Music Therapist - FT
- Employer
- The Good Samaritan Society
- Location
- New Hope, Minnesota
- Salary
- Join our team!
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- Industry
- Social Services and Mental Health
- Role
- Counselor / Therapist
Job Details
Address: 8100 Medicine Lake Rd, New Hope, MN 55427-3499 USA
Employment Type: Full-Time
Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts
Job Summary
- Come join us at an award winning facility Good Samaritan Society - Ambassador has been honored with the 2019 Not For Profit Program of the Year by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for its Adopt an Elder program
- One of our valued community members also received the volunteer of the Year award from Care Providers of Minnesota
- This location is a 77 bed facility specializing in Long Term Care and Transitional Care, newly remodeled in 2011 we have the equipment and the team to develop long term success for our residents and our staff members
- We look forward to seeing your application today!
- This full time role offers Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, Paid Holidays, 401k w/ match, and many more!
Job Responsibilities
- Plans and organizes work with and for department; exercises sound judgment and decision-making
- Ensures quality performance, conformance with regulation, standards, and laws, and customer satisfaction; assists and participates in the QA/CQI process.
- Keeps abreast of and implements new programs or practices
- Assesses residents needs and develops plans for programming that meets identified needs
- Leads or assists with conducting programming
- Accommodates residents' needs through responding appropriately to resident's verbal/nonverbal expressions of need.
Qualifications
- BA/BS required
- Prior work experience in long term care is preferred to be hired for this job; other pertinent experience includes hospital setting, prison, schools, hospice, day care, group home, residential care facilities, or psychiatric settings
- Eligible for certification as a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist or as an Activities Professional by a recognized accrediting body or ability to satisfactorily complete an accredited training program approved by the state in which the facility is located is preferred; training in communication with Dementia, Huntington's Disease, visually and hearing impaired individuals as well as aphasic individuals is preferred.
- Ability and desire to be creative and ability to adapt programs and supplies to meet individual resident needs.
The Good Samaritan Society offers an attractive, employee-approved benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. The variety of benefits include health benefits, a retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, voluntary benefits and much more! To review all of the great benefits and benefit eligibility, visit https//www.good-sam.com/jobs/benefits
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or other protected status. For more information including state-specific protections, please visit https//www.good-sam.com/lp/careers/eeo-and-affirmative-action
Division: _Department
Req ID: req50797
Company
The Good Samaritan Society is among America’s largest faith-based, not-for-profit organizations, providing housing and services to seniors and others in need. With nearly 100 years of putting people first, the Society offers an opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives using the best practices in modern healthcare. Ultimately, we aim to transform the aging experience in America. And now, partnering with Sanford Health, we are closer to our goal by providing more resources for each individual.
Throughout our organization, we aim to fulfill the most basic of human needs: to feel loved, valued and at peace. Here, you will be part of a family, offering love and compassion to residents, clients and colleagues as part of a dedicated and diverse care team.
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