must have a valid driver’s license.

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 1-800-852-3449.

Pay Transparency

To encourage pay transparency, promote pay equity, and proactively address regulations, UHS and all our subsidiaries will comply with all applicable state or local laws or regulations which require employers to provide wage or salary range information to job applicants and employees. Salary offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience.

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