Therapeutic Recreation Director

Position Summary
The Therapeutic Recreation Director is accountable for the development, implementation, supervision and ongoing evaluation of the activity and recreation programs to enhance residents’ quality of life. Completion of the activity's component of the comprehensive individual assessment and contributing to resident care plans to ensure the activities programs meet the individual interests as well as physical, emotional and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

Implements programs, monitors responses to them and determines if individual resident needs are being met, revising as needed and keeping with the Resident’s Bill of Rights as well as the facility Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program. In locations where there are no TR Aides, the TR Director will fulfill the duties of the TR Aide as well.

Essential Responsibilities And Duties

• Provides an ongoing program of activities in accordance with the comprehensive assessment and designed to meet the interests and physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of the resident
• Ensures activities program is regularly scheduled at least 5 days per week and posted 1 week in advance
• Develops and maintains a master calendar of activities and life enriching opportunities for residents; posts monthly calendar; develops daily calendar addressing edits made from monthly calendar; ensures all residents receive the calendar and communicates daily activities during morning meeting
• Encourages residents to be involved in their own care through a purposeful activities program allowing each to function at their maximum physical, mental, social and emotional capacity
• Encourages social interaction between residents; creates small and large group programs that involve and motivate residents, some involving transportation to offsite locations
• Provide in-room projects for residents confined to their room, encouraging independent interests
• Coordinate seasonal/special events including planning, organizing, publicizing, implementing, decorating
• Ensure residents are provided opportunities to participate in the planning and development of the activity and recreation program, while allowing residents to choose activities and schedules
• Plans and conducts individual and group activities to meet residents’ needs based upon assessment
• Interacts with residents in a manner that promotes the maintenance/enhancement of their quality of life

PLANNING AND DELIVERY OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROGRAMS

• Provides an ongoing program of activities in accordance with the comprehensive assessment and designed to meet the interests and physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of the resident
• Ensures activities program is regularly scheduled at least 5 days per week and posted 1 week in advance
• Develops and maintains a master calendar of activities and life enriching opportunities for residents; posts monthly calendar; develop daily calendar addressing edits made from monthly calendar; ensure all residents receive the calendar and communicate daily activities during morning meeting
• Encourages residents to be involved in their own care through a purposeful activities program allowing each to function at their maximum physical, mental, social and emotional capacity
• Encourages social interaction between residents; create small and large group programs that involve and motivate residents, some involving transportation to offsite locations
• Provide in-room projects for residents confined to their room, encouraging independent interests
• Coordinate seasonal/special events including planning, organizing, publicizing, implementing, decorating
• Ensures residents are provided opportunities to participate in the planning and development of the activity and recreation program, while allowing residents to choose activities and schedules
• Plans and conducts individual and group activities to meet residents’ needs based upon assessment
• Interacts with residents in a manner that promotes the maintenance/enhancement of their quality of life

REPORTING AND DOCUMENTATION

• Completes assessments initially, quarterly, annually and as needed, monitoring continually to determine residents’ needs
• Completes…