Recreational Therapist II

Recreational Therapist II

FT / PT Status: Full-Time
Salary: $21.63 - $32.48 Hourly Wage
Remote Work / In-Office: In-Office / On-Site
Final date to receive applications: Continuous until filled

Do you enjoy games, sports, arts and crafts, and other recreational activities? The Utah State Developmental Center is looking for a compassionate, energetic person to fill our Recreational Therapist II position. Join our staff dedicated to maintaining the physical, social, and emotional well‑being of the individuals that reside at our facility.

• Lead or functionally supervise staff; delegate work assignments, monitor/review quality of work, schedule staff, provide technical assistance or training, and/or provide input on performance appraisal, hiring and discipline.
• Prepares and recommends therapeutic recreation, leisure education, and diversionary recreation activities for individual clients, groups and units.
• Adapts program(s) to meet specific needs or concerns.
• Writes, implements, and provides documentation of individual client’s treatment; maintains records to comply with federal requirements and writes reports indicative of progress or regression.
• Maintains records to comply with federal requirements.
• Acts as a resource to team members, participates in team and professional meetings and gives input as to needs of clients.
• Provides clients with information concerning rights, options, benefits, services, goals and expectations.
• Coordinates and/or acts as a liaison between agency or work unit and other agencies, work units, organizations, suppliers, etc.

Minimum or day‑one qualifications:

• Licensure as a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist in Utah.
• Follows all practices and requirements of the Recreational Therapy Practice Act and the Recreational Therapy Practice Rule, including HIPAA compliance in all situations.
• Identify developmental needs of others and coach, mentor, or otherwise help others to improve their knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Evaluate treatment effectiveness.
• Speak clearly, concisely and effectively; listen to, and understand, information and ideas as presented verbally.
• Oversee the appropriate use of equipment, facilities.
• Maintain and/or repair tools and equipment.
• Ability to observe details at close range and at a distance.
• Ability to observe physical conditions, behavior or surroundings for potential areas of concern or inappropriate activity.
• Ability to hear sounds that may indicate potential areas of concern or inappropriate activity.

Preferred or trainable/on‑the‑job qualifications:

• Understands and is passionate about the need of recreational therapy for individuals with special needs.
• Is enthusiastic, flexible, and willing to try things they haven't done before.
• Has experience working with the intellectually disabled population.
• Has experience in the recreational therapy field.
• Has a good foundation of knowledge on how to write programs and goals for those with recreational needs.

This is a lead-level job. The incumbent is an expert in the field of recreational therapy and functionally supervises staff; provides the full range of recreational therapy activities to Deaf, Hard of Hearing youth and families, patients or residents of a state institution. Therapeutic recreational duties could include one of two types:

* May require POST or any other safety‑sensitive requirement.

895 N 900 E
American Fork, Utah, 84003, United States

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