RECREATION THERAPIST 2 - 07072026-78946

Overview

Under general supervision, is responsible for professional recreation therapy duties of average difficulty; performs related work as required. An employee in this class plans and executes recreational activities, therapies, and programs.

Responsibilities

• Identifies the needs, goals and objectives for individuals in recreational therapy utilizing individual assessments, observations, referrals, and inter-disciplinary team findings to ensure appropriate services are provided.
• Develops therapeutic treatment plans to ensure client outcomes are met.
• Implements behavior education systems with clients to ensure successful independent living skills by creating behavior change plans, providing individual behavior change interventions, and intervening as needed when behaviors violate the standards of conduct.
• Implements various recreational activities while following departmental and facility policy such as social interactions, anger management, healthy lifestyles, and other activities to assist in meeting desired outcomes.
• Assures departmental and facility policy is followed during implementation of recreational therapies to comply with state and federal law and accrediting bodies.
• Follows facility emergency response plans to ensure safety of clients and staff.
• Evaluates and assesses client progress to determine effectiveness of recreational therapies and assist in meeting client goals.
• Provides input and information to other therapists and inter-disciplinary teams regarding the effectiveness recreational therapy programs.
• Affords assistance in training direct care staff and works with personnel to assist in carrying out therapeutic programs.
• Provides a teaching setting for interns to provide them with skills they will need for future employment.
• Records the progress and reactions of individuals engaged in recreational therapeutic activities to evaluate their advancement toward meeting desired outcomes.
• Completes recreational assessments within desired time-frames.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation services, recreation, psychology, sociology, recreation therapy, education, allied health, or mental health/human services and experience equivalent to one year of full-time experience in recreation therapy or responsible professional experience in therapy, education or recreation work.
• Substitution of Education for Experience: Additional graduate coursework from an accredited college or university in rehabilitation services, recreation, recreation therapy or education may be substituted for the required experience on a year for year basis.
• Necessary Special Qualifications: None.