Therapeutic Recreation Specialist - Adolescent Behavioral Health

Overview

Provides restorative, rehabilitative, and recreational services to patients in the following areas: behavior health (inpatient and partial hospitalization), rehabilitation unit and skilled nursing unit; consultative and PRN services provided to pediatrics.

Qualifications

• Educational Requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Recreation Management, or Music Therapy
• Certification & Licensure Requirements:
  • Certified Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselor (CADC) – For staff hired after February 27, 2022, certification (CTRS, MT-BC, or ADC) must be obtained within 1 year of employment and be maintained annually
  • Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI Training) – If hired after August 1, 2019, CPI within 3 Months
  • Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position – Upon Hire
  • Work may occasionally require travel to other UPH facilities/hospitals – Upon Hire
  • Required to drive your own vehicle for business purposes – Upon Hire
• Other Requirements:
  • Writes, reads, comprehends and speaks fluent English
  • Basic computer knowledge using word processing, spreadsheet, email, and web browser
  • Multicultural sensitivity
  • Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions
  • Advanced reading, writing and oral skills
  • Ability to utilize PC including basic elements of Windows environment, keyboarding, work with mouse, and perform basic computer tasks with instruction

Responsibilities

• Conducts initial and ongoing assessments with patients and documentation is timely, complete, legible, concise, and related to the identified needs of the patients
  • Conducts thorough initial assessments within time frame indicated in department-specific policy
  • Documentation is legible, concise, and clinically appropriate
  • Demonstrates awareness of appropriate assessment tools/techniques and their application
  • Conducts ongoing assessments as appropriate
  • Input on care path is timely, legible, concise, and clinically appropriate
  • Progress notes relate to patient needs/problems identified in the care path
  • Progress notes reflect staff intervention as well as patient response (effectiveness of intervention) utilizing DAIR format
  • Progress notes are timely and meet the frequency as stipulated in the department specific policies
• Provides therapeutic services for patients
  • Individual or group activities occur on time and as scheduled
  • Services are individualized to the needs/functional abilities of the current patients
  • Services provided are targeted to the needs identified in the patients' care paths
  • Services provided are evidence based reflecting current and accepted techniques and are of high quality
  • Seeks clinical supervision when appropriate
  • Makes appropriate referrals for ancillary/supportive services
  • Takes all necessary precautions and risk management steps to protect patients' safety at all times
  • Group facilitation skills reflect understanding of group dynamics as well as dynamics of individual diseases/disorders
  • Assures that therapeutic activity therapy supplies are available to meet patient needs
  • Demonstrates knowledge of developmental levels as well as age-appropriate activities
  • Designs and implements community re-integration activities
  • Uses CPI methods when dealing with agitated, aggressive patients
• Actively participates actively in the multidisciplinary team approach to care
  • Participates in team staff meetings
  • Participates in multidisciplinary staff meeting
  • Documents plan of care-on-care path
  • Communicates timely and appropriately with other members of the treatment team regarding the patients' progress
  • Advocates for needs of patients
  • Uses informal opportunities to collaborate with other disciplines
  • Uses creativity and knowledge of disease and recovery, in planning care for patients
  • Serves on interdisciplinary committees as requested by Nurse Manager
• Participates in quality improvement activities
  • Identifies areas for improvement related to Therapeutic Activity Services (TAS) role in the care of patients
  • Participates in data collection for quality improvement purposes
  • Participates in development and implementation of action plans for quality improvement
  • Demonstrates initiative in the improvement of TAS services
  • Demonstrates initiative in his/her professional growth

Pay

The compensation range for this position is $21.25 per hour – $35.49 per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.

Benefits

Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits.

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