Recreational Therapist

Description

Description: The nature of the job as a Recreational Therapist is to provide 1:1 care to individuals with developmental disabilities in home and community-based settings. The nature of the job is to provide a systematic process that utilizes recreation and other activity-based interventions to address the assessed needs of individuals with illnesses and/or disabling conditions, as a means to psychological and physical health, recovery and well-being. Further, "Recreational Therapy” means a treatment service designed to restore, remediate and rehabilitate a person’s level of functioning and independence in life activities, to promote health and wellness as well as reduce or eliminate the activity limitations and restrictions to participation in life situations caused by an illness or disabling condition. Recreational Therapy supports are supports provided under the Indiana Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Supports (DDRS) consisting of a medically approved recreational program to restore, remediate, or rehabilitate an individual in order to improve the individual’s functioning and independence, reduce or eliminate the effects of an individual’s disability.

Benefits: 

• Paid      hourly wages
• Paid      mileage when transporting an individual receiving supports, taking into      consideration how far the Recreational Therapist is willing to drive (also      available to part-time employees)
• 50%      Health Insurance Reimbursement following one month of employment
• 401k      Enrollment with a 1% match by Assisted Independence
• Paid      Time Off
• Short-Term      Disability Insurance; i.e. Maternity Leave
• One-year      membership every five years to Smart CEU’s Hub
• Flexible      work schedules

Requirements

Prequalification 

• Application      (available online)
• Resume
• Cardiopulmonary      Resuscitation (CPR) certification
• First      Aid Certification
• Negative      Tuberculin Skin Test
• Driver’s      License
• Vehicle      Registration
• Automobile      Insurance
• Acceptance      notice of the position offered with a minimum one-year commitment
• active      certification from the National Council on Therapeutic Recreation      Certification (NCTRC)
• Free      of Felony Convictions
• Demonstrate      an interest in and empathy for individuals
• Demonstrate      the ability to communicate adequately in order to complete required forms      and reports of visits; and follow oral or written instructions.
• Demonstrate      the ability to provide supports according to the individual's      Person-Centered Individualized Support Plan (PCISP).
• Demonstrate      willingness to accept supervision.

Job Duties

• All      Recreational Therapist staff must assist the individual to which is being supported      with one of the following: Self-care, Self-direction, Expressive or      receptive language, Ambulation or mobility, Activities of Daily Living      (ADL’s), Learning, Independent Living, Economic Self-Sufficiency, Physical      Activity, Community Participation
• All      Recreational Therapist staff will assist a Medicaid recipient or Medicaid      recipients already determined that meet at least one of the following      criteria set forth by the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative      Supports (DDRS):

1.1.7.1.           SSI (MASI)

1.1.7.2.           Aged (MA A)

1.1.7.3.           Blind (MA B)

1.1.7.4.           Disabled (MA D)

1.1.7.5.           MED Works (MADW, MADI)

1.1.7.6.           Low-income Caretakers (MAGF)

1.1.7.7.           Foster Care (MA 15)

1.1.7.8.           Foster Care Independence (MA14)

1.1.7.9.           Children under Age 1 (MA Y)

1.1.7.10.       Children Age 1-5 (MA Z)

1.1.7.11.       Children Age 1-18 (MA 2, MA 9)

1.1.7.12.       Transitional Medical Assistance (MA F)

1.1.7.13.       IV-E FC Foster Care children (MA 4)

1.1.7.14.       Children in the Adoption Assistance Program (MA 8)

• Meet      and Greet: Recreational Therapists are permitted to meet the individual      seeking recreational therapy supports for 30 minutes prior to being      approved to provide recreational therapy supports to the individual. The      purpose of the Meet and Greet is to allow the individual and/or family to      determine if the recreational therapist will be a good fit.
• All      Recreational Therapist staff will complete the following:
• Assessment      conducted initially and once annually.
• Rights      Assessment              
• Planning:      Development of a Treatment Plan within fourteen (14) days after the      completion of the Assessment, using the Assisted Independence, LLC.      treatment plan template
• Implementation: Organizing      and directing home and/or community-based activities for the individual      supported. These activities may include adaptive sports, dramatics, arts      and crafts, social activities, volunteer opportunities, and other recreational      supports designed to restore, remediate, or rehabilitate
• Transporting      individuals supported to community locations, including, but not limited      to, gymnasiums, parks, athletic facilities, outdoors, museums, sporting      events, children’s playhouses, community centers, amusement parks,      sightseeing locations, monuments, educational facilities, or any potential      place or resources where recreational therapy can be conducted. All      Recreational Therapist staff are required to provide one-on-one supports      to the individuals. Group sessions may occur when the ratio of persons supported      to Recreational Therapist are 1:1.
• Evaluation:      After each session conducted, the Recreational Therapists are to document      the session using narrative notes online. For every 45 minutes of      recreational therapy support provided, the Recreational Therapist has 15      minutes to complete necessary documentation (notetaking, assessments,      treatment plans, etc.)
• Mandatory      attendance of all quarterly meetings consisting of each person supported      Individualized Support Team (IST)
• Scheduling:      All Recreational Therapist staff will be responsible for scheduling times      to provide supports with the individual receiving supports, the      individuals parent and/or guardians, and/or other team members by      scheduling in-person, through the phone, via email, or the preferred      method of communication by the individual supported.
• Incident      Reporting