Therapy Assistant

1 month ago


Ponoka, Canada Alberta Health Services Full time

**Your Opportunity**:
Within the Adult Inpatient Program, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury provides care and treatment for those individuals experiencing a severe and persistent mental illness to support recovery. Reporting to a Unit Manager, the Therapy Assistant will be working within a client centered treatment approach and will be responsible for providing patient/family support, discharge planning, group facilitation and individual work with clients. Individual work with clients to enhance their well-being. You will report all relevant patient information to a staff nurse/Unit Manager.

**Description**:
As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.
- Classification: Therapy Assistant
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Cascade - Adult Inpatient Program
- Primary Location: Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 29-MAY-2023
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 12-JUN-2023
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 1
- Shifts per cycle: 5
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $25.11
- Maximum Salary: $31.48
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

**Required Qualifications**:
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

**Additional Required Qualifications**:
Minimum 2 years related experience in therapeutic work in a clinical or residential setting. An equivalent combination or education and experience may be considered. A valid Heart & Stroke Health Care Providers Level C certificate is required. Excellent communications, organizational and interpersonal skills. Physically and emotionally carry out the duties of the position.

**Preferred Qualifications**:
Previous experience in working with individuals with mental illness and/or an addiction would be an asset. Undergraduate degree level of education will be given preference.


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