• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

The Recreation Specialist is responsible for providing therapeutic recreation activities to all residents of the program. They work closely with a multi-disciplinary treatment team and provide input on residents' participation in recreational activities. This role requires a strong understanding of therapeutic recreation and the ability to work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible outcomes for residents.

• The Recreation Specialist provides direction to Therapeutic Security Technicians in implementing living unit activities, ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• They complete interviews/assessments on all assigned residents to determine their recreational capabilities and resources and develop and maintain scheduled recreation programming to reflect their progress towards specific goals and objectives. 
• As a member of the assigned treatment team, the Recreation Specialist integrates leisure activities and recreational services as part of the total resident treatment plan, providing input on resident participation in therapeutic recreation activities at resident staffing and case conferences.
• They coordinate scheduling and manage referrals of residents to assigned therapeutic recreation groups and activities, attend and participate in administrative meetings, department or facility sponsored training, case conferences, and presentations, and engage in staff development activities.
• The Recreation Specialist maintains documentation that reflects services provided and resident progress toward specific goals and objectives, using established formats, within established time frames, and attends weekly individual supervision with Team Leader to enhance understanding of client population and improve quality of recreation therapy services provided.

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor's degree in recreational therapy, recreation administration, or a related field highly desirable

Experience

•  Demonstrated experience as a recreational provider required.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of recreational and therapeutic activity programs. 

Licenses/Certifications

• None required.

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.