Recreation Counselor-FT

Exciting. High-energy. Rewarding.  

Outreach is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Full-Time Recreation Counselor for our Adolescent Resident program located in Brentwood, Long Island. The Recreation Counselor is responsible for all aspects of client recreational activities including planning, documenting, and overseeing each function. The schedule for this position is: Sunday- Thursday 3pm - 11pm.

What You Will Do:  

• Provide supervised highly structured indoor recreational activities to residents. 
• Provide supervised highly structured outdoor recreational activities to residents. 
• Provide supervised highly structured indoor recreation in the weight room with residents. 
• Plan and oversee special events with residents and their families. 
• Provide supervisor with scheduled activities for residents in orientation, early treatment, middle treatment, and late treatment phases of the program. 
• Provide daily group notes indicating activities and resident participation. 
• Complete and accurate reporting of incident reports, resident elopements, and crisis intervention. 
• Participate in supervisions. 
• Communicate all pertinent information/incidents/emergencies via SAC book/House Manager. 
• Supervise residents in self-medication. 

Who You Are:  

• Available to work Sun-Thurs 3 pm-11pm 
• Experience in creative arts and/or recreational therapy 
• Commitment to providing quality services and outcome-driven performance measures. 
• Action-oriented, adaptable, and innovative approach to program planning. 
• Ability to work effectively in collaboration with diverse groups of people 
• Experience with AVATAR electronic health records is a plus.  

  At Outreach, we enjoy a strong work-life balance, excellent benefits, and ongoing professional training. Our enthusiastic employees love what they do and the positive impact they make every day.  Outreach embraces diversity and promotes a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated and respected.

Our employees are the reason Outreach ranks among the most respected health and human services providers in New York City and Long Island. In fact, we have been named one of the “Best Companies to Work for in New York” a total of nine times since 2010.  

An EEO employer, we enjoy exceptional workforce retention – many of our employees have been with Outreach for 10 years or more, some starting as part-timers and now working in full-time senior management.