State of Montana

Recreation Therapist

📍 Location
Warm Springs, MT
⏰ Job Type
Full-time
📅 Posted
June 17, 2026

Job Description

[montana-logo-4.png (121×121)] *The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) has a career opportunity as a Recreation Therapist at the Montana State Hospital.* The *Montana State Hospital (MSH)* in Warm Springs provides inpatient psychiatric treatment for adults with serious mental illness. MSH is the only public psychiatric hospital in Montana that serves people admitted from communities across the state. *Recreation Therapists*help patients build resiliency and life skills. What that looks like is interviewing and observing patients to assess physical and mental status, capabilities, and interests, rehabilitation needs and plans appropriate interventions; designing and developing treatment programs and interventions addressing patients assessed needs; and developing treatment goals and evaluating patients progress toward goals and revises goals as needed. *Why Join DPHHS* Our mission at DPHHS is serving Montanans in their communities to improve health, safety, w...

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