Your Opportunity:
If you are interested in working within an interprofessional team playing a key role in linking the needs of Home Care clients with appropriate health and community services, then this position will be of interest to you. Based on the Continuing Care Case Management Competency Framework you demonstrate ability in the areas of personal and professional accountability, systems thinking, facilitating creative thinking, communicating and building relationships. Using a person-centered approach you will develop a care plan supporting the client/family to identify needs, focus on strengths, set achievable personal health and self-care goals and provide direct care. In collaboration with the client/family you will ensure services are provided and modified on an ongoing basis, based on client’s response to interventions, incorporating stewardship into service authorization. This Occupational Therapist I - Case Manager position is with the Self-Managed Care Team which is a specialty Team within Integrated Home Care. This Team looks after the needs of our clients who choose to hire their own Caregivers.
Description:
As an Occupational Therapist (OT), you will provide evidence-informed services, with a focus on occupational performance designed to meet the needs of individuals, groups, or a community. You may act as a direct service provider, consultant, educator, or advocate and function as an integral health care team member. You will engage individuals, groups, and communities to enable meaningful and chosen occupations, including self-care, productivity and leisure. You will support clients to achieve optimum functional abilities and independence related to their cognitive, affective, spiritual, and physical strengths and limitations. As an OT, you will provide comprehensive services, including triage, screening, consultation, assessment, diagnosis, collaborative goal setting, treatment, prevention, self-management, education, case management, referral, transition support, and collaboration with relevant and chosen stakeholders and supports within the client¿s physical, institutional, cultural, and social environments. You will include clients and families as integral members of the health care team, encouraging their active participation in all aspects of care. You will collaborate with clients and families in determining, implementing, and evaluating rehabilitation. You will participate in a variety of interprofessional teams to build awareness, enrich support and engage in quality improvement by partnering with healthcare providers, patients, families, and other stakeholders to advance services for the clients. You will contribute to quality improvement and their professional community and participate in peer mentoring and supervising students. You may also provide clinical supervision to Therapy Assistants and Therapy Aides.
- Transition Company: Assisted Living Alberta
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Classification: Occupational Therapist I
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Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
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Unit and Program: Self Managed Care Team, Integrated Home Care
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Primary Location: Northwest Centre 1
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Location Details: As Per Location
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Multi-Site: Not Applicable
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FTE: 1.00
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Posting End Date: 31-JUL-2026
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Employee Class: Regular Full Time
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Date Available: 08-SEP-2026
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Hours per Shift: 7.75
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Length of Shift in weeks: 12
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Shifts per cycle: 60
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Shift Pattern: Days
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Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
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Minimum Salary: $42.51
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Maximum Salary: $56.60
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Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
Required Qualifications:
Completion of bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university program. Registered with the Alberta College of Occupational Therapists (ACOT).
Additional Required Qualifications:
The candidate must have at least 3 years of occupational therapy experience with 2 years in a community-based setting (Home Care experience preferred). Must have current Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) from Heart and Stroke Foundation within the last 12 months. This role requires travel; possession of a valid drivers’ license and access to a motor vehicle in good repair for work related purposes is a requirement of this position. You will be required to operate a laptop computer and mobile phone, and for manual handling (lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing and pulling) as a regular part of the job. For example: lifting approximately 30 pounds in and out of a vehicle on a regular basis and carrying this weight up and downstairs throughout the day is common within this job. Learning resources and training are provided to safely perform work. Intermediate level of computer skills; excellent organizational and time management skills with strong interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with acute clients/long-term clients with a focus on a variety of ages/diagnostic groups and recent experience in a community-based setting (Home Care experience is an asset) and experience providing case management services. InterRAI training/knowledge of the Home Support Guidelines/continuing care legislation/ability to work with external agencies/knowledge of decision making & capacity.
