Recreational Therapist

Job Summary

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

PrimaryLocation : California,Los Angeles,Mental Health - B

HoursPerWeek : 1

Shift : Day

Workdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat

WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM

WorkingHoursEnd : 04:30 PM

Job Schedule : Per Diem

Job Type : Standard

Employee Status : Regular

Employee Group/Union Affiliation : B24|AFSCME|United Therapists of So Cal

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Job Category : Rehab Services

Department : LA Mental Health Center - Psych Rehab Services - 0801

Travel : No

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

• Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

• Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

• Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.