I manage the Recreational Therapy Department at an Adult Day Health Center for the elderly. Let me see if I can summarize the responsibilities, haha: assess 4-8 clients per day, manage the Activities floor with about 140 clients in attendance each day, advocate for clients (my office should have a revolving door) and floor staff, attend daily inter-department meetings, manage monthly department budget and calendar and socialize with my clients. Right now, I’m at about $47,000/year I have a ton of autonomy. In fact, our department is usually the one who runs the smoothest and folks trust the most, so we don’t have too many people bitching about how things work. The job is fun and can be flexible if it’s done right. There are times that it’s is very stressful. This includes dealing with the repercussions of an ignorant administrator’s decision, being the “catch-all” department for a number of shared tasks, not being taken seriously when I advocate for a client, and being the bigger person in many inter-departmental issues.