Recreation Therapist - GAU-A
About The Position
Reporting to the Senior Manager, you will be expected to work collaboratively within an inpatient interprofessional team setting. You will be expected to promote holistic leisure activities tailored to older adults by developing and implementing activities that address clients’ social, physical, spiritual, emotional and cognitive needs. Your target client population will be 65 years of age and older with mental health and addiction issues, usually with co-occurring medical issues. Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan: Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health. To learn more about CAMH, please visit their website at: www.camh.ca. To view our Land Acknowledgment, please click here.
Requirements
- Work collaboratively within an inpatient interprofessional team setting
- Target client population will be 65 years of age and older with mental health and addiction issues, usually with co-occurring medical issues
Responsibilities
- Promote holistic leisure activities tailored to older adults
- Develop and implement activities that address clients’ social, physical, spiritual, emotional and cognitive needs
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
