Therapeutic Services Worker

St. Louis Forensic Treatment Center - South, 5300 Arsenal St., St. Louis, MO 63139

Semi-Monthly Salary: $1,521.02

Main responsibilities include working with our clients in the fitness room, social recreation room, gym, and library at FTC-S, helping with Central Activity Therapy activities and events, and supervising client workers.

Responsibilities:

• Monitors Central Activity Therapy areas and helps clients develop skills needed to responsibly utilize the areas. Observes client behavior/interactions and interjects/teaches as needed. Reports inappropriate client behavior. Validates clients’ needs while setting limits and maintaining boundaries.

• Assists client workers in developing vocational skills

• Helps plan/lead/organize facility wide Central Activity Therapy activities/events such as games, concerts, seasonal carnivals, dances and contests.

• Works with volunteers and venders who come into the facility

• Escorts clients to/from activity areas

• Assumes responsibility for the personal needs and safety of clients while in the activity area or during activity programs

• Assists in the maintenance and upkeep of the activity areas

• Attends and participates in staff and program planning meetings

• Completes required documentation of groups led

• Performs other work related as assigned

Skills Needed:

• General computer literacy needed.

• Intermediate knowledge of individual and group behavior and effective ways of working with clients

• Introductory knowledge of the general nature of mental illnesses and/or developmental or physical disabilities

• Introductory knowledge of the general methods of preparing for and conducting planned sessions of group activities

• Introductory knowledge of escort procedures, precautions, and appropriate techniques for assisting clients in emergencies

• Ability to learn basic principles and methods of therapeutic recreational, occupational, music and related activities, and their application to the treatment of persons with mental illness and/or developmental or physical disabilities

• Ability to communicate effectively with both staff and clients

• Ability to establish and maintain client interest and participation in activities

• Ability to provide guidance and instructions to clients and assigned staff

• Ability to learn new skills related to assigned activities

• Ability to work cooperatively with others

Eligibility:

• Two years of experience in the mental health field or closely related work.

Why DMH?

The Missouri Department of Mental Health is dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and public understanding of mental illness and developmental disabilities. By joining our team, YOU can make a difference in the lives of those impacted by a mental illness or developmental disability, so they have the opportunity to pursue their dreams, live their lives to the fullest, and be a valued member of their communities.