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Recreation Therapist

$59.5k - $72.5k

Posterity Group

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are cultivating a WARP Multidisciplinary Clinic and looking to staff Recreation Therapists to provide their services to veterans in our Rockville, MD headquarters. The Recreation Therapist is expected to perform the following:


Essential responsibilities

  • Assess leisure interests, functional capacity, social participation and barriers to recreation.
  • Develop individualized recreation-therapy plans.
  • Conduct adaptive sports, wellness, arts, gaming, community-outing and social-skills activities.
  • Support emotional regulation, confidence, motivation and social connection.
  • Facilitate Veteran, pediatric, family and community-reintegration groups.
  • Adapt equipment and activities for mobility, sensory, cognitive or behavioral needs.
  • Coordinate with PT, OT, behavioral health, ABA and peer support.
  • Identify accessible community recreation resources.
  • Measure participation, quality-of-life and community-integration outcomes.
  • Maintain activity-safety plans, equipment and emergency procedures.
  • Support discharge planning through sustainable community leisure routines.
Requirements

Minimum qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation or closely related field meeting professional eligibility requirements.
  • Current Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist credential.
  • Current BLS certification.
  • Valid driver's license when transporting or accompanying patients in community programming.
The CTRS credential requires applicable education and professional experience plus the NCTRC examination. NCTRC credential overview


Preferred qualifications
  • Experience with adaptive sports, Veterans, autism, behavioral health or neurological rehabilitation.
  • Aquatic-therapy or community-integration experience.
  • Specialty designation in behavioral health, developmental disabilities, geriatrics or physical medicine.
Performance indicators
  • Participation and attendance.
  • Improvement in community-integration and quality-of-life measures.
  • Patient engagement and retention.
  • Successful linkage to community activities.
  • Safety performance.
  • Interdisciplinary goal attainment.


Salary Description


$59,500 - $72,500
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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