Recreation/Music Therapist
State of Missouri · Fulton, MO · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$43k–$49k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting:
- Hours Of Work Primarily 8:00am-4:30pm, with flexibility to meet program needs -> schedule info.
- Salary Range $42,933.60-$49,362.00, based on experience/qualifications -> pay info.
- The State of Missouri, Department of Mental Health, Fulton State Hospital, is seeking full time Recreation or Music Therapists to work in the Nixon Forensic Center in Fulton, MO. The hospital is certified by CMS, accredited by TJC since 1984, known for evidence-based treatment and innovative practices. The Recreation or Music Therapist plays a vital role as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team working with clients who have mental illnesses and have committed crimes. In addition, many clients have trauma histories of their own and corresponding mental illnesses that increase the likelihood of reoffending. Treatment is focused on learning self-regulation and self-management skills within a respectful, recovery based treatment program.
That's about the role.
- Responsibilities include: Planning and conducting a variety of groups, case management, attending treatment team meeting, completing required documentation and assessments.
Then later there is "Primary Job Responsibilities" list: Assessment of basic skill functioning related to services provided through the Rehabilitation Services Department. Planning and implementing a wide range of treatment groups designed to meet the social, vocational, emotional, cognitive and physical needs of clients. Case management including developing and maintaining individual treatment plans and related documentation, individual therapy, goal setting, family contact, and client advocacy. Attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and weekly program meetings. Competency in the implementation of assigned psychosocial program principles and procedures, as well as program and departmental documentation expectations.
We need to combine responsibilities into a list.
- A degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy or a closely related field is required. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate compassion and an ability to work in a trauma informed and recovery based environment.
- Minimum Qualifications: CTRS or Music Therapist board certification welcomed, but not required; College degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy or related field; Must be at least 20 years old for entry high security setting.
- Benefits: "Excellent State Of Missouri Benefit Package Including Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary +) Deferred Compensation opportunities MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay) 13 paid holidays per year 10 hours of annual leave and 10 hours sick leave accrued per month when hired, increases with service"
Later: "More Reasons To Love This Position The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage." This repeats benefits.
We should include Benefits section with specifics: Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance; Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary +); Deferred Compensation opportunities; MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay); 13 paid holidays per year; 10 hours annual leave and 10 hours sick leave accrued per month when hired, increases with service; defined pension plan; generous amounts of leave and holiday time; eligibility for health insurance coverage. Might be redundant but we can combine.
- Pay: Salary Range $42,933.60-$49,362.00, based on experience/qualifications.
- Schedule: Hours Of Work Primarily 8:00am-4:30pm, with flexibility to meet program needs.
We should not include sections like Skills if not explicit. There's mention of compassion, ability to work in trauma informed environment, competency in implementation of assigned psychosocial program principles, etc. Could be Skills but not explicit heading. We could include a Skills section if we have content: compassion, trauma-informed, recovery-based, ability to work in interdisciplinary team, documentation, group facilitation, case management, etc. But the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine qualifications and requirements. Let's decide sections: About the role (description), Responsibilities, Requirements/Qualifications (maybe combine), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title. Use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate. Preserve all substantive info.
Let's parse the posting:
- Hours Of Work Primarily 8:00am-4:30pm, with flexibility to meet program needs -> schedule info.
- Salary Range $42,933.60-$49,362.00, based on experience/qualifications -> pay info.
- The State of Missouri, Department of Mental Health, Fulton State Hospital, is seeking full time Recreation or Music Therapists to work in the Nixon Forensic Center in Fulton, MO. The hospital is certified by CMS, accredited by TJC since 1984, known for evidence-based treatment and innovative practices. The Recreation or Music Therapist plays a vital role as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team working with clients who have mental illnesses and have committed crimes. In addition, many clients have trauma histories of their own and corresponding mental illnesses that increase the likelihood of reoffending. Treatment is focused on learning self-regulation and self-management skills within a respectful, recovery based treatment program.
That's about the role.
- Responsibilities include: Planning and conducting a variety of groups, case management, attending treatment team meeting, completing required documentation and assessments.
Then later there is "Primary Job Responsibilities" list: Assessment of basic skill functioning related to services provided through the Rehabilitation Services Department. Planning and implementing a wide range of treatment groups designed to meet the social, vocational, emotional, cognitive and physical needs of clients. Case management including developing and maintaining individual treatment plans and related documentation, individual therapy, goal setting, family contact, and client advocacy. Attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and weekly program meetings. Competency in the implementation of assigned psychosocial program principles and procedures, as well as program and departmental documentation expectations.
We need to combine responsibilities into a list.
- A degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy or a closely related field is required. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate compassion and an ability to work in a trauma informed and recovery based environment.
- Minimum Qualifications: CTRS or Music Therapist board certification welcomed, but not required; College degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy or related field; Must be at least 20 years old for entry high security setting.
- Benefits: "Excellent State Of Missouri Benefit Package Including Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary +) Deferred Compensation opportunities MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay) 13 paid holidays per year 10 hours of annual leave and 10 hours sick leave accrued per month when hired, increases with service"
Later: "More Reasons To Love This Position The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage." This repeats benefits.
We should include Benefits section with specifics: Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance; Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary +); Deferred Compensation opportunities; MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay); 13 paid holidays per year; 10 hours annual leave and 10 hours sick leave accrued per month when hired, increases with service; defined pension plan; generous amounts of leave and holiday time; eligibility for health insurance coverage. Might be redundant but we can combine.
