Recreation Therapist PRN

Job Details:
Level: Experienced

Job Location:

Locust Grove, VA 22508
Position Type:
Per Diem
Education Level: Graduate Degree
Salary Range: $27.00 - $30.00

Job Shift: 1st Shift
Job Category:
Health Care

Pasadena Villa The Grove is seeking a PRN Recreation Therapist to facilitate therapeutic groups focused on recreational activities, team building, movement, nervous system regulation, and psychoeducation. This position provides weekend coverage, ideally Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 AM–5:00 PM, with approximately 10 shifts per month, supporting client stabilization and skill development in a behavioral health setting.

Within the organization:
Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with peers, immediate supervisor, and leadership throughout the organization.

Outside the organization:
Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with clients and families, clinical providers, community partners and vendors, as needed.

• Completes and documents therapeutic recreational assessments.
• Collaborates with clinical team members to identify and implement appropriate interventions to meet the therapeutic needs of individual clients.
• Plans and facilitates therapeutic group and individual therapy to assist clients in developing interpersonal skills and relationships, consistent with treatment goals in accordance with the program schedule.
• Actively participates and engages with clients in recreational activities within the milieu; monitors behavioral interventions and provides skills coaching, as needed.
• Organizes and facilitates client outings and off‑site activities, therapeutically supporting social and emotional needs of clients.
• Provides community re‑integrative activities that teach or re‑teach hobbies and recreational activities, creating opportunities for clients to practice skills learned throughout the therapeutic program.
• Therapeutically interacts with clients maintains and models appropriate boundaries and social behavior; modifies approaches as needed in support of coping skill development and utilization.
• Completes all documentation required for each client in compliance with State, accrediting bodies, quality guidelines and payor source guidelines.
• React therapeutically in crisis situations, as needed.
• Maintains therapeutic relationship with clients using praise and other reinforcers to encourage appropriate behaviors and attitudes.
• Plans activities, secures, and maintains supplies within allocated budget parameters.
• Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner to ensure client and team member safety, immediately reports all preventable hazards and unsafe practices.

• Conducts specialized groups as assigned based on education, training, and experience; supervises or co‑leads groups with staff or interns when appropriate.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing client outcomes and strengthening clinical service delivery.
• Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field by reading appropriate books, journals and other literature and attending related seminars, conferences, and the like.
• Maintains collaborative professional relationships and approaches conflict in a constructive manner.
• Proactively identifies opportunities for continuous quality improvement, offer solutions, and participate process improvement initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position requires a bachelor's degree in psychology, therapeutic recreation, or other related field and two or more years of experience within a behavioral healthcare…