REHABILITATION THERAPIST - F/C - 67072376

$1,260 - $1,538/Yr

State of Florida - Chattahoochee, FL

Full-time - Entry Level

Chattahoochee, FL

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

This position with the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) is for a Rehabilitation Therapist in a Career Service role. The Rehabilitation Therapist will work primarily in a forensic facility, providing rehabilitation therapy programs to individuals with developmental disabilities who have been charged with a felony crime. The role involves planning, conducting, and participating in therapy programs, with a significant amount of time spent in direct contact with patients. The therapist will be responsible for evaluating patients, creating lesson plans, monitoring progress, and ensuring the safety and well-being of residents.

Responsibilities

• Interviews, counsels, and evaluates patients to determine individual therapeutic activity needs.
• Consults with other professionals and team members concerning recommended programs.
• Creates lesson plans, monitors/adjusts resident schedules, tracks attendance, documents behaviors, incidents, and other documentation related to the program.
• Provides persons served all aspects of the rehabilitation therapy programs and recreational activities.
• Prepares reports on patients' progress towards objectives and their reactions to various activities.
• Evaluates rehabilitation therapy programs and makes recommendations for adjustment and revisions.
• Escorts residents as appropriate to ensure that their security, safety, and well-being are not compromised.
• Functions as a role model for residents to reinforce the behavioral and social skills required to be successful in integrating into community and/or residential environments.
• Performs related work as required.
• Completes all required training.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in an allied health field, one of the behavioral or rehabilitative sciences, music therapy, music education, physical education with course work in adaptive physical education, vocational education, sociology, trades and arts education, industrial arts education, leisure studies with course work in therapeutic recreation, or horticulture therapy.
• A valid driver's license.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Tuition waivers.
• Paid Maternity and Parental Leave.