Recreation Therapist
Masonic Village at Elizabethtown
- Elizabethtown, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Full Time, Monday - Friday *
- Industry-leading benefits that start day one such as $0 cost medical coverage option ***
- Vacation Time/Flex Time and Paid Holidays ***
- Pay on-demand. Access up to $500 of your earned wages in real-time.
- Discounted Grocery gift cards
- Tuition and Educational Reimbursement
- Discounts for onsite Daycare
- Free Gym and Pool Membership ***
- Paid Lunch ***
- Discounted tickets for movies, theme parks, hotels, and MORE!
- Shoe discounts
- Cell phone discounts
- Weekend differentials and additional shift differentials!
- Employer matched Retirement Savings with free financial planning ***
- A commitment to growing our leaders with leadership & mentorship programs available
- Demonstrating knowledge of CMS federal and state regulations.
- Demonstrating and displaying the ability to implement the American Therapeutic Recreation Association Standards of Practice for Therapeutic Recreation.
- Continuing education to maintain professional certifications.
- Demonstrating knowledge and displaying the ability to develop, implement, and evaluate programming to restore, remediate, rehabilitate or maintain the resident's physical, social, cognitive, emotional and spiritual functioning.
- Providing services ranging from diversional activities, to therapeutic activities and individual therapy sessions; all focused on meeting residents' needs, their recreation interests and preferences.
- Demonstrating and displaying the ability to conduct an ongoing assessment in an effort to collect systematic, comprehensive, and accurate data to complete the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) and Therapeutic Recreation Assessments.
- Demonstrating and displaying the ability to use both verbal and written communication skills to share their evaluation of a resident via assessments and progress notes.
- Demonstrating and displaying the ability to develop and write a resident centered focused plan of care that includes a measurable goal and individualized interventions. The plan will addresses the resident's needs from a physical, cognitive, social, emotional and/or spiritual domain.
- Demonstrating and displaying the ability to create and maintain a monthly neighborhood calendar.
- Managing and balancing a neighborhood Therapeutic Recreation budget for programming and community trips.
- Ordering and maintaining an organized inventory of programming supplies and equipment
- Actions, approaches, decisions and the delivery of Therapeutic Recreation Services focus on the individual resident.
- Coaching, guiding, and directing interns, students, and volunteers using appropriate education and Masonic Village guidelines and agreements.
- Bachelor degree in Therapeutic Recreation required.
- Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist or eligible to sit for exam and achievement of National Council Therapeutic Recreation Certification within one year of employment.
- Strong written, oral, organization and basic computer skills.
- Valid Pennsylvania driver's license.