Duties and responsibilities:

• Evaluate interventions for effectiveness
• Plan and implement interventions to prevent harm to a patient
• Help patients learn social skills needed to become or remain independent
• Record and analyze a patient’s progress
• Assess patients’ needs through observations, medical records, tests, and discussions with other healthcare professionals, patients’ families, and patients
• Create treatment plans and programs that meet patients’ needs and interests

Salary:

• $22.06 per hour

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Demand for this profession:

• Estimated to grow 12% from 2014 to 2024, faster than the average for all occupations

Reflection:

I would like to be a Recreation Therapist because it would be nice to help people do some fun activities that they like.