Recreation Therapist

DSHS Lake Burien Recreation Therapist 2

Join the Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration (BHHA) and make a meaningful impact in your community as a Recreation Therapist 2 at Lake Burien Transitional Care Facility located in Burien, WA. Help shape the future of behavioral health services in Washington State while advocating for individuals in need.

Provides therapeutic recreational services to patients with complex conditions or injuries in a specialty service such as burns, brain injury, pain, and mental health. Assesses, plans, develops, implements, and modifies therapeutic recreation services as referred by a physician. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team.

Some Of What You'll Do

• Develop, implement, and professionally supervise formal/informal recreation programs/activities to address identified recreational needs for long term, respite and diversion individuals living within Lake Burien Transitional Care facility
• Performs complex assessments of youth in a specialty service; plans, organizes and implements therapeutic recreation plan of care to meet individual youth needs; implements intervention techniques to bring about specific behavioral change or improvement in patients
• Facilitates improvement of social, cognitive, emotional, and physical functional abilities
• Instructs the youth in adapting to the recreational and community environment
• Organizes and leads recreational therapy activities both in and outside of the treatment facility environment
• Confers with the interdisciplinary team, individual youth, and family members to develop and recommend youth therapeutic recreational programs
• Directs, trains, and coordinates the work of recreation therapy students and/or volunteers in therapeutic recreational procedures such as youth assessment and community integration; provides feedback to students on progress and completes evaluation for educational program
• Maintains statistical information and documentation related to youth care; evaluates the results of the individual treatment plan

What We're Looking For

• Experience working with youth with complex needs
• Knowledge of skeletal, muscular, and neuron-anatomy, mental illness; principles, materials, and equipment of recreation therapy, various methods of provision in the physical, affective, social and cognitive realms
• Ability to asses, plan, provide, evaluate and modify programs/provisions to allow inclusive participation for individual youth; cooperative skills in working with youth; establish and maintain professional and working relationships with physicians and other treatment providers as well as other staff; instruct staff in areas of need regarding recreation therapy

Knowledge Of

• Skeletal, muscular, and neuron-anatomy; mental illness; principles, materials, and equipment of recreation therapy; various methods of provision in the physical, affective, social and cognitive realms; safety and risk management methods; assessment and evaluation reporting methods.

Ability To

• Assess, plan, provide, evaluate and modify programs/provisions to allow inclusive participation for individual patients; cooperative skills in working with patients; establish and maintain professional and working relationships with physicians and other treatment providers as well as other staff; instruct staff in areas of need regarding recreation therapy.

Who should apply?

Graduation from an accredited Therapeutic Recreation Program

AND

18 months of professional therapeutic experience

OR

Equivalent education/experience

Additional Information

• Work Shift: 10am-6:30pm Wednesday-Sunday with Monday & Tues as regular days off
• King County employees receive 5% premium pay in addition to the advertised salary and are eligible to receive a free ORCA card for transportation use
• Opportunities performed on-site at this work location at least three days a week may be eligible for an additional 5% premium pay in addition to the advertised salary

Questions? Please contact ***email_hidden*** or call Talent Acquisition main line View phone number on jobradars.com and reference job number 03146.

The Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) vision that people find human services to shape their own lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency’s vision that you bring a fairness, access, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to support all Washingtonians, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.

Supplemental Information

Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle.

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