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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 behaviour support plans (BSP), safety concerns and, if relevant, effective de-escalation techniques as well as providing feedback on how to make successful client-specific adaptations.• Demonstrated commitment to program excellence by providing informal feedback to manager about program successes and areas for improvement.• Researched options for additional funding for clients based on disability-specific needs.

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 individualized development of social, leisure and life skills.• 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 based on program staffing.• 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 management.• 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.