Job Order Detail

Description

Position #: 179979

Expected Start Date: June 30, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: Swift Current Community Services

City/Town: Swift Current

Department: Community Response Teams

Type: Full-time regular

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: 14 shifts of 8 hours per 3 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: No

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Occupational Therapist - Degree $38.247 to $46.770

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: As a member of the interdisciplinary team, and under the general direction of the program area manager, as applicable, the Occupational Therapist Degree is responsible for providing direct specialized care from a recovery service perspective that is inclusionary and flexible for individuals with moderate to severe and persistent mental illness, addiction and concurrent disorders.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience
- Clinical Experience in mental health setting
Education
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
Licenses
- Valid Class 5 driver's license
Competencies
- Basic - Crisis management skills
- Advanced - Written Communication Skills
- Advanced - Verbal communication skills
- Intermediate - Organizational skills
- Basic - Counseling skills
- Advanced - Excellent assessment, diagnostic and intervention skills
- Intermediate - Critical thinking skills
- Intermediate - Problem solving skills
Knowledge and Abilities
- Ability to prioritize work
- Ability to competently use computers and software applications
- Knowledge in mental health/mental illness impact on client, family and community
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Services Act
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge in recovery philosophy
- Ability to deal with life threatening situations including suicide
Other Information
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