This is a BECE position and will be provided a guarantee of .5 FTE with no specified hours per shift or shifts per cycle. As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of the Clinical Supervisor and/or the Recreation Therapist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency.
As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.
- Classification: Therapy Assistant
- Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
- Unit and Program: Float - Active, Concurrent and Extended Unit
- Primary Location: Claresholm Centre for MH&A
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.50
- Posting End Date: 19-JUN-2026
- Employee Class: Benefit Eligible Casual
- Date Available: 29-JUN-2026
- Hours per Shift: Varies
- Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
- Shifts per cycle: Varies
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: Other
- Minimum Salary: $27.44
- Maximum Salary: $34.39
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
As required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Membership in an organization such as the Therapy Assistant Association of Alberta, Speech-Language and Audiology Canada or Canadian Association of Occupation Therapists is preferred. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Certificate. It’s Your Move: Safe Client Handling. Require valid driver’s license. Require Basic Life Support certification. Two years experience in a mental health rehabilitation setting or applicable health care setting.
