Recreation Therapist 2 (RT2) - Snoqualmie

State of Washington•King County – Snoqualmie, WA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is seeking a Recreation Therapist 2 to plan, organize, and lead therapeutic recreation activities for residents at Echo Glen Children’s Center, a Juvenile Rehabilitation maximum security residential facility. The role involves providing therapeutic recreational programs consistent with the Integrated Treatment Model and Dialectical/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. The therapist will assess, plan, develop, implement, and modify therapeutic recreation services to meet the individual needs of a co-educational offender population with varying degrees of mental health and security requirements. A key aspect of the role is to provide interventions with youth to reduce the use of isolation and room confinement.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited Therapeutic Recreation Program, AND 18 months of professional therapeutic recreation experience.
Equivalent education/experience.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated understanding of adolescent development and juvenile rehabilitation practices and principles.
Experience providing cognitive/behavioral therapeutic interventions.
Demonstrated competency in relating to clients from diverse backgrounds and cultural groups.
Expertise in providing services to urban youth and an understanding of juvenile offender behavior.
Knowledge of principles and techniques of group and individual therapeutic recreation.
Knowledge and training in aquatics, arts and crafts, music, and sports.
Principles of supervision.
Basic knowledge of pool operations and health and safety codes to develop and teach various swim classes for all levels and abilities.

Responsibilities

Perform therapeutic recreation assessments of residents.
Plan, organize and implement therapeutic recreation Plan of Care to meet the needs of individual residents.
Facilitate improvement of social, cognitive, emotional and physical functional abilities.
Organize and lead recreational therapy activities.
Help youth identify goals, and then link them to opportunities and resources on campus to aid in goal directed behaviors.
Work in aquatics and one or more skill areas, directing, conducting, or instructing in programs of sports, music, arts and crafts.
Develop and procure programming that is specific to addressing egregious behaviors that would lead to room confinement.
Use evidence-based interventions, specifically DBT.
Attend to security responses for aggressive behaviors and provide the opportunity to remove nonaggressive youth from the unit and engage in programming to allow for de-escalation without confining other youth.
Direct, train and coordinate the work of recreation therapy students and/or volunteers in therapeutic recreational procedures.
Perform basic data entry and retrieval functions using an electronic management information system.