Correctional Recreation/Recreational Therapist - $2,546 per week
Calipatria, CA, 92233, USA
- $8 p/hour
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- correctional recreational therapist
- recreational therapy
- mental health therapy
This travel position is for a Correctional Recreational Therapist working 40 hours per week in a correctional facility to provide therapeutic recreation services for psychiatric, trauma-affected, and chemically dependent patients. The role involves assessing patients' psychosocial and recreational skills, documenting interventions, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary treatment team to improve patient outcomes. The job includes teaching coping and stress management techniques while ensuring therapy aligns with patients' plans of care.
Care Career is seeking a travel Correctional Recreation/Recreational Therapist for a travel job in Calipatria, California.
Job Description & Requirements- Specialty: Recreation/Recreational Therapist
- Discipline: Therapy
- Start Date: 12/28/2025
- Duration: 26 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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