Recreation Therapist

Homewood Health Centre; Guelph; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Homewood Health Centre as a Recreation Therapist and help improve lives through innovative mental health care. In this role, you will work with patients to develop personalized recreational programs while being part of an interdisciplinary team dedicated to care excellence. This full-time position offers a collaborative environment focused on quality care and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience working with mental health and addiction populations.
• CPR Certification required.
• Registration (R/TRO) OR CTRS required within 1 year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Identify patient-centered goals for meaningful outcomes.
• Provide personalized counseling and coaching; develop programs.
• Document patient treatment and ongoing progress.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Public speaking

Engagement

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Therapy

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Make a difference in a growing, innovative mental health organization and centre of excellence in people-centered care. Work with supportive colleagues who are passionate about improving lives and champions for quality and continuous learning.

As a Recreation Therapist working with patients in our Integrated Mood, Anxiety and Addictions Concurrent Program, you will be an integral part of a collaborative, inter-disciplinary team focused on delivering seamless services and programs to our patients, clients and customers. If you are looking for a company that is constantly moving forward in pursuit of successful outcomes, get ready to love it here!

What You’ll Be Doing

• Identify patient-centered goals that lead to outcomes that are meaningful and relevant to the patient and their family, supports and community
• Provide personalized counseling and coaching; develop group and / or individualized programs
• Assume a therapeutic role in the motivation, counselling, supervision and instruction of patients in treatment interventions
• Facilitate and co-facilitate psychoeducational and experiential groups
• Provide the opportunity for leisure skill development in a safe context to experience new behaviours
• Document patient treatment and ongoing progress, according to Recreation Therapy, Program and Hospital standards
• Support individual skill development relating to community leisure resources that promote integration
• Develop, implement and evaluate programs based on patient needs
• Conduct ongoing assessment of group readiness and participation with respect to mood, social interaction, functional level, attitude, suicide risk and behaviours affecting the recovery process
• Utilize individualized assessment and determine individualized intervention based on needs, preferences, strengths and goals
• Administer, select, interpret Recreation Therapy assessments to determine leisure functioning, leisure needs / problems, utilizing standardized assessment tools and group process, 1 : 1 interviews and observation skills
• Provide individual counselling following Recreation Therapy assessment pertaining to findings and specific needs
• Effectively communicate and document results of assessment to the patient, family and team, according to program / discipline standards
• Identify recreation and leisure opportunities in the community and provide consultation to other team members

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s Degree in Recreation Therapy
• Experience working with mental health and addiction populations
• CPR Certification is required
• Registration (R / TRO) OR Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) required within 1 year of hire
• Comfortable with public speaking and large group facilitation
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Awareness and acknowledgement of the value of using measurement-based care when supporting patients / clients to help guide clinical decision making; experience an asset
• Proficient with Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Engaging, collaborative and creative, astute to clients' needs with the ability to adapt and be flexible
• Good communication and organizational skills
• Working knowledge of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy an asset
• Experience with Mindfulness and Yoga instruction preferred
• Personal Training / Group Fitness training an asset

As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our patients, staff and community from COVID-19, subject to any accommodation required by applicable human rights legislation, Homewood Health Centre requires that all staff have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada.

Why work with us

Homewood Health is Canada’s largest and leading service provider for medically focused, evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference!

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities / expressions.

Join us at Homewood Health and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives.

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