Recreation Therapist

NOTE: Applicants must meet one of the following or a combination of both experience and education. Thirty (30) semester hour credits are equal to one (1) year of relevant experience. Five (5) years of professional experience in conducting therapeutic recreation activities in a clinical, health care, residential, or community-based therapeutic recreation program. OR Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and one (1) year of the above-mentioned professional experience . You must indicate either possession of a degree or total number of college credits completed to date on your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility. Appointees must provide proof to the Appointing Authority that they satisfy the education requirement at the time of certification. Failure to indicate and provide proof to the Appointing Authority of satisfying the education requirement will result in rejection from the examination process. OR Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in therapeutic recreation or in recreation with a therapeutic concentration. Please upload a copy of your transcripts with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility. NOTE: Therapeutic co ncentration in recreation is defined as including all of the following: A minimum of three courses exclusively dealing with therapeutic recreation content. 2. Completion of six months of field placement experience in a clinical, residential, or community based therapeutic recreation program. 3. Completion of supportive course work which includes a minimum of 18 semester hour credits from four of the six areas listed below: Psychology, Sociology, Physical/Biological Sciences, Special Education, Human Services, Adapted Physical Education. OR Possession a master's degree from an accredited college or university in recreation therapy. Please upload a copy of your transcripts with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility. OR Possession of a valid certificate as a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist issued by the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification . Please ensure to provide details of your certificate on your application. Failure to indicate possession of a current certificate as of the closing date will result in ineligibility. You may be required to provide a copy of a valid certificate upon appointment. NOTE: "Professional experience" refers to work that is analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range of basic knowledge of the profession's concepts and practices; and is performed with the authority to act and make accurate and informed decisions. Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service. Please upload a copy of your evaluation with your application. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility . LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position. The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.

Open to residents of: (1) New Jersey

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