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6-10 years of experience
250 bed in-patient general hospital with 40 bed psychiatric/dual diagnosed unit.
- Assumed responsibilities as senior recreation therapist as part of inter-disciplinary team for acute psychiatric patient population to help with their recovery and placement.
- Established comprehensive recreational therapy programs for newly formed acute rehabilitation unit resulting in hospital compliance and increased revenue.
- Initiated and completed certification in alcohol and drug study program at UCLA, resulting in increased understanding and effectiveness in working with addiction process.
- Recognized for exceptional work with dual diagnosis population resulting in increased customer satisfaction.
- Appointed to implement and train hospital staff in management of assaultive behaviors (MAB) resulting in increased safety and decreased employee injuries.
- Trained hospital staff in Service Excellence Program resulting in increased customer satisfaction.
0-5 years of experience
Facilitated recreation therapy groups with children, adolescents, and adults in a psychiatric facility
- Designed and facilitated recreation groups for military veterans, children and adults that was tailored to patients’ psychiatric diagnosis
- Educated patients on creating healthy personal goals and positive coping skills through recreation and leisure modalities
- Conducts and maintains patient leisure assessments, progress notes, and discharge documentation
0-5 years of experience
Provided a diversified therapeutic recreation program for the geriatric population.
- Key member of a multidisciplinary team, which worked together to provide comprehensive care meeting patients’ needs emotionally, spiritually, cognitively, socially and physically.
- Conducted all documentation for a 40-bed facility, with assessments, progress notes, and discharge summaries.
- Complied with all The Joint Commission, state, federal regulations and policies.
- Proficient with MDS’s, care planning and documentation.
- Oversaw volunteers providing assistance in implementing, planning, and leading activities.
- Initiated new programs such as the successful Pet Therapy program, new assessment document, and special social activities.
0-5 years of experience
- Planed, developed, implemented and conducted Recreation Therapy programs and 1:1 for adults with physical disabilities
- Developed and implemented recreational opportunities to enhance and maintain current physical, social, and cognitive abilities
- Created and implemented individualized treatment plans and created goals
- Adapted environment and equipment in order to provide treatment and create independence for residents with disabilities
- Communicated and collaborated with Interdisciplinary team weekly in Plan of Care meetings for individualized resident care planning
0-5 years of experience
- Planned and implemented a medically approved program of therapeutic recreational activities for patients with disabilities or illness using music, community outings, arts and crafts, games, and socialization activities.
- Prepared an activity plan for each patient that worked in conjunction with the plans of the other members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Documented the progress of each patient.
- Attended and participated in interdisciplinary meetings and in-service educational programs.
10+ years of experience
- Responsible for daily programming and activities for forty plus elderly residents
- Provided diverse programs, significant therapeutic and leisure activities on a daily basis
- Evaluated and monitored clients’ progress to determine the outcome of their individualized therapeutic recreation care plan
- Fostered an interdisciplinary understanding and cooperation for the overall planning and well- being of the registrants
- Directed monthly registrant council meetings with minutes
0-5 years of experience
Completes recreation therapy assessment for each admission within 7 days.
- Develops and leads specialized recreational activities for residents based on resident assessment.
- Participates in the completion of the MDS+, application of the RAPS and formulation of the care plan in accordance with the required time schedule.
- Documents progress notes at a minimum of every 30 days and PRN. Progress notes emphasize progress toward goals identified in the care plan.
- Participates in and supports the resident focused care management process, including attending interdisciplinary team meetings and CCP meetings as scheduled.
0-5 years of experience
- Assessed, planned, implemented and evaluated programs for patients with mental health disorders
- Facilitated programs for children, adolescents and adults including but not limited to leisure and community resource skills, social skills, self-esteem and advocacy, and creative expression
- Developed goals and documented patient’s progress towards goals
- Assessed and implemented interventions for new patients
0-5 years of experience
- Completed recreation therapy assessments
- Planned and conducted relevant group and individualized treatment activities
- Documented all therapeutic activities in a timely manner
- Oversaw proper use and maintenance of equipment and facilities
0-5 years of experience
- Implements recreational and leisure services to “at-risk†and emotionally disturbed youth to meet physical, mental and psychosocial well-being. Created a therapeutic program with token economy to increase pro social engagement through leisure development.
- Planned, created and provided daily activity for children and adolescent that fosters their mental, emotional, and physical growth. Activities implemented included physical activity, community integration, arts and crafts, interactive games and group session that aided to treatment goals.
- Balanced program budget and provided various recreational opportunities both on campus and within the community.
