Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a recreational therapist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a recreational therapist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Recreational therapists offer treatment to persons who have behavioural disorders or conditions. They use techniques and interventions such as art, music, animals and dance to promote, maintain and restore the development and health of the patient.

Also known as recreational activity provider, psychomotor therapist, recreation therapist, milieu therapist, social therapist.

Professionals 96 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: art therapist, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
art therapist 81% covered music therapist 62% covered dance therapist 61% covered healthcare assistant 61% covered animal assisted therapist 60% covered recreational therapist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from recreational therapist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a recreational therapist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A recreational therapist needs 8 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • perform therapeutic musical repertoire assisting and caring
  • respond to incidents in music therapy sessions assisting and caring
  • review music therapy treatment approaches assisting and caring
  • assess the patient's therapeutic needs information skills
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
  • develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity
  • provide health education communication, collaboration and creativity
  • listen actively communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a recreational therapist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Recreational therapist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a recreational therapist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.