RECREATION THERAPIST (BA)

UHS•Tequesta, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Universal Health Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $11.4 billion in 2019. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 90,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 328 behavioral health facilities, 42 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. SandyPines Residential Treatment Center is a 149 bed Residential Psychiatric Facility servicing children and adolescents ages 5 to 17. The facility is located in beautiful sub-tropical South Florida and is nestled beside Jonathan Dickinson State Park which creates a rustic, roomy outdoor atmosphere. SandyPines is at the county line of both Palm Beach and Martin Counties and is just minutes away from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. SandyPines Residential Treatment Center is a 149-bed Residential Psychiatric Facility servicing children and adolescents ages 5 to 17. The facility is in beautiful South Florida, nestled beside Jonathan Dickinson State Park and just minutes away from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. We are the largest treatment center of its kind in the southeast and host Riverbend Academy, an accredited school on our campus. The Recreation Therapist provides Therapeutic Recreation services to residents as part of the treatment team to meet their specific physical and psychological needs in accordance with Sandy Pines’ policies and procedures.

Requirements

CTRS (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist preferred with at least One (1) year experience in Recreation/Vocational/Activities Therapy, or the Mental Health field.
Bachelor's Degree in Counseling or related field preferred.
Prior experience working with children and adolescents preferred.
Detail oriented and ability to successfully multi task in a fast pace environment.
Strong communication skills.
Excellent customer service and organization skills.
Highly effective listening skills.

Responsibilities

Instructs patients in activities and techniques designed to their specific physical or psychological needs.
Assist the treatment team in developing a treatment plan with varied interventions based on assessment, interests and objectives of therapy.
Encourages residents to acquire new skills and promote leisure activities.
Responsible for creating and maintaining the summer camp schedule in cooperation with secondary CTRS.
Assists in advance planning of artistic, expressive and creative therapeutic, safe, age and developmentally appropriate group activities for the residents on each unit and reviews those plans with the supervisor.
Facilitates artistic, expressive and/or creative therapy groups, as planned above, for all residents as assigned by the Master group schedule and as prescribed according to the resident’s treatment plan.
Ensures content of group activities is not repetitive.
Generates enthusiasm and excitement when facilitating creative and expressive therapy groups with the residents as evidenced by direct observation, self/staff report.
Documents group interventions accurately and in a timely fashion ensuring individualized treatment plan problems are stated and addressed and the content of the activity/note is relevant to individualized treatment issues.