- Constantly provided updated progress notes with detailed information on clients’ progress, behaviors, and overall engagement within the session
- Facilitates family group therapy session and coordinates and assist volunteer services
- Collaborates with close-knit interdisciplinary team on youths treatment and progress within treatment
0-5 years of experience
- Teach daily fitness based teambuilding and leisure education classes to student body of 110
- Develop emotional support and structure through recreational activities, establishing therapeutic learning environment for students with various disabilities
- Collaborate with other specialists to create and implement plans for individual students and various groups of students, introducing students to new leisure opportunities
- Acquire and assist coworkers in obtaining school bus driver’s license, increasing efficiency of operations and reinforcing collaborative work environment
- Facilitate and organize quarterly school wide special events, promoting appropriate social interactions and reward students who have met individualized goals
- Create and present annual staff training modules on principals of Recreation Therapy, enhancing staff understanding of topic
0-5 years of experience
- Supervised recreational therapy volunteers in providing one-on-one community recreational activities to clients.
- Assisted clients with accessing fun community activities
- Documented, recorded, and monitored client sessions
0-5 years of experience
Assist patients with Activities of Daily Living and arrange social interaction along integration family involvement in the patient – emotional, physical and mental in actively participate in leisure experiences along with skilled transfers from the tub to chair to bed.
- Reinforcing Treatment Team goals along plan of care for the patient.
- Perform physical therapy stretching daily and massage to follow along with assisting patient in leisure activities and assist in meals preparation time as needed.
- Observe and implement speech therapist plan of care through tapping patient right during live 1:1 music experience through recreation to cross over into the speech
- Evaluate patient overall condition and report to family during the meetings.
0-5 years of experience
- Profound experience in managing one of three subacute units; as well as managing various long-term care residents.
- Excellent at recreation program and design development.
- Extensive knowledge in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patients individualized treatment plans.
- Accountable for all MDS Section F evaluations for health related quality of life and planning of care.
- Designed recreation out trips for delivering community reintegration preparation.
0-5 years of experience
- Communicated client needs to families, teachers, psychologists, and other Team members.
- Coordinated and led Rehabilitative Services groups for clients between the ages of 6-12.
- Charted on individual clients
- Supervised volunteers, junior and senior counselors during programming.
- Coordinated fund-raising within the community to finance extra-curricular activities.
- Organized and led daily Recreational activities.
- Implemented daily behavioral modification and reward system towards task oriented objectives.
- Communicated clients individual progress and assessments in Team meetings.
- New York State Certification – Physical
0-5 years of experience
Assisted with developing recreational activities for Veterans
- Coordinated administrative activities such as retrieving, organizing and disseminating information to staff and clients
- Planed and scheduled meetings and appointments.
- Organized hard copy and electronic files
- Assisted with managing recreation projects
- Performed clerical duties including filing, mailing, faxing and photocopying.
- Answered telephones, meet and greet visitors and clients
- Prepared a wide variety of correspondence and reports; drafts memos/letters and email in response to routine questions
- Operated as a team member with other recreation therapy staff by exercising consistent communication within the facility
- Operated office machines, such as computers and calculator
0-5 years of experience
- Due assessments of residents upon requests
- Surveying and interviewing of residents to determine interests, talents, and resident satisfaction
- Visiting bed-bound residents, non-participants and providing appropriate recreation services for them
- Assisting with the daily radio program, monthly newsletter and recreation calendar
- Assisting with volunteer program/appreciation set-up, admission assessments, clinical responsibilities and community interaction programs
- Ensuring that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere that recognizes everyone’s needs and right
0-5 years of experience
- Music Therapy specialization: Vocals, guitar, ukulele, drums and keyboard.
- Develop, facilitate and deliver group and individualized treatment appropriate for Level of Care including Specialized Care for the Condemned to increase quality of life, cultural experiences and well-being.
- Assess, plan and document therapeutic goals to decrease functional deficits and increase adaptive behaviors toward optimal functioning across domains: Cognitive, social, physical, emotional and spiritual.
- Design innovative interventions utilizing Aromatherapy, tactile/visual sensory manipulatives etc. with timely and accurate data entry.
- Maintain compliance for institutional safety and security to reduce risk and harm.
- Honor confidentiality and human rights according to mandates, standards of practice and ATRA Code of Ethics.
- Attend IDTT, team and department meetings as required.
