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Therapy Assistant

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Your Opportunity:

This Therapy Assistant position reports to a Unit Manager within the Adult Inpatient Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental health and Brain Injury. The program offers specialized inpatient assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and support to those within the facility. As part of Addiction and Mental Health Services, the Adult Inpatient Program is organized into three service areas: Acute, Complex Care and Concurrent Disorders Enhanced Services. In your role as a Therapy Assistant, you will report directly to the Unit Manager and work closely and collaboratively with the Occupational Therapists. You will work as a member of an interdisciplinary team using a client-centered approach, providing functional services, and educating patients.

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.

Required Qualifications:

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

Additional Required Qualifications:

Experience in therapeutic work in a clinical or residential setting. A valid Heart & Stroke Health Care Providers Level C certificated 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.