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Credentials and specialties that raise your pay

• CTRS (Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist)

  The international credential. Opens hospital and rehab jobs and moves you up the pay grid in some health authorities.

• Degree completion

  Diploma grads can bridge into a degree; it is the line between care-home and hospital pay.

• Dementia and mental health specialties

  Where most of the jobs are. Extra courses make you the person they call.

• Management

  Recreation and activity directors run whole departments in large care homes.