Recreational Therapist, LA Mental Health Center (Per Diem)

Provides a total therapeutic recreation program to meet both group and individual needs. To provide therapeutic recreational activities through which patients can maximize their social/interpersonal, and physical capabilities. Utilizes therapeutic recreation activities and community resources to help facilitate improvement of an individuals leisure lifestyle.
Essential Responsibilities:

• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Plans, organizes, conducts and improves a wide range of group and individual therapeutic activities (leisure education, wellness groups, and social events).
• Continuously reviews and evaluates ongoing recreation groups and programs/services to meet the needs of patient populations.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Assess, delivers and evaluates individual and group needs for therapeutic recreational activity.
• Participates as a member of a multi-disciplinary teaching and treatment team.
• Coordinates recreation therapy objectives for individual patients with that of the total treatment plan.
• Weekly reevaluates and maintains records on patient treatment/progress.
• Provides individual counseling, education and teaching to assist patients in planning their use of leisure time in the community.
• Evaluates purchases and maintains equipment and supplies.
• Helps coordinate and maintain the usage of the physical space, facilities, and equipment.
• May train and supervise clinical education/practice of recreation therapy students and other students in allied health field.
• Provides in-service education in the field of Therapeutic Recreation to other members of the health care staff, as needed.
• Maintains and improves professional development/expertise through professional journals, workshops, conferences and other related educational opportunities.
• Assume other activities and responsibilities from time to time as directed.

Basic Qualifications: Experience

• Minimum three (3) years psychiatric or chemical dependency experience may be required as appropriate for specific positions.

Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.
• Course work sufficient to allow individual to take the CTRS or RTC exam.

License, Certification, Registration

• Recreational Therapist Certificate (California) OR Therapeutic Recreation Specialist Certificate

• Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements:

• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• N/A