Recreational Therapist/Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist - Jail Based Competency Treatment Program

NaphCare is hiring a full-time Recreational Therapist / Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist to join our specialized THRIVE Jail Based Competency to Stand Trial Treatment Program in San Diego, CA.

Opportunities for relocation and/or sign-on bonuses available!

**This is not a remote position.

NaphCare's Jail-Based Competency Treatment (JBCT) program is as a California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) satellite program that operates as a 30-bed adult male unit at the San Diego Central Jail.

Our patients receive psychiatric and mental health services aimed at restoring their competency to stand trial so that they may proceed with pending criminal charges in the court system and move forward in their lives in a healthier place.

The Recreational Therapist will conduct individual needs assessments, plan and implement diverse recreational and/or educational groups, and evaluate recreational goals all aimed at improving overall mental health including general functioning, physical heath, motivation for treatment, and emotional well-being. The ideal candidate has experience working in a mental health and/or correctional setting, and in working within a multidisciplinary team.

THRIVE provides specialized behavioral health services for patients found incompetent to stand trial (IST) due to serious mental illness and/or mental disability, and who have been court ordered to inpatient restoration treatment that they receive in the jail. The JBCT unit is a therapeutic environment, providing intensive day treatment services.

The Recreational Therapist will work with a team of mental health therapists, psychiatric providers, psychiatric nurses, forensic examiners, forensic educators, and program director.

Responsibilities:

Contributing member of the multidisciplinary behavioral health treatment team
• Assess patients to inform intervention planning initially and on a periodic basis
• Facilitate and document mental health recreation therapy groups
• Facilitate and document incentivization program for patient treatment participation
• Coordinate with healthcare and custody staff regarding patients' mental health care
• Participate in educational and training activities related to mental healthcare, security, and restoration
• Demonstrate general knowledge of mental health treatment provision

Position Requirements/Preferred Experience:

• • Bachelor's prepared candidate in recreational therapy, art therapy, music therapy, occupational therapy, mental health, or closely related field
  • Recreational Therapist certification (or allied field such as Expressive Arts or Occupational Therapy), or other experience and/or skills representative of the position functions
  • Preferred (not required): At least 1 year of experience, including working with adults living with serious mental illness and/or in a correctional or adult inpatient mental health environment
  • Preferred (not required): Experience planning/administering recreation therapy to mental health patients

  **This is not a remote position.

Physical Capabilities:

NaphCare Benefits for Full-Time Employees Include:

• Health, dental & vision insurance that starts day one!
• Prescriptions free of charge through our health plan, beginning day one
• Lowest Cost Benefits!
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services
• 401K and Roth with company contribution that starts day one!
• Tuition Assistance
• Referral bonuses
• Term life insurance at no cost to the employee
• Generous paid time off & paid holidays
• Free continuing education and CMEs

At NaphCare, we want you to be able to use your skills. Our site positions include roles such as performing and electronically documenting mental health evaluations, progress notes, individual and group counseling notes and suicide risk assessments, as well as escalating patient needs to providers where appropriate.

If you would like to speak with me to learn more about this position and NaphCare, apply directly to the position to initiate the application process, and I'll be in touch.

Equal Opportunity Employer: disability/veteran

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