Recreation Specialist Residential Treatment
CFG Health Network
Camden, NJ
Recreation Specialist
Population: Adolescents
Location: 1000 Atlantic Avenue Camden NJ (Virtua Facility)
Salary: $21 ($43,680)- $22 ($45,760) PLUS full benefits (equivalent to additional $15k annually)
Assist in planning, organizing and directing therapeutic play and recreation programs to effect improvement in the physical, mental and social well-being of the consumers of an Intense Residential Treatment Program.
Responsibilities
- Assist in planning, organizing and directing therapeutic play and recreation programs to include such activities as games, parties, music and arts and crafts.
- Conduct group and individual recreation activities according to patients' needs, capabilities and interests; determine and implement necessary precautions in exercising responsibility for the care and safety of patients.
- Consult with nursing personnel, medical staff and other members of the health team to assess the recreational needs of patients.
- Establish and maintain relationships with relatives in assisting patients to adjust to the hospital setting; assist staff in preparing patients for surgery and other stressful situations. Prepare reports reflecting patients' behavior and progress for medical staff and other team members.
- Assist in the selection, distribution, maintenance, storage, evaluation and purchase of recreational supplies and equipment.
- Participate in patient care conferences and make recommendations concerning new recreational therapy methods and techniques.
- Assist in supervising and coordinating the work of individual and group volunteers.
- Provide instruction and guidance to allied health students in recreational therapy methods and techniques. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation, Social Work or related field.
- Must have at least 1 year experience in recreational/play therapy.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and climb or balance. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
EOE M/V/F/D
Company Profile
CFG is a comprehensive healthcare provider that is dedicated to improving quality of life for individuals and families by providing innovative medical and mental health services. Our Health Network includes Center for Family Guidance, CFG Health Systems and CFG Residentials.
Job Category
Behavior/Mental Health
About the Company
CFG Health Network
CFG is a broad based healthcare provider that is dedicated to increasing access to care via innovative applications of technology like telepsychiatry and virtual environments. In addition to running its own clinics, CFG provides hospital based programs including inpatient psychiatric services, ED evaluations, psychiatric crisis center intervention, medical/surgical floor consults, school-based programs, partial hospitalization programs, residential treatment services and healthcare services for correctional facilities.
CENTER FOR FAMILY GUIDANCE operates three outpatient clinics where they engage their youthful patients in a wide range of effective behavioral health services. The Center’s expertise extends to several partial and residential programs for children and adolescents in need of behavioral modification.
CFG HEALTH SYSTEMS, LLC services correctional facilities, jails, prisons and detention centers of every size and scale. CFG Health Systems continues to win bids on local to county and state-wide public contracts to provide behavioral health and medical care delivery and healthcare management services, including telepsychiatry.
INSIGHT TELEPSYCHIATRY, LLC is a network of psychiatrists delivers telepsychiatry services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including psychiatric evaluations and medication management using televideo conferencing. InSight is the distillation of CFG’s 13 years of telepsychiatry infrastructure and experience.
INWORLD SOLUTIONS develops virtual environments for clinical settings. Our software enables clinician and patient to take on avatars, digital characters who meet and interact in a virtual, online meeting space that is private, secure and designed to enhance the encounter's therapeutic value. As our clinicians guide development of this therapy, it proves engaging and effective, particularly for youth and children.
CFG RESIDENTIALS offers specialized Residential Treatment programs designed to provide therapeutic support and treatment to emotionally complex adolescents and teens. Our residential programs operate under the belief that children are unique and require individualized levels of care.