Job Description

• Design, implement, and evaluate therapeutic recreation programs for the Forensic Psychiatry - Assessment Inpatient Unit, aligned with client needs and clinical goals.
• Provide individual, small‑group, and adapted activities to support varied abilities and interests.
• Complete assessments and required documentation (initial, quarterly, and annual reports) following ROHCG policies and TRO Standards of Practice.
• Develop individualized recreation plans based on clients’ strengths, needs, goals, and functioning.
• Work closely with the interdisciplinary team and families to support client participation, goal‑setting, and continuity of care.
• Coordinate recreation services with internal partners and community agencies.
• Prepare written program plans outlining goals, staffing, space, and equipment requirements.
• Maintain program policies, procedures, and equipment resources.
• Stay current with best practices and emerging trends related to mental health, substance use, and concurrent disorders.
• Actively participate in the ROMHC Recreation Therapy Discipline and report on professional standards and practice issues.
• Supervise students and volunteers, providing guidance and learning opportunities within the recreation therapy setting.

• University degree in Recreation/Leisure Studies or an Allied Health Degree with a post-grad Therapeutic Recreation diploma will be considered.
• Experience working with clients living with moderate to severe mental illness.
• Knowledge of the impact of diagnosis on leisure functioning.
• Ability to develop, plan and lead a variety of recreation therapy, leisure education and participation programs that are client-centered, evidence-based and outcome oriented.
• Experience conducting leisure assessments, developing and delivering therapeutic programs, evaluation of programs and services, documenting to reflect client-centered outcomes and progress, and facilitating links with the community.
• Experience working in a hospital, interdisciplinary setting.
• Experience with provision of individual and group programming is required, including goal setting.
• Membership with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario is an asset.
• English level A- in oral expression, oral comprehension, and preferred in reading and writing.  Bilingual (French/English) is considered an asset.