Care Career is seeking a travel Correctional Recreation/Recreational Therapist for a travel job in San Luis Obispo, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Recreation/Recreational Therapist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Start Date: 02/23/2026
• Duration: 27 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Travel

Duties/Responsibilities shall include, but are not limited to: Recreational Therapist

• Communicate changes in patient condition to the Director of Recreational Therapy and the interdisciplinary treatment team.

• Provide feedback to the interdisciplinary treatment team regarding patient response to therapy, treatment interventions, and therapeutic objectives.

• Conduct assessments in psychosocial, leisure, and recreation skills development/deficiency.

• Ensure timely documentation of interventions and confirm that interventions align with the patients plan of care.

• Teach coping skills and stress management techniques to patients to support a balanced leisure lifestyle.

• Apply advanced knowledge of counseling and therapeutic concepts to determine appropriate services for psychiatric, trauma-affected, and chemically dependent patients.

• Demonstrate knowledge of group dynamics and the practice of group processing in therapy.

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Care Career Job ID #34860998. Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40.0 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Social Work Recreational Therapist

About Care CareerBenefits

• Referral bonus
• Weekly pay
• Medical benefits
• Continuing Education
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits