Job Description

Your Opportunity:

The Youth Community Support Program is a cross-ministry initiative. It aims to provide a step-down service for youth and their families who are exiting acute inpatient mental health settings or formal treatment environments. This program is for youth 10-17 years of age. Service provision occurs at a non-government agency with a focus on providing a collaborative, transdisciplinary enhanced approach to working. As part of this team, you will have a role in assisting children and adolescents to reach their ultimate goal of healthy family reunification and successful independent living. These clients are continuously accessing hospital services with no stable resolution. Your responsibilities include providing consultation to professionals and/or assessment to adolescents (ages 10-18) with complex mental health issues and associated developmental, cognitive and behavioural disordered within Youth Community Support Program. Providing Occupational Therapist services in the context of family-centred care. Liaise and collaborate with relevant community agencies, including schools. Patriciate in case conferences, staff meetings, professional development and program evaluation, and student education. Appropriate documentation and statistical data collection. Strong collaborative skills, an understanding of partnership and a connection with community partners. Ability to coordinate service delivery with other CYF AMH services and staff.

Description:

As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the clients physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.

• Classification: Occupational Therapist I
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Youth Community Support Program
• Primary Location: YCSP Outreach Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 14-NOV-2022
• Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
• Date Available: 24-NOV-2022
• Temporary End Date: 07-MAY-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $38.14
• Maximum Salary: $50.78
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT). Additional Required Qualifications:

A minimum of five years of clinical Occupational Therapy experience (within the last 8 years) with adolescents (and their families) who have complex mental health issues with associated cognitive, behavioural and developmental delays/disorders. Ability to handle crises and stressful situations in a calm facilitative manner. Ability to work from a family-centred perspective and with diverse populations. Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and complete work in a timely manner. Experience providing expert clinical Occupational Therapy consultation to professionals. Experience working with Child and Family Services, schools and other community resources. Knowledge of and experience utilizing standardized Occupational Therapy measures for children and adolescents. Knowledge of community resources for adolescents with functional impairment, fine or gross motor difficulties, sensory issues and other Occupational Therapy-related issues. Knowledge of evidence-based Occupational Therapy interventions. Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and to contribute positively to change in emerging services/programs. Training in and understanding of DSM -V diagnoses. Preferred Qualifications:

Experience facilitating groups. Experience supervising Occupational Therapists students. Experience working with Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) services, schools and other health partnership initiatives, multicultural groups, program development and community resources for children and adolescents. Preference will be given to those with knowledge, skill and experience in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and eating disorders.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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