Recreation Aide
Your Opportunity:
This is an exciting opportunity for a Recreation Aide in the Adult Inpatient Program at The Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury. CCMHBI is a campus of specialists and health professionals that are committed to integrated, multi-disciplinary care and treatment to ensure the best outcomes for patients and their families. This position requires a highly motivated individual that is keenly interested in working with people. Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills are large contributors to success in this position. The successful applicant will be able to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team to support addiction and mental health patients and assist in planning and implementation of recreational and leisure activities. Reporting to the Unit Manager and working in consultation with Recreation Therapists and Therapy Assistants, you will coordinate on and off Unit and community programs and other activities. 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.
- Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
- Classification: Recreation Aide
- Union: AUPE AUX
- Unit and Program: Cascade
- Primary Location: Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.70
- Posting End Date: 11-AUG-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 21-AUG-2025
- Temporary End Date: 03-AUG-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 14
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $22.67
- Maximum Salary: $26.43
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of Grade 12.
Additional Required Qualifications:Completion of a Health Care Aide Certificate or equivalent. Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support-Health Care Provider (BCLS-HLP) Level C required. At least 1 Year of experience working in a Mental Health and/or Addictions setting.
Preferred Qualifications:Valid Class 4 Drivers License preferred. Non-violent Crisis Intervention. Skills in a variety of recreational activities are desirable.
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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