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 position. Join our staff who are dedicated to maintaining the physical, social and emotional well-being of the individuals that reside at our facility.

Key responsibilities and day to day responsibilities of this position:

• 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

• 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:

• Plan and implement therapeutic socialization programs and events which include at least one organized Deaf/Hard of Hearing sports program, summer social/recreation program for deaf youth, social/recreational activities for Deaf/Hard of Hearing teens, and educational/support activities for families with Deaf/hard of Hearing youth.
• Prepares and recommends therapeutic recreation, leisure education, and…