Assistant, Recreational Therapy

				Overview:

Plans, organizes, and delivers Therapeutic Recreation services in patients in the assigned facilities. For assigned caseload, provide assessment, care planning to residents under supervision.

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.
* Ensure service delivery is needs responsive.
* 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. Supervises 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.
* Provide appropriate seasonal décor for unit public areas, dining rooms and bulletin boards, that is aestheically pleasing, provides a sense of anticipation for seasonal program offerings, and provide normative reality orientation.
* 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.
*  Internship or Master's coursework may be considered as part of experience requirement.

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.
* Ability to fully utilize BHMC's electronic record systems, equipment and other healthcare and billing systems relevant to this position.  

Licenses, Certifications:
* Certification by National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification - Professional Level [CTRS].

Physical Requirements:

* Position requires prolonged periods of standing, reaching, walking throughout the working day.  
* Position will be required to stoop, bend, lift, and carry items weighing up to 75 pounds.
*  Ability to position and partially lift patients is required.
			

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