Recreational Specialist Acute, BayPointe
About The Position
The Children's Residential Services Program serves children and adolescents ages 5 to 18 years of age who are experiencing severe emotional or behavioral disturbance. These children have failed to respond successfully to multiple less restrictive treatment interventions. BayPointe offers a caring, structured environment and developmentally appropriate therapeutic services for each child 24 hours a day.The program provides support to families or caregivers that helps maintain, enhance, or develop attachment with their child/adolescent during treatment and throughout the discharge process. Children and adolescents diagnosed with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders receive care in a special mental illness-substance abuse service track. The consumers, families, caregivers, school system personnel, DHR workers, and others as appropriate, are directly involved in the consumer’s treatment and discharge planning.The goal is to improve each child’s or adolescent’s level of functioning and to discharge to a less restrictive treatment setting. The program primarily serves residents of south Alabama; however, the program considers referrals from across the state. Responsibilities Recreational Specialists are utilized in AltaPointe’s Acute Hospital Settings. They plan and develop activities, plans special events, provide daily planned activities and assess the consumers interest, skills and recovery while participating in recreational activities.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the consumer’s interests, skill levels, barriers to recovery and recreation participation
- Utilizes assessment data to design appropriate/applicable therapeutic recreation activities
- Plans and develops activities according to the consumers rehabilitation needs
- Ensures the implementation of planned activities on a daily basis
- Provides ongoing monitoring and interaction with consumers
- Teaches consumers the necessary skills to transition to a less restrictive setting
- Plans special facility events, such as talent shows, seasonal festivities, etc.
- Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation
- Applies seclusion and restraint per AltaPointe Policy & Procedure, as required
- Effectively collaborates with the treatment team members and outside sources in the delivery of services
- Adheres to professional code of ethics
- Assists with the recreation therapy services planning, development, and implementation.
- Provides Recreational Aides with training/consultation as needed
- Seeks clinical supervision and consultation as needed
- Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement
- Actively works to enhance skills.
- Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe Policy
- Documents appropriate, complete, and comprehensive educational and activity assessments and summaries of progress in basic living skills
- Documents in a clear and concise manner types of consumer problems, treatment goals addressed, and service
- Treats consumers with care, dignity and compassion
- Respects consumer’s privacy and confidentiality
- Is pleasant and cooperative with others
- Assists consumers and visitors as needed
- Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others
- Is sensitive to the consumer’s needs, expectations, and individual differences
- Is gentle and calm to consumers and families
- Actively participates in Performance Improvement activities
- Actively participates in AltaPointe committees as required
- Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner
- Follows AltaPointe Policies & Procedures
- Attends appropriate in-service trainings and workshops
- Maintains current certification, if applicable, and attends required workshops and in-services
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