Recreation Therapist,Dog Handl

This Recreation Therapist,Dog Handl position is with Phoenix Children's in Phoenix, AZ. The Recreation Therapist – Dog Handler is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) who partners with a trained facility dog and the interdisciplinary clinical team to incorporate animal-assisted intervention into patients’ plans of care to meet clinical goals. This position plans, coordinates, and facilitates therapeutic recreation services and activity-based interventions designed to support the emotional, social, cognitive, and physical well-being of pediatric patients and their families in the hospital setting.