Company description
McColl Therapy provides counselling and rehabilitation services in Alberta for mental and functional health. We assist with a wide range of concerns through evidence-based psychosocial intervention to support wellness and activity engagement.
We are seeking a Mental Health Occupational Therapist to assist with referrals in the Edmonton area.
Job description
This role will develop a private practice caseload with McColl Therapy. Caseloads are developed in a gradual, paced manner to ensure high quality of service delivery. The pay scale is a split of the billable service rate, which will vary between referral sources.
As a Registered Occupational Therapist, you are a confident and professional guide through your client's therapeutic journey. You manage a caseload of clients to provide mental health assessment and treatment services for their benefit and regular functional participation. With a client-centered, strengths-based clinical lens, you address the biopsychosocial issues impeding your client's ability to function and thrive.
While this posting is remote and enables you to work based out of your own home, you are expected to provide the most appropriate modality of treatment for your client. This may include tele-health, in-community, and client-home appointments. Facilitating in vivo exposure interventions are an expected component of most treatment plans. Travel time for community and home attendance is reimbursed.
In addition to delivering direct clinical services, work demands include timely reporting duties, and accountability to the contract specific terms of working with referrals from various agencies.
Regular clinical support is available with consultations as-needed and regular clinical case conferencing. Training and supervision is provided on an ongoing basis to address challenge points in the therapeutic process.
Responsibilities Include
- communication with stakeholders including case managers and interdisciplinary providers (e.g. Psychologists)
- assessment and treatment planning for individuals with psychological injuries impacting their ability to function
- facilitation of treatment recommendations delivered both by video and in community to facilitate activity participation
- collaboration with administrative and clinical supports as well as referral sources
Experience and trainings that would be an asset
- Certification in mental health therapy modalities (e.g. CBT)
- Certification in exposure therapy and prolonged exposure therapy
- Training in trauma-informed practice
- Experience facilitating gradual return-to-work
- Experience with WCB
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $57.50-$80.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 8 per week
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Work from home
Flexible language requirement:
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- occupational therapy: 2 years (required)
- mental health provider: 2 years (required)
- Exposure Therapy: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Alberta College of Occupational Therapists Practice Permit (required)
- Certification for Prolonged Exposure Therapy (required)
Work Location: In person
