Behavioral Health Recreational Therapist
Part-timeKansas City, MOPart-timePosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Behavioral Health Unit at St. Joseph Medical Center seeks a Recreational Therapist to support patients receiving inpatient psychiatric care. The role provides therapeutic recreation, group therapy, leisure counseling, activity therapy, and behavioral health interventions to promote emotional wellness, coping skills, social functioning, and quality of life. The position is part-time with day shifts.
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Overview
Department: Behavioral Health Unit
Shifts Available: Days
Employment Type: Part-time
Hours: 8-hour shifts
Location: St. Joseph Medical Center- Kansas City, MO
Join our Behavioral Health team as a Recreational Therapist and make a meaningful impact on patients' mental health recovery. In this role, you will provide therapeutic recreation, group therapy, leisure counseling, activity therapy, and behavioral health interventions designed to improve emotional wellness, coping skills, social functioning, and overall quality of life for patients receiving inpatient psychiatric care.
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Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but is not limited to):
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Conduct recreational therapy assessments and develop individualized treatment plans.
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Facilitate group therapy sessions, therapeutic activities, leisure education, stress management, and the development of coping skills.
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Support patients with mental health disorders, psychiatric conditions, substance use disorders, crisis stabilization, and recovery programs.
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Monitor patient progress and document treatment interventions in the electronic medical record.
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Collaborate with psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, case managers, and the interdisciplinary treatment team.
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Promote patient engagement, socialization, emotional regulation, and wellness through evidence-based therapeutic recreation activities.
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Maintain a safe, therapeutic environment while utilizing de-escalation and crisis intervention techniques.
Qualifications
Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:
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Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Recreation Therapy, Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, or a related field.
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Minimum of one (1) year of experience in Behavioral Healthcare, rehabilitative, or SNF setting preferred.
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Employment Status Part Time < 60 Shift Days Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
How this job compares
Set against the 1,858 open Behavioral Health jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$71–102K/yr470 salary ranges
- US median$24–32/hr770 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 65 open Behavioral Health jobs in Missouri and 1,858 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
- BJC HealthCare14 open
- Truman Medical Centers12 open
- SSM Health6 open
- Experience
- Behavioral Health postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (1,030 postings).
- Education
- 688 of the 1,858 open Behavioral Health jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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