JOB DETAILS Status: Full time, temporary (12-18 month placement)
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – Location: The Newly Institute Calgary Clinic (2303 4 St SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2S 2S7)
The Newly Institute was founded to provide long-lasting change within the mental health industry, our community, and with our clients. We are leading a paradigm shift in the Canadian healthcare system by building a network of purpose-built mental health clinics across Canada. By fusing a bio-psycho-social-spiritual treatment model with medically managed therapies, our intensive outpatient programs provide rapid access, rapid resolution, and rapid return to work and healthy lifestyle programs for anxiety, depression, addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, and chronic pain.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join our multi-disciplinary clinical team in Calgary.
Competitive salary
Four weeks annual vacation
Regular team and community engagement events
Reporting to the Manager of Clinical Services, the Occupational Therapist will perform assessments, in vivo exposure, group facilitation, return to work (RTW) planning, and 1-1 occupational therapy treatment for a range of mental health conditions. You will work with clients in our WCB Alberta, Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and Flex programs, while collaborating with members of the clinic’s multi-disciplinary team to achieve positive client outcomes. This role is a key part of our dynamic clinical team and reflects our core values of communication, community, excellence, health, and innovation.
Provide individual trauma therapy.
Conduct efficient and effective clinical client assessments (mental health history, risk assessment, trauma, and activities of daily living).




Provide resource-based interventions, case management and coordination, transition, or discharge planning occasionally.
Work in an interdisciplinary model with other therapists by sharing a client caseload.
Engagement in professional consults and supervision.
Administrative Accountabilities
Provide reporting to third-parties and community referral sources.
Community Advocacy
~ Participate in mental health promotion activities and contribute to establishing and maintaining mental health and addictions community resources.

A minimum of two years of experience supporting clients with mental health conditions, including assessment/triage and treatment, is required.
Experience supporting first responders is an asset.
Experience working with third-party funders is an asset.
A Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy is required.
Training certificates in trauma therapy, specifically Prolonged Exposure Therapy, is an asset.
An active registration with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT) is required.
Technical Competences
Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams is required. Proficiency with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems is also required.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

We welcome applicants of all races, colours, places of origin, ancestries, religious beliefs, genders/gender identities/gender expressions, sexual orientations, ages, sources of income, family/marital statuses, and physical and mental disabilities. The Newly Institute welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities or those seeking accommodation based on any other protected ground. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

📌 Occupational Therapist - Temporary Full-Time (Occupational Therapy) (Calgary)
🏢 The Newly
📍 Calgary