STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
DIVISION OF PERSONNEL
CLASSIFICATION: TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT THERAPIST
Class Code: 9467-16
Date Established: 08-28-75
Occupational
Code: 7-4-7
Date of Last Revision: 09-25-03
BASIC PURPOSE: To monitor
training and development therapeutic programs in a variety of recreational
fields in order to enhance the physical well being, employability,
socialization and self image of residents in a state psychiatric and/or
geriatric facility.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Assesses training and
development needs of residents in a variety of settings.
·
Implements training
and development programs, activities and treatments in conjunction with
recreational and vocational activities.
·
Applies established
training and development guidelines in assisting with planning activities and
therapeutic treatment.
·
Monitors the
activities of training and development assistants.
·
Updates and reports
patient documentation records such as treatment plans and progress notes.
·
Monitors program
curriculum for leisure and therapeutic activities to create opportunities for
self-expression, creativity, and positive self-awareness.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in recommending routine changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving,
compiling, and reporting data according to established procedures OR in
operating complex machines.
Knowledge: Requires
knowledge of business practices and procedures or technical training in a craft
or trade, including working from detailed instructions, to apply knowledge in a
variety of practical situations.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for contributing to immediate, ongoing agency objectives by
facilitating the direct provision of services to the public or other state
agencies. Errors at this level
result in inaccurate reports or invalid test results and require significant
investment of time and resources to detect.
Supervision: Requires
partial supervision of other employees doing work which is related or similar
to the supervisor, including assigning job duties, providing training, giving
instructions and checking work.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical
Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires
summarizing data, preparing reports and making recommendations based on
findings which contribute to solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting
information for use by administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires a
combination of job functions to establish facts, to draw daily operational
conclusions, or to solve practical problems. This level also requires providing a variety of alternative
solutions where only limited standardization exists.
Independent
Action: Requires a range of choice in applying
a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in
making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures
for approval by supervisor.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Associate’s degree from a
recognized college or university with major study in adapted physical
education, recreational therapy, education or sociology. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Three years’ of
experience in the field of public school education or experience in a state
institution training program or from an acceptable community services program
concerned with special education.
Each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for
one year of required formal education.
License/Certification: None required.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
1. For
appointment consideration, Training and Development Therapist applicants must
successfully participate in a structured interview measuring possession of
knowledge, skills and abilities identified as necessary for satisfactory job
performance by this class specification.
The structured interview is developed and administered according to
Division of Personnel guidelines, by representative of the state agency in
which the vacancy exist
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE HOSPITAL ONLY:
1. For
positions assigned to Acute Psychiatric Services and Transitional Housing,
appointment shall be provisional pending satisfactory completion of all
written and physical components of the Mental Health Worker Training Program
within the first four (4) weeks of employment at New Hampshire Hospital.
2. For those
positions assigned to Psychiatric Nursing Home Services, appointment shall be
provisional pending satisfactory completion of all written and physical
components of the Nursing Assistant Training Program within the first five (5)
weeks of employment.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of therapeutic educational
activities and ability to apply knowledge to plan, implement, coordinate,
participate and conduct activities at a level to reach all residents
assigned. Ability to instruct and
supervise such other
therapeutic activities required to supplement the total
rehabilitative effort of the departmental programs. Ability to exercise initiative and judgment in the
supervision of aides and to maintain a high state of morale within the student
body and among professional staff.
Ability to understand and follow written and oral instructions. Ability to establish and maintain
harmonious working relationships with other state
employees. Must be willing to
maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as
determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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