Activity Therapist

About the role

Activity Therapists at Copper Springs, operated jointly with Lifepoint Behavioral Health and Springstone, provide compassionate behavioral health services including crisis stabilization, inpatient care, and outpatient treatment for acute mental health and substance use treatment. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care to decrease suicide rates, decrease addiction-related deaths, reverse the decline in life expectancy, and improve productivity in the communities we serve.

Responsibilities

• Builds a plan of care with specific and measurable goals, objectives, and interventions defining actions unique to each patient’s needs.
• Contributes to treatment planning with feedback to nursing and program staff to achieve therapeutic interventions.
• Provides direction to nursing staff regarding activity related groups.
• Attends to all treatment teams with input into patient’s Activity Therapy goals.

Requirements

• CTRS, MT-BC (Music Therapy), or ATR (Art Therapist) Certification Required
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institute in Recreational, Music or Art Therapy or similar field
• Licensure or certification per state of practice guidelines
• CPR and CPI Certification within 30 day of employment
• Previous experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred.

Benefits

• $3,500 commitment incentive bonus
• Affordable medical, dental and vision plans provided to meet the needs of full employees and their families
• Up to 16 days of PTO for full time employees
• 6 paid holidays for full time employees
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• UKG Wallet - Voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit