Position #: 202278
Expected Start Date: January 11, 2026
Union: HSAS
Facility: Irene & Les Dube Centre for Mental Health
City/Town: Saskatoon
Department: Mental Health and Addiction Services Combined Nursing Unit - Dube Centre
Type: Casual
FTE: 0
Shift Information: Days, Evenings, Weekends
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: No
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Recreation Therapist - Degree $36.826 to $45.031
Travel Required: No
Job Description: The Staff Recreation Therapist works as a member of the collaborative health care team and provides services with specific clients and/or client groups. The Therapist focuses on enhancing life-long leisure skills/attitudes, eliminating barriers to leisure and optimizing leisure participation for clients with chronic illness or disabling conditions. The Therapist utilizes assessment, intervention planning, evaluation and documentation of services. Services are provided to groups/individuals in inpatient, outpatient or community settings, relating to the client's leisure needs, interests and abilities and treatment plan. The incumbent oversees the delivery of the Recreation Therapy service for a program/team and supervise Recreation Coordinators and Therapy Assistants. "Preference for this position will be given to HSAS members in accordance with the terms and conditions of the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement"
Human Resources Exemption: No
Education
Bachelor of Recreation Studies
Bachelor of Therapeutic Recreation (BTR)
Licenses
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Certificate (CPR)
Memberships
Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association (CTRA)
Saskatchewan Association of Recreational Professionals (SARP)
Competencies
Basic - Assessment skills
Basic - Conflict resolution skills
Basic - Organizational skills
Basic - Facilitation skills
Basic - Verbal communication skills
Basic - Decision making skills
Basic - Interpersonal skills
Basic - Problem solving skills
Basic - Leadership skills
Knowledge and Abilities
Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Knowledge in applicable Acts
Knowledge in marginalized populations
Ability to work independently
Knowledge in local leisure service and health related delivery systems
Other Information
Registered/eligible for registration with the appropriate licensing body
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