Expressive Therapist - Recreational Therapist (Levels 1-3) - Children's Behavioral Health Center (Fall 2026)

Provides foundational clinical expressive therapy services for patients and families using expressive modalities to help them attain and maintain their maximum levels of functioning and coping.

Requirements

• Will assess and prioritize patient needs through referrals and patient review process.
• Identify interventions based on patient assessment, match techniques to developmental, emotional, physical and social needs of patients and families.
• Provide expressive therapy, through a multitude of modalities, interventions designed to meet patients' physical or psychological needs.
• Inform and educate patients and families on the use of expressive therapy techniques to support health coping and normal growth and development.
• Involve family members in expressive therapy services per assessment including teaching skills and resources for transition to home.
• Implement and document patient care plans; communicate plans and outcomes to others.
• Provide expressive therapy programming to complement work in meeting the psychosocial and developmental needs of patients and families.
• Provide individual and group sessions to fulfill therapeutic objectives, including but not limited to: anxiety reduction, pain management, developmental stimulation, alternative means of expression/communication, positive coping techniques, procedural support, quality of life and family/patient support.
• Identify and educate appropriate expressive therapy resources for each patient and family.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team planning and co-treating.
• Monitor patient progress and remain adaptive in plan of care.
• Incorporate expressive therapy in development of patient's self-awareness and expression, coping skills, sense of well-being and social behavior.
• Provide educational in-services for patients and families as well as staff members.
• Supports the training and supervision of students and volunteers related to expressive therapy.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PTO
• 401(k)
• Medical and dental plans