Occupational Therapist – Early Psychosis Intervention Program

Health Services Full-Time Temporary Front Line Main Office, Mississauga, ON, CA

Salary Range: $77,742.09 To $90,156.99 Annually

About the Job:

SHIP is seeking a full-time, temporary Occupational Therapist to join its Early Psychosis Intervention Program. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the Occupational Therapist provides clinic- and community-based assessments, interventions, and recovery-oriented support. The role serves youth and emerging adults aged 14 to 35 who are experiencing a primary psychotic disorder, often during a first episode of psychosis.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Complete comprehensive occupational therapy assessments addressing occupational performance, daily living, sensory and cognitive functioning, routines, social participation, education, employment and community involvement.
- Collaboratively develop, implement and evaluate individualized service plans that reflect each client’s strengths, preferences, culture, developmental stage, recovery goals and identified risks.
- Provide evidence-informed individual and group interventions, including psychoeducation, functional skill development, wellness and recovery planning, cognitive and sensory strategies, and support with community participation.
- Providing the Supported Education and Employment (SEE) component of this model of care will include job development as well as deliver education and employment interventions using supported education and employment principles from the Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC) Model.
- Complete functional, vocational and educational assessments; support rapid engagement in competitive employment or mainstream education based on client preference.




- Provide job-development support by cultivating relationships with employers, educational institutions, community agencies and other partners, while protecting client choice, privacy and autonomy.
- Engage families and other support persons, with client consent, in assessment, care planning, education and shared decision-making.
- Provide assessment, intervention, and evaluation of services for families of those youth experiencing a primary psychotic disorder, within an inter-skilled team.
- Coordinate care across SHIP programs, primary care, hospitals, schools, post-secondary institutions, employers and community services to promote continuity and reduce service fragmentation.
- Recognize and respond to clinical deterioration, crisis, suicide risk, substance use concerns and behaviours that may pose a risk, in accordance with legislation, organizational policy and professional standards.
- Maintain timely, accurate and confidential clinical documentation and contribute to transitions, discharge planning and follow-up.

- Participate in team consultation, case review, service coordination and integrated care planning.
- Contribute to program development, continuous quality improvement, outcome measurement, evaluation, research and educational activities.
- Support the orientation and clinical education of students and learners and,



when required, provide supervision to Master of Occupational Therapy students.
- Advocate at the client, community and system levels to improve equitable access to education, employment, health and social supports.
- Promote a psychologically and physically safe workplace that values diversity, equity, inclusion, collaboration and continuous learning.

Qualifications :

- Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy; alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy together with a Master’s degree in occupational therapy, rehabilitation science or a related field.
- Registration in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO), with professional liability insurance that meets COTO requirements.
- Membership in the Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists and/or the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.
- Preferred minimum of three years of relevant experience supporting people living with serious mental illness, ideally in an early psychosis, youth mental health, community mental health or addictions setting.
- Demonstrated knowledge of early intervention in psychosis, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, mood disorders with psychosis, psychosocial rehabilitation, recovery-oriented practice, concurrent disorders and harm reduction.
- Knowledge of family systems theory, psycho-social rehabilitation, crisis intervention, addiction issues, severe andsistent mental illness, especially schizophrenia, and primary mood disorders with psychosis
- Experience completing functional, occupational, educational and vocational assessments and delivering individual and group interven

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