The Detention Health Services Division requests to add a new Therapist Aide position allocated to the Martinez Detention Facility (MDF). This position is necessary to address the most vulnerable mental health, cognitively impaired, and developmentally delayed patients. The Therapist Aide will target whole-person care while these patients are in detention. The incumbent will support the Physical and Occupational Therapists with prescribed patient therapy that includes individuals and groups, perform individual and group treatment under direct supervision, assist with patients' mobility exercises such as bed transfers, standing, and ambulation, and assist in cognitive activities that include organizational skills, self-awareness, social interaction, planning skills, and community skills training under Therapist supervision.

If this request is not approved, the most vulnerable patients at the Martinez Detention Facility (MDF) will not receive the proper services and care they absolutely need.