Activity Coordinator
Role Overview
The Activities Coordinator plans, directs, and coordinates medically approved activities within the psychiatric program schedule for patients within the facility.
Activities may include leisure skills, social activities, physical exercise, cognitive challenges, and arts and crafts.
The Activities Coordinator assesses patients' leisure, social, and recreational status as part of the overall biopsychosocial assessment process.
The Activities Coordinator participates as a member of the treatment team by formulating goals and interventions based on the identified needs and conditions of the patients and recommending appropriate recreational activities.
The Activities Coordinator provides groups aimed at developing patients' social, leisure, and physical skills.
The Activities Coordinator demonstrates the ability to accurately facilitate groups and document patients' responses to interventions.
The Activities Coordinator incorporates responses to group interventions into the patients' plans of care.
The Activities Coordinator provides support to the clinical department through teamwork and input regarding the patients' overall psychosocial needs.
The Activities Coordinator works under the supervision of a licensed and/or certified recreation therapist, or a professional who meets the education, experience, and certification requirements established by state mandate.
The supervisor is under the direction of the Clinical Services Director.
Key Skills for This Role
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Experience
- One year of experience performing functional activity duties in a healthcare setting preferred.
- Effective verbal communication skills
- Effective organizational skills
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to read and comprehend written instructions
- Ability to follow verbal instructions
- Proficient knowledge of personal computers
- Basic understanding of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria
- Basic understanding of medical and psychiatric diagnoses and conditions
- CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND/OR REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED
- Valid Photo Identification
- Social Security Card and/or Driver's License
- Primary Source Verification of Education
- Copy of Clinical License, if applicable
- Current CPR Certification
- Behavioral Management Training
Preferred Qualifications
- One year of experience performing functional activity duties in a healthcare setting preferred.
About Freedom Behavioral Hospital of Leesville
22-bed psychiatric hospital serving adults aged 35 and older in Vernon Parish.
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