0-5 years of experience
- Due assessments of residents upon requests
- Surveying and interviewing of residents to determine interests, talents, and resident satisfaction
- Visiting bed-bound residents, non-participants and providing appropriate recreation services for them
- Assisting with the daily radio program, monthly newsletter and recreation calendar
- Assisting with volunteer program/appreciation set-up, admission assessments, clinical responsibilities and community interaction programs
- Ensuring that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere that recognizes everyone’s needs and right
0-5 years of experience
- Plan and implement activities for residents on a daily basis
- Transport and invite residents to large group programs and outings
- Design a Care Plan for each resident on my designated floors (65 residents)
- Meet weekly with the interdisciplinary care team as well as family members to review care plans and make necessary changes
0-5 years of experience
Program development for therapeutic recreation department
- Supervise recreation therapist/Rehab assistants
- Develop music therapy program for children age 5-18 with mental illness, trauma, emotional disturbance, and behavioral issues
- Plan, implement, and document individual and group creative arts therapy and recreation therapy sessions
- DBT team member
0-5 years of experience
- Plans and implements 20 hours of psychoeducational treatment services for adult seriously mentally ill clients.
- Assess patients’ needs through observations, medical records, with other healthcare professionals, patients’ families and patients.
- Assist in creating Individualized Service Plans and programs that meet patients’ needs and interests.
- Completes documentation to include assessments, bi-weekly and monthly documentation of treatment progress.
0-5 years of experience
- Providing social, intellectual and cognitive stimulation to persons with dementia
- 1:1 interactions, coaching and companionship
- Goal directed interactions to achieve the highest functional baseline and reduce dementia related behaviors
- Educate families on successful approaches and create activity plans for private
0-5 years of experience
- Ran art therapy groups with integration of poetry, music, and movement
- Documented client behavior in care plans, progress notes, and assessments
- Assisted with weekly open art studio programming
- Attended treatment plan team meetings
0-5 years of experience
- Facilitate therapeutic, educational and expressive group sessions and interventions on Adult, Adult High Complexity, Geriatric and Adolescent psychiatric inpatient units.
- Promote social, emotional and cognitive functioning of individuals based on the core values of the organization; Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence and Patient’s first
- Maintain a positive and safe environment with a calm approach
0-5 years of experience
- Plan and facilitate day to day house schedule for youth with trauma history and mental illness
- Implement sensory integration programming
- Medication pass
- Community outing planning and facilitating
- Utilizing dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT) and trauma informed de-escalation strategies
- Daily Therapeutic Recreation programming with an emphasis on social skills, relationship building, physical fitness, and emotional regulation
0-5 years of experience
- Writing treatment plans, goals and objectives
- Processing with clients individually and in a group setting
- Attending weekly treatment team meetings
- Facilitating small and large recreation therapy groups
- Running adventure and ropes course based groups
- Designed, presented and executed an ongoing equine program
- Formulated large scale events for the clients in residential care
- Assisting modules and other departments as needed
- Collaborating inter-departmentally for a quality continuum of care
0-5 years of experience
- Being the rehab team member of the treatment team for one ward with a mixture of forensic, evaluation, and TDO patients.
- Developing treatment schedules for patients to help them throughout the course of their treatment
- Assessing patients both initially and annually
- Filling out treatment team session paperwork
- Completing progress notes on a two week or thirty day basis for patients
- Providing general information about both the NGRI and Restoration Processes
- Leading different intervention groups such as Handling Hassles and Relaxation throughout the Monday through Friday treatment schedule.
- Planning and implementing weekend and holiday programming
- Being a committee member for Well Fest event on campus that allowed patients to meet with available resources outside of the community such as NAMI and Rubicon.
- Continuing training such as proper documentation and trauma-informed care
0-5 years of experience
- Plan and implement individual and group music therapy sessions throughout short-term and long-term rehabilitation units
- Conduct admission assessments
- Write regular reports regarding care status of residents
- Assist in organization and planning of various recreation events
0-5 years of experience
- Complete patient assessments upon arrival.
- Work with treatment team to complete patient treatment plan.
- Create and facilitate therapeutic groups on Geropsychiatric unit.
- Evaluate progress of patients and update treatment plans.
