ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR
Company: Freedom Behavioral Hospital of Lake Charles, LLC
Location: Lake Charles
Posted on: February 16, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Salary: $21 HOURLY OR DOE
Freedom Behavioral now serves geriatrics and adults with mental
health issues in Lake Charles, LA! As an Activities Coordinator at
Freedom Behavioral Lake Charles, you will plan, lead, and carry out
therapeutic recreational activities that are meant to help people
with serious behavioral health problems feel better mentally,
emotionally, and physically. You perform duties under the guidance
of a Recreational Therapist or Director of Activity Therapy to make
sure that the environment is safe, organized, and interesting for
patients so that they can reach their treatment and recovery goals.
POSITION SUMMARY: The activity therapist coordinator plans,
directs,and coordinate medically-approved activities within the
psychiatric program schedule for patients within the facility. The
activities include leisure skills, social activities,
physical/exercise, cognitive challenges and arts and crafts. The
Activity Therapist Coordinator assesses the patients leisure,
social, and recreation status as part of the overall
biopsychosocial assessment process. The Activity Therpist
participates as a member of the treatment team; formulating goals
and interventions based offthe identified needs of the patients
condition and recommends appropriate recreational activity. The
ActivityTherpaist Coordinator provides groups aimed at development
of the patients social, leisure and physical needs. The Activity
Therpaist demionstrates the ability to accurately provide the
groups and document the patients response to the interventions. The
Activity Therpaist Coordinator incorporates the response to the
group interventions into the patients plan of care.The Activity
Therpaist Coordinator provides support to the clinical department
through teamwork and input into the patients overall psychosocial
needs. Activity Therapy The coordinator is under the supervision of
a licensed and/or certified recreation therapist, or a professional
who holds education/experience and certification course work as
indicated by state mandate. The supervisor is under the direction
of the Clinical Services Director. PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS,
AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Education: High School Degree. License:
Supervision of a licensed and or certified recreation therapist, or
a professional who holds education/experience and certification
course work as indicated by state mandate Experience: One year
experience performing functional activy duties in a Healthcare
setting. We want to hire skilled and qualified nurses to help meet
the needs of mental health patients in the community. Are you a
skilled and qualified nurse who wants to do well? Send in your
resume and start on the path to your dream career! Freedom provides
equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for
employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type
without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin,
disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected
by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms
and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring,
placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves
of absence, compensation, and training. All applicants selected for
employment will be required to undergo a post-offer drug test and
federal background investigation.
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