Your Opportunity:
The Psychosocial Rehabilitation program at the Centennial Center for Mental Health and Brain Injury is a patient centered program, which supports individuals with a severe and persistent mental illness to engage in their recovery. The Occupational Therapist is a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, who assures that the individuals with a mental illness possess the skills needed to live, learn and work in an environment in the community. The focus is on teaching functional and coping skills that are necessary to live as independent as possible. Our team uses strenghts-based and solution-focused philosophy to support the patients in their recovery process. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Description:

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.

• Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
• Classification: Occupational Therapist I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Psychosocial Rehabiliation
• Primary Location: Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

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