AROOSTOOK MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC

Adult Activity Coordinator

AROOSTOOK MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC  •  $37k - $44k/yr  •  Maine (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a compassionate and creative full-time Adult Activity Coordinator to join our Community Integration Program Adult Residential Team.

The Adult Activity Coordinator provides structured therapeutic recreational and expressive activities for clients in our Madawaska Group Home Residential Facility.

This position works as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team to support client treatment goals, personal growth, and community integration.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Participate as an active member of the residential treatment team.
  • Plan and provide structured therapeutic recreational and expressive activities based on client needs and daily schedules.
  • Provide individual and group interventions that support client treatment goals and maximize therapeutic benefit.
  • Participate in treatment planning, assessments, treatment plan updates, and discharge planning as appropriate.
  • Help clients develop healthy leisure skills and strengthen connections within their communities.
  • Collaborate with residential counselors, peer support specialists, peer centers, and other service providers.
  • Maintain a safe, supportive, and therapeutic activities environment.
  • Properly use and maintain equipment associated with recreational and experiential activities.
  • Follow residential policies, procedures, facility rules, and expectations.
  • Communicate activity plans and collaborate with team members to support a positive therapeutic environment.
  • Complete daily documentation regarding client progress toward treatment objectives.
  • Utilize psychiatric rehabilitation concepts when working with individuals experiencing serious mental illness, co-occurring disorders, complex trauma, and acute symptoms or crises.

General Expectations

  • Maintain confidentiality of client and agency information.
  • Work collaboratively as part of a team and share responsibility for service outcomes.
  • Provide a welcoming and supportive environment for individuals seeking behavioral health and social services.
  • Demonstrate respect for individuals from diverse races, cultures, sexual orientations, and abilities.
  • Maintain flexibility to meet client and agency needs.
  • Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills.

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Positive driving record and ability to transport clients as needed.
  • Ability to work effectively in a residential behavioral health environment.
  • Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  • Ability to sit, stand, walk, communicate, and use standard office equipment, including a computer and keyboard.

Schedule

  • This is a non-exempt position with variable hours based on the needs of the program. Employees must be available to work weekends, evenings, overnights, and holidays.
  • Additional hours or schedule changes may occasionally be required to ensure adequate service delivery.
  • Overtime will be compensated in accordance with applicable federal and agency requirements.

Work Environment

This position is based in a fast-paced residential environment where noise levels and activity may vary.

The role involves working directly with individuals receiving behavioral health services and may require responding appropriately to changing client needs.

We Offer:

Health

Dental

Vision

Life & Supplemental Insurances

403 with match

Employee Assistance Programs

Health Savings Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Pet Insurance

Requirements

  • This position requires a minimum of an associate's degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a Human Services related field is preferred.
  • Experience with expressive arts, kinetic movement, and mindful activity preferred.
AROOSTOOK MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC

About AROOSTOOK MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC

Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc. (AMHC) was founded in 1964 as a non-profit community mental health center. The agency has been a provider of behavioral health (BH) and related services to adults and children in rural Maine for nearly 60 years.

Today the agency is the largest behavioral healthcare provider in the region with nearly 30 service locations across Aroostook, Washington and Hancock counties offering an array of mental health, substance use, crisis, sexual assault, prevention, and brain injury services (Aroostook).

AMHC serves nearly 5,500 individuals per year and employs 325 caring, compassionate staff members. AMHC is committed to an integrated, patient-centered approach in all services, characterized by a high degree of collaboration among community and health professionals and led by the client as the focal point of all services. No individual will be denied access to services due to an inability to pay. A discounted/sliding fee schedule is available based on family size and income.

In 2021 the agency was designated a Recovery Friendly Employer, joining the Northeastern Workforce Development Board’s Recovery Friendly Employer network, making visible AMHC’s commitment to offering a healthy, safe, and stigma-free work environment to eliminate barriers to recovery for those impacted by addiction.

AMHC is also a National Health Service Corps (NHSC) host organization.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Unknown
Year Founded
1964
Website
amhc.org
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