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Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Career Level: Hourly
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board

Description

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


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