Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

Incumbents in this classification are responsible for instructing and participating in daily leisure and recreation activities for individuals with a variety of disabilities and their families including children and adults. Duties include coaching and/or officiating sporting events; organizing and leading outdoor activities; conducting administrative tasks such as creating program attendance reports, reserving facilities and creating marketing materials; assisting with researching, grant writing and budget developing activities for new programs and serving on City committees and attending local neighborhood meetings as a representative of the City; may maintain vehicles for program transportation; may collect fees for programs or facilities usage and may train and oversee volunteer staff.