Recreation Therapist

Detailed Overview

The Recreation Therapist is accountable to the Manager, Health Services and is responsible for creating a place of learning, healing and caring in accordance with the mission, values and goals of Fraser Health. The Recreation Therapist develops, administers, supervises and evaluates therapeutic recreation and social programs designed to meet the physical, social, emotional, cognitive and spiritual needs of the residents; conducts standardized individualized assessments of each resident and develops appropriate therapeutic recreation care plans; supervises activity staff and monitors and evaluates volunteers. Responsibilities Develops goals and objectives, policies and procedures for the Recreation Therapy program. Conducts a standardized individual assessment of each resident and develops an appropriate therapeutic recreation care plan; reassesses as required. Utilizes the individual assessments to develop, plan, organize, coordinate, implement, m...