- Ufficio in Brockville
Duties:
Under the direction of the Manager, Patient Care Services, you will work as part of a team, providing services to people with complex mental illness and substance use disorders.
- Implement and coordinate all therapeutic recreation programs in the Forensic Assessment and Rehabilitation 1 Units.
- Develop goals and objectives for the provision of recreation and leisure services.
- Develop therapeutic recreation programs and services in response to clients’ needs, expressed interests and/or based on best-practices consistent with the clinical direction and programming needs.
- Ensure that program planning includes written goals and objectives, a description of the staff and space requirements necessary to implement the activity.
- Develop and implement policies and procedures relevant to recreation and leisure programs and services.
- Manage equipment resources.
- Participate in ongoing professional development opportunities.
- Research recreational and leisure opportunities that is suitable for those clients with substance use and concurrent disorders, many who are complex, severe or unstable.
- Co-ordinate recreation services with other internal and external services and/or community agencies.
- Work in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team and family members, including assisting clients with daily, weekly, and weekend goal setting.
- Supervise student placements and volunteers.
- Facilitate and implement quality management and risk management activities for the Integrated Forensics Program.
- Complete initial assessments, quarterly reports and annual reports in accordance with the ROHCG policies and procedures and TRO Standards of Practice.
- Work within the interdisciplinary team to develop a recreation plan for clients in accordance with their needs, skills, goals, and functioning level.
- Ensure that information about recreation, programs and services are readily available to clients, their representatives, and families.
- Ensure that assistance or adaptations are provided to facilitate client participation in activities they wish to attend.
- Ensure that small group activities and individualized activities are provided for those clients not interested or able to participate in large group programs.
- Provide outings and activities outside of the facility when indicted by the clinical team.
- Participate as an active member of the ROMHC Recreation Therapy Discipline, reporting to the Director of Allied Health Professional Practice with regard to professional issues and standards.
- Work in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of the ROHCG, and policies of the Forensic Treatment Unit.
- Ensure a work environment that is conducive to the Royal’s Anti-Racism, Harassment, and Discrimination Free Workplace Policy.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- University degree in Recreation/Leisure Studies or an Allied Health Degree with a post-grad Therapeutic Recreation diploma will be considered.
- Experience working with clients living with moderate to severe mental illness, substance use disorders, and concurrent disorders across the lifespan.
- Knowledge of the impact of diagnosis on leisure functioning.
- Ability to develop, plan and lead a variety of recreation therapy, leisure education and participation programs that are client-centered, evidence-based and outcome oriented.
- Experience conducting leisure assessments, developing and delivering therapeutic programs, evaluation of programs and services, documenting to reflect client-centered outcomes and progress, and facilitating links with the community.
- Experience working in a hospital, interdisciplinary setting is required
- Experience with provision of individual and group programming is required, including goal setting.
- Membership with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario is an asset.
- Maintain workload measurement and data collection as required and input into the workload measurement system on a regular basis.
- Driver’s license class G: Class F license is an asset.
- English level A- in oral expression, oral comprehension, and preferred in reading and writing. Bilingual (French/English) is considered an asset.
