Activity Therapist- PRN; Dance, Art, Music, or Recreation Therapist

Responsibilities

Activity Therapist

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is currently looking for a Certified Recreation, Art, Dance, or Music Therapist to join our team of dedicated professionals.

The Carolina Center for Behavioral Health is a 156‑bed private behavioral health system located on 13 acres in the Greenville, South Carolina area. The Center specializes in psychiatric programs and substance‑abuse treatments such as detox and rehab, serving Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson, and surrounding areas throughout South Carolina and western North Carolina. Programs are available at various levels of care to accommodate the severity of every patient’s condition: inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment.

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It’s the opportunity to make a difference that drives you. You take the time to really listen to a patient so you can do your best to help. You thrive on camaraderie among professionals who push you further than you ever thought you could go. You are as diligent and attentive during quiet times as you are in a crisis situation.

You are a highly empathetic individual with a high level of emotional and social intelligence. Your satisfaction comes from a patient’s noticeable progress or a sincere word of thanks from the patient’s family.

To develop and provide therapeutic activity groups to adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients; to ensure safety and well‑being of patients and to support the maintenance of a therapeutic milieu.

• Provide therapeutic recreational, music, and activity services to geriatric, adult, and adolescent patients.
• Assess patients’ level of functioning and need for adjunctive therapy services.
• Develop and implement activity therapy treatment plans in concert with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Maintain the clinical and administrative documentation associated with services rendered.
• Participate in the ongoing implementation of the department’s continuous quality improvement plan.

Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Career development opportunities
• Competitive compensation

• Bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Art, Music, or Dance Therapy required.

• Certification in Recreation, Music, Art, or Dance Therapy required.

• Zero‑one (0‑1) year of experience required.

• Two (2) years of related experience preferred.

• Knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness preferred.

• Successful completion of Management Aggressive Behavior Training (HWC) before unit orientation and prior to assisting with restraining procedures.

• Successful certification through American Red Cross or American Heart Association for CPR prior to taking an independent patient assignment.

Tues‑Sat or Sun‑Thu; start times vary.

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