Assistant, Recreational Therapy

Responsibilities

• Ensure adequate intervention to all residents of caseload responsibility and participate in care planning.
• Provide clinical service delivery with guidance, including motivational rounds, 1:1 intervention and group work to residents of caseload responsibility.
• Refer and accept caseloads among Therapist’s groups as necessary and required.
• Design, implement and continuously adapt groups to population needs, maintaining a vital group millieu that appeals to the changing needs of the population.
• Participate in design and delivery of large group, community and special events.
• Participate in training and orientation of new departmental employees; routinely provide support in development of new therapists.
• Supervise volunteers as assigned.
• Demonstrate organizational workplace skills: able to prioritize and plan day, follows facility policies and procedures.
• Maintain inventory of recreation supplies, submits requisitions for program supplies as needed.
• Maintain storage areas in a neat, clean and safe manner. Returns supplies to storage neatly, in a timely manner, and with respect for other workers.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Recreation required.
• Experience: Minimum two (2) years full-time experience in a clinical residential setting with any of the populations served by the facility.
• Knowledge and Skills: Develop resources and skills sets to offer a range of modalities for group intervention. Group delivery skills and leadership, facilitation techniques used in group conduct. Demonstrate interpersonal workplace skills; shows flexibility and adaptability to change, able to soften disagreements and elicit team support.
• Licenses, Certifications: Certification by National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification - Professional Level [CTRS].