Recreation Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Recreation Therapist

Full Time | Days

Masonic Villages of Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown Campus - is immediately hiring for a Recreation Therapist.

With over 145 years of providing award-winning care and services across the state of PA, Masonic Villages is driven by our Mission of Love to assist individuals in realizing their potential and enjoying the highest possible quality of life.

Why Choose Masonic Villages:

Each campus is supported by corporate leaders who are fully invested in our Mission of Love and hiring like-minded individuals who are committed to providing heartfelt customer service and contributing to our team environment. When you join our team you can expect:

• Industry-leading benefits such as $0 cost medical coverage option ***
• Vacation Time/Flex Time and Paid Holidays ***
• Pay on-demand. Access to a portion 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

Key: *** = Full Time & Part Time Regular Staff Only

As a Recreation Therapist, you will carry out our Mission of Love by providing a comprehensive service of therapeutic recreation designed to eliminate boredom, helplessness, loneliness, and meet the individual interests of the residents who reside in the Masonic Health Care Center. Assure that the approach and implementation of the service will meet and be in full compliance with state and federal regulations.

Our Recreation Therapist is responsible for the following:

• 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.

What You Have:

• 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.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.