Recreational Therapist Needed - Canmore, AB, Canada - SE Health

Description

Make an Impact on Seniors' Health
We have education bursaries, Tuition Assistance Programs, continuing education, training, and professional development to support your life-long learning.

Our clinical practice and nursing teams will support you with comprehensive care plans and modern models of care that will mean you'll always be supported to provide the best possible care to your residents.

SE health is a large national organization with diverse healthcare business lines.

You'll have an opportunity – and will be supported – to do different types of roles in different locations if that is what you're interested in.

Or you can pivot to supporting or leadership positions where you can use your skills to contribute and make an impact in different ways.

As a social enterprise we support research into Senior's Health and Aging.

Our Total Rewards package includes a competitive salary, group benefits, RRSP pension, and exclusive perks/discounts available only to SE Health staff.

Casual

Recreation Therapist refers to a registered professional member of the Alberta Therapeutic Recreation Association with a bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation or any other related leisure and recreation studies.

Your passion is to improve the physical, emotional, social, cognitive, and spiritual well-being of seniors living in supportive living and long-term care environments by advocating the use of therapeutic recreation and leisure activities to improve/ maintain functional ability.

Under the direct supervision of the Therapeutic Recreation Manager, you will assist with assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating resident involvement in programs and all recreation programs to ensure optimal benefits are being met.

Identify information necessary to be collected during therapeutic recreation assessment.
Use appropriate interview and observational techniques when administering the selected assessment tools.
Communicate therapeutic recreation assessment results with the resident, family, key support networks and treatment team.
Apply assessment findings to the therapeutic recreation intervention plan.


Intervention Planning:
Develop a relevant intervention plan based on an established therapeutic recreation theoretical model.
Select appropriate therapeutic recreation interventions that will facilitate goal attainment.
Utilize a collaborative model with resident, family, key support networks and treatment team.
2 Develop and apply appropriate evaluation techniques.
4 Develop outcomes that directly relate to resident profile and external diversity considerations.
5 Collaborate with the resident and relevant support networks during therapeutic recreation program development.


Activity C:
Implementation

3 Incorporate data derived from the therapeutic recreation assessment into program delivery.
4 Apply facilitation techniques and adapt them as required to match the intervention plan.
6 Ensure therapeutic recreation program delivery follows agency policies, procedures, and budgetary guidelines.
1 Interpret and apply agency evaluation protocols accurately into therapeutic recreation service delivery.
6 Establish efficacy of therapeutic recreation services based on evaluation results and convey the findings to relevant groups/stakeholders.
3 Identify and record useful data in a clear, professional, and accurate manner.
Therapeutic Recreation & Community Practice

• Assist in seeking, supporting, and developing appropriate partnerships with a range of community service providers.
• Collect and compile data necessary in linking with community resources.
• Provide intervention in a variety of community settings and/or involve the community within the resident's environment.
• Demonstrate safe and appropriate procedures for accessing the community.
• Foster mutual respect and open communication to enhance the growth of social networks and informal support mechanisms.
• Conduct evaluations of community-based programs to ascertain compatibility with individual preferences and needs.

Risk Management

• Systematically identify, analyze, evaluate, eliminate, or reduce risk to resident, colleagues, public and self.
• Develop and document program delivery protocols that identify and accommodate for likely or unlikely risk to resident, colleagues, public and self-occurring as a result of an intervention, treatment environment, equipment usage, resident-to-staff ratio and/or level of training.
• Handle all incidents, claims, insurance, and litigation-related tasks accurately, honestly and in a time-sensitive manner.
• Follow agency and/or government policies and standards for infection prevention and control to protect self, residents, students, volunteers, families, visitors, and colleagues from infectious disease transmission.
• Follow agency and/or government policies and standards for occupational health and safety including identifying and reporting hazards, determining, and following communication and emergency.

Bachelor's degree in Recreational Therapy, Leisure studies, or equivalent.

• Current CPR and First Aid.
• Willingness to have a flexible schedule to meet resident needs.

About SE Health
Every day, we bring hope and happiness to clients, homes, and communities across Canada.

As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we share knowledge, provide the best care, and help each client to realize their most meaningful goals for health and wellbeing.

We are an inclusive workplace offering competitive pay, benefits, pension, and work life balance.

In the interest of the health and safety of our patients/clients, employees, and greater good of public health, SE Health requires those that wish to work for this organization to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Fully vaccinated means a person has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it has been 14 days since the last dose.

SE Health is committed to the success of all its employees.

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