Activities Coordinator; Crisis Stabilization

• Location 6 Mathis Drive,Rome, GA, 30165,United States
• Job Category Crisis Stabilization, Mental Health, Substance Use
• Industry Public and Community Healthcare
• Employee Type Non-Exempt

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!

Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.

The Activity Coordinator directs individual participation in selected therapeutic activities to assist in developing skills and providing a structured setting. The Activity Coordinator assist individuals who are admitted to the Crisis Stabilization Unit to learn appropriate ways to manage their time and improve skills . The Activities Coordinator will assist with collecting information for individual intake, admission based on interviews with client, their families, significant others, and appropriate community agencies, assist the treatment team in identifying individual strengths and weaknesses, and developing a treatment/care plan for a specific activity, service or program and assist in monitoring the individual’s progress toward treatment goals.

• Provides structured individual and group therapeutic activities that promote socialization, recovery, wellness, self-advocacy, development of natural supports, and maintenance of community living skills.
• Completes a group note in Care Logic documenting the group therapeutic activity and individual’s response to the group activity.
• Facilitates life skills groups, including education on personal hygiene, nutrition, money management, and interpersonal skills.
• Monitor the individual’s physical and emotional wellbeing and report unusual behavior or physical complaints to direct supervisor (RN Charge Nurse for the shift)
• Assist individuals by providing ADLs supplies such as towels, wash cloths, soap, and keeping beds, clothing and living areas clean
• Provides transportation for individuals to appointments and activities in the community.
• Provides direct care for individuals based on coverage needs during increased census/acuity and emergencies.
• Ensures and provides high quality, compassionate, and ethical delivery of services to improve program and organizational performance.
• Assist in prevention and managing crisis situations; responding appropriately to crisis situations that may involve physical intervention including the use of seclusion/restraint
• Other duties as assigned
• Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
• Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
• 10 paid holidays
• 1 personal day
• Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness

• High School Diploma/GED

• 1 year of experience working in a psychiatric in behavioral health and/or hospital setting.
• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Human Services, Criminology, or a related field of study.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish is highly preferred.

Highland Rivers Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, national origin, age sex, religion, or disability.

Selected applicants must pass a pre-employment background investigation and a pre-employment drug screen. Employment is contingent upon passing the background and the drug screen.

• What shift will the Position work? 8 am - 5 pm