Rehabilitation Therapist, State Facilities; Recreation

Job Posting:

Rehabilitation Therapist, Recreation

Department of Veterans Affairs

JC-534189

Rehabilitation Therapist, Recreation / REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (RECREATION)

$4,005.00 - $4,716.50 per Month

Final Filing Date: 10/21/2026

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team at the California Department of Veterans Affairs (Cal Vet). We advocate with purpose and passion every day for our state’s veterans and their families and connect them to their earned benefits. We offer a range of services, from our network of award-winning veterans' homes to our innovative home loans program. Additionally, we provide special statewide benefits and veteran outreach services.

Cal Vet provides our staff with a wide range of fulfilling and enriching growth opportunities in skilled trades, healthcare, administrative and professional fields, and beyond. We actively cultivate an inclusive atmosphere that embraces individuals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and life journeys, empowering them to excel and flourish. We enthusiastically welcome your distinctive contributions to our organization and the meaningful work we undertake.

This position is located in the Therapeutic Activity (SNF) department of the Veterans Home of California, Yountville and is responsible for providing rehabilitative programs and services through assessment, treatment, service planning, therapeutic activities, and community reintegration by using the principles and practices of these disciplines to develop, maintain, and restore physical, emotional and social competencies.

Effective July 1, 2025, California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) implemented the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025). PLP 2025 directs that state employees shall receive a three percent (3%) reduction in pay in exchange for five (5) hours of PLP 2025 leave credits, monthly. The salary range(s) included in this job advertisement do not reflect the 3% reduction in pay.

Please note:

You will need to take and pass an examination for Rehabilitation Therapist Recreation to establish list eligibility prior to job offer. Please click on the link to take you to the exam:
Rehabilitation Therapist (Recreation) Exam

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Employees of Cal Vet will be required to follow state or county public health guidelines and requirements enacted in accordance with infectious disease prevention and control.

• REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (RECREATION)

# of Positions:

1

Telework:

In Office

Job Type:

Permanent, Part Time - 1/2 Time

Facility:

VHC-Y Human Resources

Work Week:

Monday - Friday

The California Department of Veterans Affairs (Cal Vet) works to serve California veterans and their families. With nearly 1.6 million veterans living in the State, Cal Vet strives to ensure that its veterans of every era and their families get the state and federal benefits and services they have earned and deserved as a result of selfless and honorable military service.

Cal Vet strives to serve veterans and their families with dignity and compassion and to help them achieve their highest quality of life.

• The position(s) require(s) a Drug Screening be passed prior to being hired.

We especially encourage veterans to apply utilizing Cal Vet’s Veterans Hiring Preference (please refer to the Special Requirements section below) and the state’s Veterans Preference program.

Veterans may qualify for a Cal Vet Veterans Hiring Preference. Military service must be included in the Employment History section of the Employment Applications (STD. 678). The application package must include documentation of discharge, appropriate to the branch of service. The…