0-5 years of experience
- Detail and revise resident care plans
- Perform admission evaluations for new residents
- Complete MDS yearly for current residents
- Complete MDS for newly admitted residents
- Develop, coordinate and implement various activities for residents
- Provide one-on-one activity therapy to provide sensory stimulation
- Host activity groups to aid client progress
- Order, purchase, and reclamation of needed materials and supplies
- Timely documentation of relevant client progress
0-5 years of experience
- Supervise and design programs, activities, and special events
- Facilitate activities with emotionally disturbed youth
- Organize & create recreation weekly schedules & monthly calendars
- Attend weekly recreational/cottage treatment meetings
- Counsel residents and encourage positive behaviors
- Prepare and submit daily progress notes & monthly treatment notes
- Lifeguard for clients
6-10 years of experience
- Provide Supervision and academic support to students
- Facilitate an after school program
- Educate students on good nutrition, exercise, physical fitness and health
- Organize daily athletic programs
0-5 years of experience
- Current Events and Reminiscence Group
- ESL Conversation Club
- Development and running entertaining projects like trivia, active games, parodies
10+ years of experience
- Provide and implement treatment plans for persons with mental illness
- Prepare treatment plans
- Evaluate patients treatment progress and mange treatment plan if necessary
- Educate patients on recreation etiquette for community living
- Conduct leisure education and life skills groups and classes
- Coordinate schedules for patients
- Participate on treatment team and provide
- Serve as an advocate for patient and treatment team
- Document in health records both on paper and electronically
- Communicate and Coordinate with Medical Team
0-5 years of experience
- Carried Out Daily Activities
- Assessments
- Treatment Plans/ Reviews
- Daily Notes
Recreation Therapist Duties and Responsibilities
The type of organization a recreation therapist works for will determine the exact tasks they carry out. Based on job listings we analyzed, a recreation therapist’s duties typically involve:
Assess Patient Needs Recreation therapists observe patients and analyze medical records and tests to assess patient needs. Additionally, the therapists discuss health concerns with other healthcare professionals and patients’ families.
Develop Treatment Plans After evaluating a patient’s condition, recreation therapists develop a treatment plan that will work with the patient’s capabilities and limitations as well as suit the patient’s needs and interests. Part of this includes planning interventions to support goals.
Engage Patient in Activities Recreation therapists engage their clients in therapeutic activities, such as games, trips, or exercise to help them socialize or to encourage them to become or remain independent.
Teach Coping Mechanisms The emotional side of illnesses such as stress, anxiety, or depression can be as difficult to cope with as the physical side, so recreation therapists work with patients to teach them ways to cope and manage these side effects.
Document Patient Development Throughout the course of the treatment plan, recreation therapists document and analyze a patient’s progress and evaluate the interventions to support them in meeting their goals for a fully effective plan.
Recreation Therapist Skills and Qualifications
Recreation therapists need to be patient and compassionate, have excellent communication skills, and be resourceful. Typically, employers will require a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a similar field and a certification, as well as the following abilities:
- Compassion – Recreation therapists work with people who are ill and have varying levels of disability, so they are compassionate and empathetic to patients who may be suffering from physical or emotional pain as well as to patients’ families
- Interpersonal Skills – Much of this role involves speaking with people, from patients to colleagues, so recreation therapists have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively
- Patience – Some patients may require more time or effort than others, so this role requires a high level of patience to be able to give patients as long as they need to show signs of improvement
- Listening Skills – In order to determine the right course of action for a patient, recreation therapists need to listen carefully to patient symptoms, problems, and concerns
- Flexibility – This role requires a level of adaptability and flexibility to be able to find new ways to accommodate a patient’s problems and to customize the treatment plan appropriately
Recreation Therapist Education and Training
The minimum requirement to become a recreation therapist is a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a related field, such as leisure studies. These programs include courses in assessment, human anatomy, medical and psychiatric terminology, and the characteristics of illnesses and disabilities. Bachelor’s programs also usually include an internship to gain hands-on experience. Most employers typically prefer candidates to also have a certification. For example, the NCTRC offers the Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) qualification. This credential offers specialty certification in one of five areas too: behavioral health, developmental disabilities, geriatrics, community inclusion services, and physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Recreation Therapist Salary and Outlook
The median annual salary for recreation therapists is $46,000. Recreation therapists in the 10th percentile earn around $28,000 a year and the highest paid earn over $72,000 annually. Location and level of experience are the biggest factors impacting pay for this role. A large proportion of employers offer medical and dental cover as part of the benefits package. The BLS predicts that the growth rate for this sector is expected to increase by 7 percent through 2026.
Helpful Resources
We’ve collected some of the best resources to help you develop a fulfilling career as a recreation therapist:
Assessment Tools for Recreational Therapy and Related Fields – This guide by Joan Burlingame and Thomas M. Blaschko is packed with useful and critical information on the assessment process, specific tools, and the standards related to assessment. It’s been updated to include five new assessments and has updated information on the national and international standards.
Recreational Therapy for Specific Diagnoses and Conditions – A helpful reference that provides detailed descriptions of 39 diagnoses and conditions which can be treated by recreational therapists, this book includes the prevalence and ages most affected, causes, and the secondary problems which may be found, as well as effective treatments.
ATRA – The American Therapeutic Recreation Association LinkedIn group has over 3,000 members and provides knowledge, networking opportunities, and the latest news relevant to recreation therapists who want to learn more about the newest developments in the healthcare industry.
Recreation Therapy – This website covers the recreational therapy field as a whole, from games and tasks to useful activity ideas. The resources section has a wealth of information, from technology and job openings to in-depth articles.
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