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Withstanding the Challenges to being a Respected, Recognized Profession BCTRA 2010. Learning Objectives. The participant will be able to identify three proven techniques for enhancing their value.
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Withstanding the Challenges to being a Respected, Recognized ProfessionBCTRA 2010
Learning Objectives • The participant will be able to identify three proven techniques for enhancing their value. • The participant will be able to identify at least two specific strategies to assist Human Resource Personnel, Senior Organizational Management and Union Leadership as to competency of Recreation Therapy Practitioners. • The participant will be able to identify the key components of Job Evaluation. • The participant will be able to identify the key concepts to what best practice is.
Current and Future Health Care Provider Shortages • Budget Restraint • Hours of Work • Generic Tasks - Personal care, ADL, Transporting, etc. • Flexibility • New Workers - Therapeutic Assistants / Behaviourists / Health Promoters / Wellness Coordinators, Community Integrators / Navigators / and more
Job Description - Management • Major Responsibilities 4-6 • Duties • Minimum Formal Education • Nature & Amount of Experience • Licensure / Certifications / Registration • Special Knowledge & Skills • Type & Level of Supervision Exercised • Judgment & Initiative • Key Relationships • Degree of responsibility for decisions, financial, human & material resources • Major end Results which position is intended to accomplish • Decisions (Independent, In consultation with director, Requiring Director
Job Evaluation - An Outgrowth of Pay Equity • Hay - Management - more focus on management aspects such as budgets, staff supervision, scope • Factors include: Know- How, Problem Solving, Accountability, Working Conditions, Impact & Working Conditions • Watson/Wyatt (formerly known as Aiken Plan) - Union • SES - United Steel Workers of America - another Front Line “Blue Collar” Workers (Union) plan
Job Evaluation Factors • Job Summary • Key Work Activities (3-5) • Eleven factors grouped under 3 categories: Skill, Responsibility, Effort & Working Conditions
Job Evaluation Factor - Skill • Education, Certification / Licensure, Examination, Internship • Experience • Problem Solving • Complexity of Decision Making
Job Evaluation Factor - Responsibility • Impact of Action (excludes negligence) • Working Relationships (courtesy vs. tact vs. diplomacy) • Leadership (Staff, not Volunteers, coordination vs. organization) • Accountability for Resources (evaluation of services, priorities, ensures optimum integration)
Job Evaluation Factors - Effort & Working Conditions • Physical Demands (fatigue) • Sensory Demands (concentration) • Environment (exposure to hazards)
Unions • Health Sciences Association of BC (HSABC) 10 Regions, Regional directors, members at large, Executive (President, VP, Sec./Treas.) • BCGEU, CUPE (HEU) • Region / Chapters / Component / Local Leadership, Chief & Asst. Chief Shop Stewards, Shop Stewards, Union Education &Training, Union Committees - OH&S, Demystifying Classification Education, etc. • National / Provincial - NUPGE, CLC, BC Federation of Labour, BC Health Coalition
Human Resources & Management Labour Relations Recruitment & Retention Job Evaluation / Descriptions VP Level Director Level Professional Practice Leader Other Professionals
Workload Measurement • CIHI - Cdn. Institute for Health Information • 2 types of Care • Patient Care (Direct & Indirect) • Non Patient Care • 70 / 30 ratio • Attendance, Visits, (Individual vs. Groups), New referrals, Discharges
Workload Measurement Patient Care Activities: • Assessment - Interview, Testing, Observation • Therapeutic Interventions • Consultation / Collaboration • Documentation
Workload Measurement Non - Patient Care Activities: • Program Planning • Volunteer Management • Teaching • Facility/ Community/Professional Activities • Functional Centre Management • Travel • Research
Standardized Tests & Assessments Non-TR • MMSE, MOCA, GDS, GAS, BUS, Brain Injury - Rancho Los Amigos TR • LCM, LSM, LAS, LMS, LAI, LIM, FTM, Leisure Step Up, MARRCC, FACTR-R, CERT, etc. - Assessment Tools for RT by Idyll Arbor
Activity Analysis • Physical (Strength, Speed, Flexibility, Agility, Endurance) • Cognitive (Complexity, Strategy, Concentration • Social (Contact, Structure, Noise, Verbal) • Affective (Joy, Guilt, Fear, Pain, Success, Satisfaction, Acceptance) • Administration ($$$, Transportation, Accessibility, Safety, etc.)
Professional Organizations • Local - Health Region Chapters • Provincial - BCTRA and other Provinces • National - CTRA • International - ATRA, NTRS / NRPA • Related - Parks & Recreation • Certification - NCTRC • Licensing - College of Recreation Therapists (Nova Scotia - 2011-2012)
Marketing & PromotionNCTRC • Specialty Certification - Beh. Health, Com. Inclusion, DD, Geriatrics, Phys. Rehab • Brochures - Why Hire a CTRS, Why Become a CTRS, CTRS Profile, Testimonial • Job Analysis Report • Legal Recognition Paper • Scope of Practice
Marketing & PromotionStudents and Volunteers • Volunteer Services • Position Descriptions • Volunteer orientation & training • Any student • TR students (Placement & internship) • Volunteers per TR staff member
Marketing & Promotion • Foundations • Fund Raising • Recreation, Music, Sport, Outdoor Rec., Gardening • Home Depot - Sheppard Ctr. - Atlanta • Ellen Page, James Sheppard, Sidney Crosby, Sarah MacLachlan • Justin Morneau (Baseball), Nick Taylor (Golf), Steve Nash (BBall) Hockey, Football, Soccer etc. • Chair in TR at Vancouver Coastal
Government Advocacy & Awareness • Departments of Health / Community Services / Education / Justice • Education (Schools, Colleges & Universities) • Politicians - all Parties • Key Community Groups and Organizations - Disability Groups - Mental Health, ABI, Physical Diseases and Conditions - (Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Health, Degenerative, Neurological, Joint & Bone, Transplant etc.
Research • TR • Parks and Recreation • Benefits of Leisure (Driver) • Benefits of TR (NTRS/NRPA) • Sport and Physical Activity • Leisure, Leisure Education, Outdoor Education & Tourism
Research • Population Health - Obesity, Chronic Diseases, Poverty, Unemployment • Specific Disability - Geriatrics, Developmental • Addictions / Substance Abuse & Dual Diagnosis • Youth at Risk, Seniors • Criminology / Justice / Forensics / Young Offenders • Other Professions
Professional Journals & Texts • TRJ • Activities, Adaptation & Aging • Leisure Science • Journal of Leisure Research • Parks & Recreation • OT, PT, Nursing, Social Work, Psychology, Speech, Aging etc.
What Makes us Different • Hours of Work & Days of Work • Settings - Institutional, Segregated Community, Community • Comprehensive Program Planning • Program Planning (SPP) & Evaluation • Volunteers • Student Supervision beyond TR Students • Job Evaluation - Physical & Environmental Demands • Inherent Higher Risks in our RX / Activities • Additional Certifications / Training
Other Realities We Have to Face • Difference between a Diploma Program and Baccalaureate Degree • Difference between a Recreation Diploma or Degree and TR Dip. / Degree • Registration versus Certification versus Licensure • Standards of practice that delineate between Assistive Personnel and Licensed Recreation Therapists
Summary • Overwhelming the potential tasks at hand • Ask not what has your Professional Organization (Employer / Union) done for you but rather what have you done for your profession • Need Leaders and “Sacrificial Lambs” • Professional commitment beyond the traditional work day -Volunteerism as a part of your Leisure Lifestyle • Passion