The Recreational Therapist provides therapeutic recreational and expressive therapy services to patients, serves as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team, and supports the facility's treatment program and philosophy. Additionally, the Recreational Therapist:

• Completes Activity Therapy assessments on all assigned cases; meet with each resident within timelines given, summarizing individual ability, motivation, and preference.
• Participates in Master Treatment planning and provide input towards treatment plan updates.  Accurately document behaviors in the Therapeutic Progress section of each monthly Treatment plans
• Updates assigned cases.
• Provides therapeutic recreation and expressive therapy groups as assigned and according to the unit schedule; group interventions directly related to Treatment Plan objectives; effectively manage group process to maximize therapeutic benefit.
• Role models group facilitation skills, conducting group activities with deliberate therapeutic purpose
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment; organize the activity therapy area to minimize injuries, oversee the maintenance of equipment used in experiential activities
• Supports departmental goals by offering and accepting constructive feedback in all professional relationships, demonstrating healthy boundaries, modifying behavior in response to feedback
• Works with interdisciplinary team to support rules and expectations, communicating plans for activities in advance, bringing concerns or input in support of the therapeutic milieu
• Accurately documents progress in Weekly Progress Toward Treatment Objectives, Recreation Specialist Weekly Progress Note on all assigned cases in a timely manner.
• Receives annual training to maintain State licensing requirements, maintain Wilderness First Responder certification, enhancing recreation therapy skills for Wilderness and Adventure experience programming
• Performs other duties as assigned.