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Description

Employer Job Number: GO-00514678
Facility: CALDER CENTRE
Job Description: The Primary rehabilitation goal is to increase participant's interdependent leisure functioning through Leisure Education and Leisure Counseling. Responsibilities include selecting and utilizing standardized clinical assessment tools, scoring and interpreting results; designing therapeutic recreation interventions; developing realistic leisure goals which address the mental health issues and illness of clients; establishing community discharge plans with follow-up measures where possible. Incumbent will select and implement outcome measures to demonstrate intervention efficacy, support and participate in clinical research related to the program as appropriate, lead/co-lead educational sessions, and provide in-service education where appropriate.
Required Qualifications

Diploma in Therapeutic Recreation
Experience
1 YEAR EXPERIENCE IN PERFORMING THE THERAPEUTIC RECREATION PROCESS REQUIRED WHICH INCLUDES ASSESSMENT, PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION.  RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION SERVICES..  
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Advanced communication skills
Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Ability to adapt to changing conditions
Ability to develop, evaluate and modify programming provided to clients
Other Information

Preference for this position will be given to HSAS members in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement. First preference will be given to employees of the Saskatoon Health Region and its affiliated agencies

AN UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTATIVE INITIATIVES IN MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTIONS.  CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF MENTAL H
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