07 Oct
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Homewood Health
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Mississauga
07 Oct
Homewood Health
Mississauga
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 an Occupational Therapist/Psychotherapist, Homewood Clinics, you will be an integral part of a collaborative 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!
What you’ll be doing:
- Conduct comprehensive assessments according to Occupational Therapy best practice framework and the program model
- Select, administer and analyze assessment results through individual and/or group protocols
- Use appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessment tools which include occupational performance areas of self-care, productivity and leisure
- Incorporate the client domains representative of physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual aspects of functioning
- Contribute to interdisciplinary team functioning and understanding of client(s)
- Integrate return to work perspectives into all work with clients
- Deliver evidence based mental health, addiction and trauma treatment in individual and group settings
- Provide mental health, addiction and trauma clinical assessments, case reviews, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions and discharge planning
- Deliver psycho-educational skill-building sessions for clients
- Collaborate with colleagues across services including Homewood Clinics, Disability Prevention Services, Return to Work, Homewood Health Centre, Homewood Research Institute and other interdisciplinary team members
- Provide 1-2 days evening hours to support individual sessions and/or group facilitation
This is a 20-month temporary full-time position.
What we’re looking for:
- Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
- Experience within Mental Health & Addictions, group and individual psychotherapy
- Membership with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario is required
- Knowledge of standardized and non-standardized assessments and concurrent addiction disorders
- 3-5 years of clinical experience treating concurrent psychological and substance use disorders with specific focus on Return to Work and assessing overall capacity and psychological functioning
- Assessment of group dynamic and facilitation skills for group therapy
- Training and experience with CBT, CPT, DBT, wellness education, trauma specific treatment modalities, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery model
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act, PHIPA, and the Health Care Consent ACT
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, French language skills would be an asset
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Awareness and acknowledgement of the value of using measurement-based care when supporting patients/clients to help guide clinical decision making
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 chance 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.
📌 Occupational Therapist (Mississauga)
🏢 Homewood Health
📍 Mississauga