Recreation therapist

Recreation Therapist

Duties and responsibilities: Recreation therapists assist patients in leisure activities to engage and improve their minds, bodies and spirits. Their goal is to help patients adjust to life with a disease, injury or disability.

Salary: $43,180, employment of recreational therapists was predicted to grow 13% from 2012-2022.

Education:Most of the jobs require a bachelor’s degree in therapeutic recreation, and job prospects can help by acquiring certification. These are typically Bachelor of Science programs that teach students to both understand their patient's conditions.

Demand for this profession: Bachelor’s degree

Reflection: I would like to be a recreational therapist because it is a job on which you have to help people get to do activities and help them socialize with people and make friends. This sounds like a really good job to do to help others.