RECREATION THERAPIST (BA)

SandyPines Residential Treatment Center is a 149-bed Residential Psychiatric Facility servicing children and adolescents ages 5 to 17. The facility is in beautiful South Florida, nestled beside Jonathan Dickinson State Park and just minutes away from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. We are the largest treatment center of its kind in the southeast and host Riverbend Academy, an accredited school on our campus.

• Instructs patients in activities and techniques designed to their specific physical or psychological needs.
• Assist the treatment team in developing a treatment plan with varied interventions based on assessment, interests and objectives of therapy.
• Encourages residents to acquire new skills and promote leisure activities.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the summer camp schedule in cooperation with secondary CTRS.
• Assists in advance planning of artistic, expressive and creative therapeutic, safe, age and developmentally appropriate group activities for the residents on each unit and reviews those plans with the supervisor.
• Facilitates artistic, expressive and/or creative therapy groups, as planned above, for all residents as assigned by the Master group schedule and as prescribed according to the resident's treatment plan.
• Ensures content of group activities is not repetitive.
• Generates enthusiasm and excitement when facilitating creative and expressive therapy groups with the residents as evidenced by direct observation, self/staff report.
• Documents group interventions accurately and in a timely fashion ensuring individualized treatment plan problems are stated and addressed and the content of the activity/note is relevant to individualized treatment issues.

Position Requirements:

• CTRS (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist preferred with at least One (1) year experience in Recreation/Vocational/Activities Therapy, or the Mental Health field.
• Bachelor's Degree in Counseling or related field preferred.
• Prior experience working with children and adolescents preferred.
• Detail oriented and ability to successfully multi task in a fast pace environment.
• Strong communication skills.
• Excellent customer service and organization skills.
• Highly effective listening skills.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation UHS is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at UHS via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of UHS. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by UHS as a result of the referral or through other means.