Occupational Therapist – Health Outreach & Community Support Team
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Requisition ID: 358194Position Number: 20065186Posting End Date: May 1, 2024City: WinnipegEmployer: Winnipeg Regional Health AuthoritySite: WRHA Community Health ServicesDepartment / Unit: Health Outreach & Community SupportsJob Stream: ClinicalUnion: MAHCPAnticipated Start Date – End Date: 05/27/2024 – 05/23/2025Reason for Term: Other LeaveFTE: 0.60Anticipated Shift: DaysWork Arrangement: In PersonDaily Hours Worked: 7.25Annual Base Hours: 1885Salary: $42.855, $43.588, $44.506, $45.195, $45.336Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.Position OverviewThe Occupational Therapist will work as a member of the Health Outreach and Community Support (HOCS) team to assist with the health and social needs, including daily occupational needs of individuals who are homeless or vulnerably housed and to support the agencies that serve them. The HOCS service is population focused and a regional resource to all areas where population needs surface. This includes working with and within emergency homeless shelters, Housing First programs, other partner agencies, regional health and social service sites as well as acute care sites.Reporting to the Initiatives Leader, Housing, Supports and Service Integration, the Occupational Therapist provides outreach consultation, coordinated service planning assistance, capacity building/education support, counseling, assessment and interventions directed towards client-centered goals of occupational performance areas. The Occupational Therapist works towards increasing individual capacity, independence and safety in home and community environments as well as enhancing family, peer and community networks. Clinical practice is focused on meeting immediate needs, supporting engagement and establishing person-centered plans while connections to longer term services are coordinated.The Occupational Therapist supports increased organizational capacity of the sector agencies by providing consultation on interventions, occupational performance, life skills development, goal setting, engagement, rehabilitation, eviction prevention, housing options and social integration. The Occupational Therapist works in partnership with agencies, primary care, hospitals, crisis services and other health services to bridge service gaps and coordinate continuity of care in the community. The inter-professional HOCS team structure facilitates low-barrier access to multiple disciplines for integrated service delivery for individuals with complex challenges as well as for inter-professional development, participating in service evaluation and further role planning and development and promotion of occupational therapy. The Occupational Therapist will additionally receive profession specific support from established partnerships within the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.Experience
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This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Winnipeg, MB
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 06:50:51 GMT
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