Measured from live jobs
Recreational Therapist skills employers ask for
From 76 open Recreational Therapist job postings on Rolearch, read and tagged skill by skill. Updated every night as jobs open and close.
The most-asked skills
Share of Recreational Therapist postings that mention each skill.
- Mental healthdistinctive84%
- Patient caredistinctive46%
- BLS/CPRdistinctive41%
- Counselingdistinctive17%
- Social workdistinctive16%
- Leadership13%
- Teaching13%
- Scheduling9%
- Workplace safety7%
- Communication7%
- Problem solving7%
- Regulatory compliance7%
“Distinctive” means Recreational Therapist postings ask for it at least three times as often as jobs overall.
Where Recreational Therapist skills carry over
Roles whose postings ask for the most similar skills. Overlap counts the skills that define each role most.
- Psychiatric Technician92% overlapShared: Mental health, Patient care, BLS/CPR, Social workHow to switch
- Clinical Psychologist81% overlapShared: Mental health, Counseling, Patient care, LeadershipHow to switch
- Mental Health Counselor75% overlapShared: Mental health, Social work, Counseling, BLS/CPRHow to switch
- Psychiatrist71% overlapShared: Mental health, Patient care, Scheduling, LeadershipHow to switch
Questions
- What skills does a Recreational Therapist need?
- In 76 current Recreational Therapist job postings, the skills asked for most often are Mental health (84%), Patient care (46%), BLS/CPR (41%), Counseling (17%), Social work (16%). Percentages are the share of postings that mention each skill.
- What jobs can a Recreational Therapist move into?
- Measured by shared skill demand, the closest roles are Psychiatric Technician, Clinical Psychologist, Mental Health Counselor, Psychiatrist. Psychiatric Technician shares skills such as Mental health, Patient care, BLS/CPR.
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