Recreation Therapist

Smart Staffing Group•Syracuse, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves conducting activities for clients/patient groups, working individually or as a member of the treatment team. The therapist will assist patients in leisure activities to engage and improve mind, body, and spirit, and patient adjustment to life with disease, injury or disability, analyzing and reporting behavioral patterns to the treatment team or others. The position also includes requisitioning, storing, and maintaining equipment and supplies, and implementing and delivering recreational therapy that serves to have a positive effect on the physical, mental and emotional well-being of psychiatric inpatients. The therapist will assess and evaluate patient needs and interests through various means relative to Recreation to Recreational and/or Social Adjustment, develop and implement individualized therapy plans, and execute them, keeping everyone abreast of progress through written and verbal reports. Responsibilities also include scheduling patients, keeping attendance and therapy records, interfacing with utilization review, social services, and discharge planners, and assisting in successful patient discharge. The role involves assessing and suggesting purchases for equipment and supplies that pertain to therapeutic recreation, abiding by department policies, procedures, and operational guidelines, supervising students and volunteers, and participating in departmental inservices, teaching, and other departmental activities. The position functions under the general supervision of a coordinator/Clinical Director.

Requirements

A Bachelor Degree in Recreation or a related field
1-year professional recreation experience in a therapeutic instructional or rehabilitation setting
Must successfully pass pre-employment health clearance

Responsibilities

Conducts activities for clients/patient groups, working individually or as a member of the treatment team.
Assist patients in leisure activities to engage and improve mind, body, and spirit, and patient adjustment to life with disease, injury or disability, analyzing and reporting behavioral patterns to the treatment team or others.
Requisition, store, and maintain equipment and supplies.
Implement and deliver recreational therapy that serves to have a positive effect on the physical, mental and emotional well-being of psychiatric inpatients.
Assess and evaluate patient needs and interests through various means relative to Recreation to Recreational and/or Social Adjustment.
Develop and implement individualized therapy plan and execute it, keeping everyone abreast of progress through written and verbal reports.
Schedule patients, keep attendance and therapy records.
Interface with utilization review social services, discharge planner, therapy team to assist In successful patient discharge.
Assess and suggest purchases for equipment and supplies that pertain to therapeutic recreation.
Abide by department policies, procedures and operational guidelines.
Supervise students and volunteers.
Participate in departmental inservices, teaching and other departmental activities.