Recreational Therapist- 6 East (Weekend Only)

• Completes progress notes on interventions conducted and patient response.  

• Stimulate patients’ interest and cooperation in various individual and group activities and therapeutic interventions. 

• Engage patients at their level of functioning with recreation, movement, art, music, psychoeducation, and/or other empirically supported therapeutic intervention. 

• Utilize effective strategies for the management of emotional and behavioral crises. 

• Provide appropriate crisis intervention as necessary by anticipating and responding quickly to escalating behaviors, utilizing de-escalation techniques to diffuse the situation, correctly prioritizing safety concerns, following proper restraint technique guidelines, and displaying neutral emotions.  

• Link behavioral health patients to services and supports specified in their Individualized Service Plan. 

• Assist the individual directly for the purpose of locating, developing, or obtaining needed services and resources. 

• Make collateral contacts with the individuals' significant others to promote implementation of the service plan and community adjustment. 

• Demonstrate knowledge of referral/placement process and available community resources. 

• Oversee patient engagement and morale, maintaining a warm and positive environment that is supportive of individual choices, enriching, homelike, safe, and nurturing for people in mental health crisis receiving emergency stabilization services. 


• Collaborate with the clinical team to ensure effective communication and progress monitoring.

Supervisory Responsibilities  

Physical Demands & Work Environment