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G.F. Strong Rehab Centre

• Creates and implements one-to-one arts-based interventions with appropriate adaptations to enhance recovery and facilitate community integration of inpatients and outpatients to improve quality of life.
• Continually developing new arts-based interventions, testing out appropriate adaptations, and relevant arts-based resources for patients based on their strengths, limitations and needs.
• Responsible for consistently assessing and documenting progress of patients to ensure collaboratively established goals are being achieved.

Burnaby North & Maple Ridge

• Created and implemented group and one-on-one leisure-based physical, social and cognitive programs to enhance recovery and facilitate community integration of stroke survivors to improve quality of life.
• Was responsible for consistently assessing and documenting progress of participants to ensure collaboratively established goals are being achieved.
• Implemented appropriate adaptations based on each participant’s strengths, limitations and needs in order to provide quality programming and to mitigate risk of injury.
• Supervised volunteers during program delivery and provides meaningful feedback, including how to make successful participant-specific adaptations.

Cottage Worthington Pavilion: Abbotsford, BC

• Created and implemented one-on-one and group programs that emphasize individual strengths to improve limitations and needs of older adult residents living with complex care needs in order to improve quality of life.
• Was responsible for documenting progress of residents and utilizing assessments to ensure appropriate interventions and supports are in place.
• Adapted program type and activities based on participants’ mood, energy and interest level during programming.
• Liaised with members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure each resident’s needs are met.
• Supported volunteers by updating them on resident health status, engaging them in recreation programs and providing feedback, including how to make successful resident-specific adaptations.

The Residence In Mission (TRiM): Mission, BC

• Created and implemented individual and group programs for adult and older adult residents living with acquired brain injuries and/or complex care needs.
• Designed health and wellness interventions to enhance physical, social, cognitive, and mental health status of residents for overall quality of life.
• Was responsible for maintaining resident medical records in accordance with facility policy.
• Liaised with members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure each resident’s needs are met.
• Mentored new volunteers by providing facility tours, overview of facility safety protocols, recreation policies and procedures.
• Supported volunteers by updating them on resident health status, engaging them in recreation programs and providing feedback, including how to make successful resident-specific adaptations.

Maple Ridge, BC

• Provided support to youth and adult clients with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder, mental health challenges and co-occurring disorders.
• Responsible for regularly transporting clients to and from home as well as off-site programs in personal vehicle.
• Collaborated with manager, client and their family/caregivers to provide input on goals and objectives of the clients’ individual service plan (ISP).
• Supported clients’ to achieve individualized social, vocational, and life skill goals.
• Was responsible for regularly communicating with clients and their family/caregivers about organizational policies and procedures, safety/health concerns and client successes.
• Mentored new staff and practicum students by providing an organization orientation involvingfacility-specific policies and procedures, safety protocols, collaboratively reviewing client-specific information, including.

Burnaby, BC

• Independently designed and implemented inclusive sports, arts and life skills programs for groups of up to 20 youth and adults with developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder, to facilitate.
• Demonstrated leadership in selecting, planning and facilitating appropriate community engagement opportunities to improve clients self-confidence, self-efficacy and independence.
• Demonstrated commitment to program excellence by designing participant feedback forms to identify program strengths and areas for improvement. These forms were done collaboratively with co-leaders or independently.
• Collaborated with family members/community support workers during programs to ensure appropriate supports and adaptations are in place for each participant and takes responsibility for making creative changes as needed.
• Met with family members/caregivers before and after programs to provide reminders about the next session’s activity, review safety/health concerns, and highlight client progress.
• Mentored fellow program leaders who were new to disability programming.

The Residence In Mission (TRiM): Mission, BC

• Under the supervision of a CTRS, gained experience in all aspects of working as a recreation therapist including goal setting, planning, assessments, documentation, evaluation, advocacy, community integration, and risk.
• Gained experience working as a member of an interdisciplinary team.

Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (Colony Farm): Port Coquitlam, BC

• Responsible for designing and implementing a variety of leisure and recreation programs for adults living with mental health challenges who are in conflict with the law.
• Conducted leisure counselling sessions to assist patients in improving understanding of benefits of leisure and helping them discover personally relevant leisure activities.
• Designed programs that emphasized relaxation, physical activity, and self-awareness to address anxiety, depression, and poor coping skills of patients.
• Conducted assessments and maintained medical records for patients.
• Ensured safety protocols were followed as outlined by hospital policies and procedures.