Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

• 6/21/2024
• 7/5/2024
• 7/19/2024
• 8/2/2024
• 8/16/2024
• 9/6/2024
• 9/20/2024
• 10/4/2024
• 10/18/2024
• 11/1/2024
• 11/15/2024
• 12/6/2024
• 12/20/2024

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

• REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (ART-SAFETY) - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

2579

For REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (ART-SAFETY), once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 6 months:

Exam Code(s):

• EX-02579

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

• Department of State Hospitals
  Department of State Hospitals - Sacramento
  Human Resources Office
  1215 O Street, MS 17
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

• Department of State Hospitals
  Department of State Hospitals - Sacramento
  Human Resources Office
  1215 O Street, MS 17
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Completion of an approved clinical internship in the appropriate rehabilitation specialty in an approved hospital or rehabilitation center affiliated with the college.

(Individuals who are registered or certified with the appropriate therapy association but who have not completed a clinical internship because it was not a component of the academic program at the time are required to have completed a minimum of two years' full-time paid experience in a clinical, residential, or community-based setting after receipt of the required degree to be admitted into the exam.)

and

Possession of a Master's Degree in Art Therapy or in Art with emphasis in Art Therapy, or registration with the American Art Therapy Association, or eligibility for such registration.

Drug Testing Requirement

Applicants for positions in these classes are required to pass a drug-screening test. (The drug-screening test will be waived for employees who are currently in a designated "sensitive" class for which drug testing is required under State Personnel Board Rule 213.)

Applicants must submit their exam application AND complete the exam during the same cut-off period. For example, if you submit your exam application on July 8, 2024 (which is after the July 5, 2024 cut-off) you must complete the exam by July 19, 2024. Filing cut-off dates are listed at the beginning of the exam bulletin.

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Components that are due with your application will be scored and will count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items may result in disqualification or elimination from the examination.

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

Complete and submit the following items with your application. These will be scored and count toward your final examination result. Failure to submit these items will result in disqualification from the examination.

Rehabilitation Therapist (Art - Safety) Exam: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FHSTSBS

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of: (With particular reference to their therapeutic specialty) the principles, procedures, techniques, trends, and literature of rehabilitation services, especially those relating to developmental, mental, or physical disordered offenders; the process of restoration, maintenance, and development of capabilities; principles of mental health education; scope and activities of private and public health and welfare agencies; characteristics of mental, emotional, physical, and developmental disorders; current trends in mental health, public health, and public welfare; Federal and State programs in these fields.

Ability to: Utilize and effectively apply required technical knowledge; establish and maintain the confidence and cooperation of persons contacted in the work; secure accurate clinical data and record such data systematically; compose clear, accurate, and concise reports; interpret statistical data; analyze situations accurately and take effective action; communicate effectively.

A Departmental Open eligible list for the REHABILITATION THERAPIST, STATE FACILITIES (ART-SAFETY) Classification will be established for:

• Department of State Hospitals

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

• A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
• A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

Instructions: Rate your knowledge and experience performing specific job-related tasks.

1. Assess patient needs and interests in order to complete written assessments and identify recommended groups and treatment interventions utilizing interviews and assessment activities (e.g., art therapy directive, group observation, record reviews).
2. Determine appropriate rehabilitative objectives in order to engage the patient in treatment and assign them to interventions.
3. Develop new and innovate interventions/protocols based on the patient’s needs and/or hospital-wide needs in order to generate lesson plans that are customizable to the needs of patients using course outlines, activity requests, existing lesson plans and lesson plan templates.
4. Evaluate and document patient response and progress to make available in the clinical summary of the treatment plan for interdisciplinary staff.
5. Provide a range of services, assessment and treatment using specialized art therapy techniques to ensure the patient is engaged in the art therapy directive according to the individualized treatment plan.
6. Gather information on assigned patients’ needs through attendance in shift changes, treatment teams, group observation, patient interview, chart review and consultations, conducting, reviewing and updating various assessments to establish treatment objectives and facilitate the treatment process.
7. Prepare assessment tools per written instructions on each patient and make recommendations as to the patient’s rehabilitation treatment plan as appropriate to meet various goals of the patient (e.g., reason for admission, commitment type, diagnosis).
8. Provide written documentation on patient progress pertaining to their rehabilitation therapy program in their Medical Record.
9. Organize, plan and conduct rehabilitation therapy/leisure skill groups to include a minimum number of hours of focused treatment activities in order to recognize and integrate the patient’s strengths, interests and therapeutic goals.
10. Account for equipment and/or supplies to maintain the safety of patients and staff utilizing various forms and/or checklists (e.g., sign in/out sheets, inventory lists, badge hold) as frequently as needed.

Instructions: Rate your knowledge and experience performing specific job-related knowledge and abilities.

1. Knowledge of the principles, procedures, techniques, trends, and literature of rehabilitation services, especially those relating to developmental, psychiatric, physical or geriatric disorders to provide treatment to the many aspects of various disorders.
2. Knowledge of the process of restoration, maintenance and development of the patients’ capabilities.
3. Knowledge of the characteristics of mental, emotional, physical and developmental disorders to provide effective treatment.
4. Knowledge of current trends in art therapy, mental health, public health and public welfare to incorporate more effective treatment as needed.
5. Ability to collaborate with other professionals involved in the patients’ care to facilitate the patients’ successful transition to the community or the next level of care.
6. Ability to provide patient assessments to conduct treatment planning, implementation and evaluation.
7. Ability to evaluate ongoing assessments and relay clinically relevant information to share with clinical and nursing staff.
8. Ability to provide accurate and concise reports and documentation in accordance with professional standards, hospital documentation policies and State guidelines.
9. Ability to provide services to the various members of the patient population (e.g., age, commitment code, disorder) as various factors change.
10. Ability to apply the knowledge of the psychological growth and development of patients in the adult and geriatric age categories to better understand the patients and to provide treatment for them.
11. Ability to provide constructive team input based on direct observation of patients’ behavior and the process and content of patient artwork.
12. Ability to maintain professional therapeutic relationships with patients to assist them with problem solving and to teach/model principles of the norm of non-violence.

• Department of State Hospitals

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Department of State Hospitals reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.