- Pay: Salary Range $42,933.60-$49,362.00, based on experience/qualifications.
- Schedule: Hours Of Work Primarily 8:00am-4:30pm, with flexibility to meet program needs.
We should not include sections like Skills if not explicit. There's mention of compassion, ability to work in trauma informed environment, competency in implementation of assigned psychosocial program principles, etc. Could be Skills but not explicit heading. We could include a Skills section if we have content: compassion, trauma-informed, recovery-based, ability to work in interdisciplinary team, documentation, group facilitation, case management, etc. But the instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine qualifications and requirements. Let's decide sections: About the role (description), Responsibilities, Requirements/Qualifications (maybe combine), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title. Use for each section heading.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, application instructions, contact info? The instruction says remove application instructions. At end: "If Interested, Please Contact Anne Shiraki, MT-BC Director of Rehabilitation Services Anne.Shiraki@dmh.mo.gov" That's application instruction, should be removed. Also "The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here." That's also application instruction/boilerplate, remove. Also "More Reasons To Love This Position" is basically benefits but we can incorporate.
We must not include duplicated lines.
Let's extract substantive content:
About the role:
- The State of Missouri, Department of Mental Health, Fulton State Hospital, is seeking full time Recreation or Music Therapists to work in the Nixon Forensic Center in Fulton, MO.
- The hospital is certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has been accredited by The Joint Commissions (TJC) since 1984, and is known for evidence-based treatment and innovative practices.
- The Recreation or Music Therapist plays a vital role as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team working with clients who have mental illnesses and have committed crimes.
- In addition, many clients have trauma histories of their own and corresponding mental illnesses that increase the likelihood of reoffending.
- Treatment is focused on learning self-regulation and self-management skills within a respectful, recovery based treatment program.
Responsibilities (combine both lists):
- Planning and conducting a variety of groups
- Case management
- Attending treatment team meeting
- Completing required documentation and assessments
- Assessment of basic skill functioning related to services provided through the Rehabilitation Services Department
- Planning and implementing a wide range of treatment groups designed to meet the social, vocational, emotional, cognitive and physical needs of clients
- Case management including developing and maintaining individual treatment plans and related documentation, individual therapy, goal setting, family contact, and client advocacy
- Attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings and weekly program meetings
- Competency in the implementation of assigned psychosocial program principles and procedures, as well as program and departmental documentation expectations
Requirements/Qualifications:
- A degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy or a closely related field is required.
- Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate compassion and an ability to work in a trauma informed and recovery based environment.
- CTRS or Music Therapist board certification welcomed, but not required.
- College degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy or related field (duplicate of degree required)
- Must be at least 20 years old for entry high security setting.
We could combine degree requirement and college degree.
Benefits:
- Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance
- Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary +)
- Deferred Compensation opportunities
- MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay)
- 13 paid holidays per year
- 10 hours of annual leave and 10 hours sick leave accrued per month when hired, increases with service
- Defined pension plan
- Generous amounts of leave and holiday time
- Eligibility for health insurance coverage
Pay:
- Salary Range $42,933.60-$49,362.00, based on experience/qualifications
Schedule:
- Hours Of Work Primarily 8:00am-4:30pm, with flexibility to meet program needs
We should not include fluff like "commensurate with experience" etc. The salary range is specific.
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Pay
Salary Range $42,933.60-$49,362.00, based on experience/qualifications
Schedule
Hours Of Work Primarily 8:00am-4:30pm, with flexibility to meet program needs
Make sure no extra whitespace? It's fine. Check for any repeated content: degree appears twice; we can combine into one bullet: "A degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Music Therapy or a closely related field is required." That's enough; we don't need duplicate. Also "Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate compassion and an ability to work in a trauma informed and recovery based environment." That's a requirement. CTRS or Music Therapist board certification welcomed, but not required. Must be at least 20 years old for entry high security setting. Now benefits: we have many items; ensure we don't include fluff like "excellent benefits package" etc. Keep specifics. Potential duplication: "Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance" and "eligibility for health insurance coverage" maybe similar but we can keep both as they are slightly different; but to avoid duplication we could keep just "Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance". However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; not to invent or summarize away detail. If we drop "eligibility for health insurance coverage" we might be losing a detail, but it's somewhat covered by Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance. However it's a separate statement about eligibility for health insurance coverage (maybe medical). Safer to keep both but note they are similar; but we risk duplication. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Duplicated lines: if the same exact line appears twice, we should remove duplicates. Here "Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance" vs "eligibility for health insurance coverage" are not identical lines, so we can keep both. Similarly "13 paid holidays per year" and "generous amounts of leave and holiday time" are not identical; we can keep both. Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like "The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage." That's a sentence that includes some of the benefits but also fluff. We already have those specifics; we could drop that sentence as it's somewhat summarizing. But we must preserve all substantive information; the sentence includes "defined pension plan" which we have as MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay) maybe that's the pension plan. It also repeats "generous amounts of leave and holiday time" and "eligibility for health insurance coverage". Since we already have those specifics, we could drop the sentence to avoid duplication. The instruction says remove duplicated lines. This sentence is not a line duplicate but contains overlapping info. Safer to keep it? Might be considered boilerplate fluff. I'd drop it to keep sections thin but substantive. We already have defined pension plan via MOSERS Retirement. We have leave specifics. We have health insurance via Affordable Health, Vision, Dental Insurance. So dropping that sentence is okay. Now check for any other boilerplate: "Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck." That's fluff; remove. "To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator." Remove. "The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here." Remove. "If Interested, Please Contact Anne