Recreational Therapist- FULL Time

About the role

Opportunities for Positive Growth, Inc. is committed to providing meaningful and dignified support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We:

• are 100% employee-owned
• were named a Top Workplace (Indiana) fifteen times, 1st place in 2026 for leadership, 1st place in 2025 for Values, 1st place in 2024 for Managers, 1st place in 2023 for Meaningful Career, and Top 100 Workplaces for USA Today in 2024 and 2025
• earned a Person-Centered Excellence Accreditation with Distinction through the Council on Quality and Leadership

Responsibilities

The Recreational Therapist will:

• Design recreational therapy sessions for people being supported based on people’s goals
• Organize and direct adapted sports, dramatics, arts and crafts, social activities, and other recreational services designed to restore, remediate, and rehabilitate.
• Participate in interdisciplinary support planning
• Provide ongoing evaluation and follow-up

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree focused on Recreational Therapy
• Certification through the national council for therapeutic recreation certification
• Be able to legally work in the United States
• Have a properly maintained vehicle with appropriate insurance
• Be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Be able to walk, bend, squat, turn in the knees, back, wrist and shoulders and grasp with both hands (to properly administer CPR and other personal care/lifting techniques)
• Be able to competently administer CPR/First Aid
• Demonstrate proof of a negative TB screening
• Preferably have at least one (1) year of experience working with individuals with disabilities in integrated settings

Benefits

• Mileage Reimbursement
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Continued Education/ conference reimbursement
• Microsoft 365 Account Provided
• Annual Auto/ Technology Stipend

Pay

33-38 Hourly Wage