STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: RECREATIONAL ASSISTANT I
Class Code: 7583-09 Date Established: 12-15-93
Occupational Code: 7-4-7 Date of Last Revision: 02-02-09
BASIC PURPOSE: To provide routine services in a recreational
program at a state institution.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Monitors
residents in group recreational activities.
·
Escorts
residents to and from activity treatment areas.
·
Participates
in upkeep of recreation equipment and supplies and maintains surrounding areas.
·
Transcribes
data on resident progress reports and records.
·
Transfers and
supervises residents on planned recreational trips.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in applying instructions to
accomplish different job functions OR in operating machines for a variety of
different purposes.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using business or
trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for contributing to
agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support activities within one or
more organizational units. Errors at
this level affect the work of others or have measurable monetary consequences,
and require immediate verification and correction in order to complete
succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires no supervision of employees or
functions.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions in
an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical elements or a
number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure to minor
injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including continuous
strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting as well as
performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination
in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires obtaining and exchanging
information, referring inquiries to the appropriate source, or responding to
questions from state employees or members of the general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions using
minimal judgment to perform a variety of job tasks according to clearly
prescribed standard practices and procedures.
Independent Action: Requires making a limited number of choices
in selecting among alternative courses of action under supervisory guidance and
in performing job functions according to a variety of prescribed policies or
procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Completion of high
school, G.E.D. or its equivalent. Each
additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of
required work experience.
Experience: One year's
experience in recreational work involving persons with mental, emotional or
physical disabilities.
License/Certification: Possession of a valid
New Hampshire driver’s license.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of individual and group behavior
and effective ways of working with people.
Knowledge of the kinds of activity involved in planned sessions of
recreation. Knowledge of current social
and health problems and their social applications. Ability to establish and maintain
communication with patients and to recognize major needs and problems of
patients as individuals and groups.
Ability to follow ward and escort procedures and apply precautions and
appropriate techniques for assisting patients in emergencies. Ability to provide leadership and assist
patients. Ability to supervise
subordinate activity aids. Ability to
learn new skills related to assigned activities. Ability to prepare reports and maintain
records. Ability to work cooperatively
with hospital staff, volunteers and patients.
Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties
and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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