Recreation Aide
Your Opportunity:
The Mental Health Adult Inpatient Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury provides care and treatment for those individuals experiencing a severe and persistent mental illness to support recovery. Reporting to a Unit Manager, the Recreation Aide will be working within a client centered treatment approach and will be responsible for engaging with clients with a safe and therapeutic approach. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Description:
As a Recreation Aide, you will be working both independently and as part of the interdisciplinary team where you will contribute to the effective and efficient delivery of rehabilitation services. Your role may include administrative duties such as ordering supplies, booking clients, tracking attendances, equipment inventory and preparing/cleaning the treatment area. Under the direction of a supervising recreation therapist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, audiologist, speech language, you will prepare and/or apply routine interventions, promote patient (client, resident) healthy living, self-care independence and motivate clients to actively participate in assigned therapy protocols or programs. You may assist with client lifts and transfers, positioning, and basic activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) within the context of the therapy program.
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: Y
- Classification: Recreation Aide
- Union: AUPE AUX
- Unit and Program: Cascade House
- Primary Location: Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.70
- Posting End Date: 21-APR-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Part Time
- Date Available: 01-MAY-2025
- Temporary End Date: 02-AUG-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 14
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $22.67
- Maximum Salary: $26.43
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of Grade 12.
Additional Required Qualifications:As Required.
Preferred Qualifications:As Required.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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