City : Guelph

Category : Full-time Salaried

Industry : *Allied Health Professionals

Employer : Homewood Health Inc.

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.

The Residence is a premier and highly specialized facility focused on delivering world-class, medically based treatment for mental health, addiction and concurrent conditions in a private, highly personalized and luxurious residential setting. It is staffed by a dedicated team of nationally recognized medical and clinical experts including psychiatrists, physicians and psychologists with access to national experts in various mental health and addiction specialties at the Homewood Health Centre. All activities are focused on helping clients build the skills they need to achieve and sustain recovery.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will be an integral part of a collaborative team focused on delivering seamless services to our 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: 

• Conduct specialized functional, cognitive and return to work readiness assessments
• Plan, develop and coordinate patient care using Occupational Therapy intervention strategies
• Collaborate with Interdisciplinary teams
• Provide individual treatment to facilitate successful reintegration into the community, including discharge planning, return to school and/or return to work
• Provide discharge recommendations as appropriate to referral sources
• Responsible for facilitating groups on topics such as discharge planning, activity re-engagement, return to work preparation and planning, goal setting
• Responsible for managing and prioritizing individual caseload
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation and reports as per COTO standards and referral expectations
• Participate in program rounds and team meetings
• Contribute to program development and program evaluation
• Opportunity for supervision of student placements 

What we’re looking for:

• Graduate of a recognized Occupational Therapy Program, required
• Member of the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, required
• Experience working with persons with diagnoses of PTSD, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders and various comorbidities.
• Experience in facilitating therapeutic groups (DBT or CBT preferred)
• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills in interdisciplinary teams, essential
• Experience with supporting individuals in discharge planning, including goal setting, creation of daily structure, returning to work, returning to school, etc.
• Skill and competencies to quickly establish supportive therapeutic rapport
• Knowledge of current Occupational Therapy practice models and current skills with standardized and non- standardized assessment tools related to the determination of occupational issues and functional performance

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.