Therapy Assistant

This Therapy Assistant position reports to a Unit Manager of the concurrent program within the Adult Inpatient Program at the Centennial Centre for Mental health and Brain Injury. The program offers specialized inpatient assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and support to those within the facility. In your role as a Therapy Assistant, you will report directly to the Unit Manager and work closely and collaboratively with the Recreation Therapists. You will work as a member of an interdisciplinary team using a client-centered approach, providing functional services, and educating patients.

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: Concurrent Disorders Adult Inpatient Program

Primary Location: Centennial Ctr MH & Brain Inj

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.80

Posting End Date: 16-OCT-2026

Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits

Date Available: 02-NOV-2026

Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2028

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 5

Shifts per cycle: 20

Shift Pattern: Days

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $27.44

Maximum Salary: $34.39

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.

As required.