Rehabilitation Therapist-F​/C - Pathways Marianna, Fl

Requisition No: 866967

Agency:
Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Rehabilitation Therapist Forensic - Career Service

POSITION NUMBER:

OPEN COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY

SALARY RANGE: $1,336.92- $1,724.44 BIWEEKLY

CANDIDATE POOL:
Future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months.

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for eligible employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits, including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click  ).

The Agency seeks team members who demonstrate the qualities of being humble, hungry, and smart and lead others to embody the same. This entails lacking excessive ego, sharing credit, being self‑motivated, and exercising good judgment and intuition regarding the subtleties of group dynamics.

This position with APD will serve staff and management across the Agency. Your work will impact the workplace culture, our community, and the population we serve as we continuously strive to achieve the Agency’s mission.

* Responses to the qualifying questions are required and must be verifiable based on your submitted application.

The Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program operates on the campus of Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee and at Sunland in Marianna under the auspices of The State of Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD). The Developmental Disabilities Defendant Program (DDDP) is dedicated to empowering people with developmental disabilities charged with a felony crime to:

This is work planning, conducting, and participating in a rehabilitation therapy program. The employee(s) in the position(s) allocated to this class must spend a minimum of 75 percent of their time performing duties which involve contact with patients in a forensic facility.

• Interviews, counsels, and evaluates patients to determine individual therapeutic activity needs.
• Consults with other professionals and team members concerning recommended programs.
• Creates lesson plans, monitors/adjusts resident schedules, tracks attendance, documents behaviors, incidents, and other documentation related to the program.
• Provides people served all aspects of the rehabilitation therapy programs and recreational activities.
• Prepares reports on patients' progress towards objectives and their reactions to various activities.
• Evaluates rehabilitation therapy programs and makes recommendations for adjustment and revisions.
• Escorts residents as appropriate to ensure that their security, safety, and well‑being are not compromised.
• Functions as a role model for residents to reinforce the behavioral and social skills required to be successful in integrating into community and/or residential environments.
• Performs related work as required.
• Completes all the training required.

Pathways is a 34‑bed all male forensic facility working with individuals with disabilities in a secure setting. These individuals have been adjudicated by the courts as incompetent to proceed to trial and have significant behavioral and psychiatric issues. Pathways provides rehabilitative, vocational, and daily living skills training to the individuals served which allows for a smooth transition back into a non‑secure residential or community setting.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of one of the allied health field disciplines or one of the rehabilitative sciences.
• Knowledge of interviewing techniques.
• Ability to interview clients to identify needs.
• Ability to plan and conduct rehabilitation therapy programs.
• Ability to prepare reports and complete other forms of documentation.
• Ability to plan,…