Recreational Therapist

Job Summary:

The Veterans Home at Holyoke is seeking a skilled Recreational Therapist to join our team. As a Recreational Therapist, you will assist the department director in planning, organizing, and instructing Veterans through participation in both individual and group leisure activities in accordance with their needs and capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the planning and implementation of activities suitable for Veterans in a long-term care facility
• Assist in the development of individual Veteran therapeutic goals and objectives
• Support Veterans' spiritual, emotional and physical needs
• Responsible for the completion of recreation documentation (i.e. progress notes, assessments, MDS)
• Assist with community trips and special events
• Order and maintain recreational supplies and equipment to ensure their availability and safety for Veteran use
• Provide leisure education designed to help the Veterans acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for independence and social involvement
• Attend professional meetings, seminars and conferences to maintain a comprehensive and current knowledge of recreation therapy

Requirements:

• Knowledge and understanding of Recreation Therapy principles and techniques
• Ability to work effectively as a member of the interdisciplinary team
• Ability to deal tactfully with others and to lead a group
• Ability to motivate others and interact with people who are under physical and/or emotional stress
• Ability to plan, assign and coordinate the activities of others
• Ability to exercise sound judgement as well as discretion in handling confidential information

Preferred Qualifications:

• CTRS Certification (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist)
• Experience working in a long-term care facility
• Experience working with geriatric and/or memory-impaired populations
• Talent for recognizing the cultural diversity of the Home and ensure sensitive and equitable treatment for all who work and visit the facility

Agency Mission:

The Veterans Home at Holyoke is a state-funded, fully accredited health care facility that offers veterans quality health care, including full-time residential accommodations, and provides educational and social services for Veterans in the Commonwealth.

The Veterans Home is staffed by approximately 330+ administrators, clinicians, nurses, certified nursing assistants, skilled trade, dietary staff, housekeeping staff, contractors, consultants and general administrative personnel.

The tradition of service to the veterans of Massachusetts is surpassed only by a continued commitment to excellence in care for those who are in need now and in the future.

Our mission is to provide Care with Dignity, Honor, and Respect to our Veterans.

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