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Skills

  • Team building
  • Community outreach initiatives
  • Adaptive recreation techniques
  • Team management
  • Improvement of departmental operational efficiency
  • Crisis management skills
  • Program equipment
  • Project organization
  • Operational improvement
  • Patient engagement enhancement

Work Experiences

  • Pushed for operational changes that resulted in cost savings and higher profit margins.
  • Coordinated group recreational activities designed to address both physical and mental health needs, resulting in a 2015 satisfaction rate of 22% among participants.
  • Addressed social isolation.
  • Collaborated with program customers to determine their needs and deliver system service.
  • Contributed to measurable emotional improvements.
  • Addressed physical and mental health needs.
  • Assisted physical therapists in monitoring progress.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams, including occupational therapists and social workers, to tailor recreation plans that contributed to measurable emotional and physical improvements.
  • Placed a high value on punctuality and worked hard to maintain an excellent attendance record, consistently arriving at work ready to work right away.
  • Achieved results over a three years period.

Summaries

  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive recreational care plans, resulting in measurable physical and emotional improvements.
  • Excellent track record of resolving issues, increasing customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements.
  • Achieved a 2016% satisfaction rate of 40% among participants.
  • Boosted overall mental health.
  • Overall morale and productivity are boosted by experience in policy development and staff management procedures.
  • Achieved a 56% increase in therapeutic success rates.
  • Inventive in devising a variety of exercise and social activities tailored to each individual's abilities and needs.
  • Therapeutic Recreation Assistant with 8 years of experience organizing recreational activities as therapy and medical treatment to support participants' improved wellness.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the system business.
  • Achieved measurable physical improvements.

Accomplishments

  • Contributed to interdisciplinary meetings to provide updates on therapeutic recreation progress, informing treatment adjustments, and increasing patient progress by 42%.
  • Developed an innovative digital recreation tracking system to monitor real-time progress for 6 patients, improving record accuracy by 27%.
  • Provided direct one-on-one recreational therapy for post-surgery patients, aligning activities with physical recovery goals and reducing recovery time by 80%.
  • Implemented an assessment protocol for physical and mental health recreational needs, reducing onboarding time for new patients by 9 days.
  • Facilitated daily therapeutic music sessions, assisting 15 patients in reducing anxiety symptoms by 60% over the course of 6 months.
  • Collaborated with occupational therapists to tailor recreational activities that aided in the physical rehabilitation of patients, resulting in a 58% improvement in hand-eye coordination.
  • Led arts and crafts sessions for patients with dementia, improving time recall and mood regulation by 25% after several months of consistent participation.
  • Administered end-of-session evaluations and feedback sessions for 6 patients, enabling prompt adjustments that improved patient satisfaction by 16%.
  • Collaborated with the rehabilitation team to maintain a resource library of therapy games, improving the efficiency of activity planning across departments by 84%.
  • Provided tailored recreational support to 18 veterans in a mental health facility, leading to 15% reduction in reported symptoms of PTSD over the past year.

Affiliations

  • Continuing Education with the Professional Advancement Certificate in Therapeutic Recreation
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
  • Music and Memory Certified Practitioner
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Member
  • American Medical Informatics Association
  • Lead Organizer for Senior Citizen Community Events
  • Volunteer with Adventure-Based Therapy Programs
  • International Council of Nurses
  • Chairperson of Local Senior Games Committee
  • Leader in Therapeutic Fit Exercise Programs for the Elderly

Certifications

  • Certified Special Needs Activity Professional (CSNAP)
  • Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) Certification - Crisis Prevention Institute
  • Training in Person-Centered Thinking - category
  • Senior Fitness Specialist Certification (SFS) - standard
  • Certified Aging Services Professional (CASP)
  • Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
  • Rehabilitation Aide Certification - Harbor & Co.
  • SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
  • Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) - National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners
  • Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS)

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