Recreation Therapist

2 weeks ago

Barrie, Ontario, Canada Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Full time
Job Title: Recreation Therapist

Program & Department: Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre -> Mental Health & Addictions -> Recreation Therapy MH IP

Employment Type: Part-Time

Union Status: Non Union

Requisition Close Date: 19 February 2025

Salary Plan / Job Grade: $34.72 - $40.59 (NU_05)

Job Summary & Requirements

As the Recreation Therapist, you enable patients to acquire and/or maintain the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that will allow them to enjoy their leisure optimally and function independently with the least amount of assistance and participate as fully as possible in society. The Recreation Therapist provides programs and services that:

- Improve and maintain patients' skills and functional leisure abilities in the areas of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functioning.
- Assist patients in utilizing previously acquired leisure skills or acquire new leisure skills appropriate to their limitations and future lifestyle.
- Promote an awareness of the importance of a successful leisure lifestyle and the utilization of leisure resources within the home and community.
- Identify information and resources pertaining to physical and architectural barriers commonly found in the environment.
- Actively involve patients in the community to promote independence when returning to the home environment.

Minimum Requirements:

- Post graduate certificate in Therapeutic Recreation.
- Minimum three years of acute mental health recreation therapy experience.
- Experience working with people with disabilities.
- Experience working with seniors.
- Experience in leading groups.
- Experience in planning special events.
- Experience working in a team setting.
- Experience working in a health care setting (charting, medical terminology, implications of disease, etc.).

Additional Skills:

- Counselling/education skills.
- Group dynamic skills.
- Critical thinking/problem-solving skills.
- Leadership skills.

Equity & Inclusion
RVH is committed to recruitment and selection practices anchored in principles of equity and inclusion that contribute to an anti-oppressive, respectful, and culturally safe workplace.

We invite applications from individuals who belong to groups that have been historically marginalized on the grounds identified by the Ontario Human Rights Code, including but not limited to race, disability, age, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, family or marital status, and status as a First Nation, Métis, or Inuk person.

Accommodations
RVH is dedicated to ensuring every applicant has a fair and equitable opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities throughout our recruitment and selection process. We are continuously working to create an accessible, barrier-free process and recognize each applicant's needs are different.

We encourage applicants with a disability or circumstance that could be supported with an accommodation to contact People Recruitment at Recruitment@rvh.on.ca.

If you are interested in this position, please apply online before 11:00 p.m. EST on the Requisition Close Date. If there is no close date listed above, the requisition will remain open until filled.

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