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Activities Therapist - Butner North Carolina
Company: UNC Health Care Location: Butner, North Carolina
Posted On: 04/26/2024
Job Description Description Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.Activities Therapist needed for UNC Health Youth Behavioral Health (YBH), in Butner, North Carolina. Youth Behavioral Health Hospital (YBH) is a 56-bed, 24-hour, locked psychiatric facility located in Butner, North Carolina. There will be four units dedicated to serving children and adolescent with mental health diagnoses, dual diagnosis, substance misuse and complex behaviors. YBH philosophy is grounded in a milieu-based, trauma-informed and therapeutic setting. This facility aims to serve patients with a complex history, including aggression and psychosis. Safety is the key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities. Therapy services will work among a large interdisciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Nursing Services. We are seeking an Activities Therapist with child and adolescent mental health experience to work on a multidisciplinary therapy team. - The Activities Therapist shall be responsible fororganizing, developing, and directing quality activities for patients in the milieu.
- The Activities Therapist will direct meaningful activities for patients in group and individual settings, ensuring that the recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs of each patient are met.
- The ActivitiesTherapist will participate in a variety of professional growth activities and mentorship intended to develop and improve patient care delivery and departmental performance.
- The ActivitiesTherapist will be encouraged to serve as a clinical educator for health and human services students
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