City : Guelph

Category : Full-time Hourly

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.

As a Recreation Therapist, you will be an integral part of a collaborative, inter-disciplinary team focused on delivering seamless services and programs 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!

Hours of Work: Permanent Full-time, 35 hours per week.  Schedule requires one evening shift/week (12-8) and approximately one Saturday shift/month (8-4)

What you’ll be doing: 

• Identify patient-centered goals that lead to outcomes that are meaningful and relevant to the patient and their family, supports and community
• Provide personalized counseling and coaching; develop group and/or individualized programs
• Assume a therapeutic role in the motivation, counselling, supervision and instruction of patients in treatment interventions
• Facilitate and co-facilitate psychoeducational and experiential groups
• Provide the opportunity for leisure skill development in a safe context to experience new behaviours
• Document treatment and ongoing progress on the patient, according to Recreation Therapy, Program and Hospital standards.
• Support individual skill development relating to community leisure resources, which promote integration
• Develop, implement, and evaluate programs based on patient needs
• Conduct ongoing assessment of group readiness and participation with respect to mood, social interaction, functional level, attitude, suicide risk, and behaviours affecting the recovery process
• Utilize individualized assessment and determine individualized intervention based on needs, preferences, strengths and goals
• Administer, select, interpret Recreation Therapy assessments to determine leisure functioning, leisure needs/problems, utilizing standardized assessment tools and group process, 1:1 interviews, and observation skills
• Provide individual counselling following Recreation Therapy assessment pertaining to findings and specific needs
• Identify recreation and leisure opportunities in the community and provide consultation to other team members
• Effectively communicate and document results of the assessment to the patient, family and team, according to program/discipline standards 

What we're looking for: 

• Bachelor’s Degree; Recreation Therapy
• Experience working with mental health and addictions populations.  
• CPR Certification – Mandatory
• Registration (R/TRO) OR Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) required within 1 year of hire
• Working knowledge of cognitive behavioural therapy and dialectical behavioural therapy an asset
• Experience with Mindfulness and Yoga instruction preferred
• Personal Training/Group Fitness training an asset Comfortable with public speaking and large group facilitation
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment
• Excellent assessment and communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Engaging, collaborative and creative, astute to clients' needs with the ability to adapt and be flexible
• Good communication and organizational skills

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.