Original job description
Your Opportunity:
The Alberta Children’s Hospital is a warm and vibrant workplace, with team members, youth, families, staff and physicians partnering together to provide service to the children and families in inpatient units and ambulatory clinics. Reporting to the Unit Manger, the Therapy Assistant (TA) works under the direction of a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and/or Speech-Language Pathologist to meet children's rehabilitation and therapeutic goals. Representative duties may include but are not limited to: implementation of educational programming, developmental play, exercise programs, activities of daily living programs. The Therapy Assistant carries out both individual and group treatment programs utilizing a holistic, family centered approach. As the successful candidate, you will exhibit excellent communication skills and effective interpersonal skills, demonstrate the ability to work independently and collaboratively on a multidisciplinary team, and be highly organized. You will demonstrate initiative, adaptability and flexibility to meet varying clinical and operational needs in accordance with the Health Professions Act. You will be required to work across settings such as the Inpatient units, Dr. Gordon Townsend Rehab and Education Program, Early Childhood Rehab, Outpatient Neuro and Musculoskeletal Treatment areas, Therapeutic pool, and Burns treatment area, in order to support rehabilitation clinicians.
Description:
As a Therapy Assistant, you will work both individually and as part of an interprofessional team under the assignment, monitoring and evaluation of an audiologist, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, recreation therapist or speech-language pathologist. You will contribute to effective and efficient rehabilitation services including direct and indirect client care across the health care continuum (healthy living, getting better, living with illness and disability, end of life care) for all ages as well as non-client service provision. This role will require you to work effectively with internal and external partners, and display professionalism and strong ethics in both client centered care and participation in care teams. You will demonstrate evidence of reflective thinking and lifelong learning that enhances individual and team competency. You will have opportunities to use your interpersonal and clinical skills in contributing to quality improvement, program planning and student supervision.
Classification: Therapy Assistant LC Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH Unit and Program: Allied Health and Rehabilitation Primary Location: Alberta Children's Hospital Location Details: As Per Location Multi-Site: Not Applicable FTE: 0.00 Posting End Date: 12-NOV-2026 Employee Class: Casual/Relief Date Available: 30-NOV-2026 Hours per Shift: Varies Length of Shift in weeks: 2 Shifts per cycle: Varies Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends Days Off: Other Minimum Salary: $27.44 Maximum Salary: $34.39 Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Completion of diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training may be considered.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Experience working with children with disabilities in a therapeutic setting. Demonstrated knowledge of child development. Ability to do heavy lifting of varied shapes and sizes (could be greater than 50 pounds) on a daily basis. Demonstrated ability to transfer/lift children of varying ages and sizes. BLS-HCP.
Preferred Qualifications:
As required.
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Responsibilities
Implement individual and group rehabilitation programs for children, including educational programming, developmental play, exercise, and activities of daily living, under the direction and supervision of rehabilitation clinicians. Provide direct and indirect client care across clinical settings, collaborate with families and interprofessional teams, and contribute to program planning, quality improvement, and student supervision.
Requirements
A diploma from an accredited post-secondary rehabilitation Therapy Assistant program or equivalent training is required, along with experience working with children with disabilities in a therapeutic setting and knowledge of child development. Candidates must be able to lift and transfer children of varying ages and sizes, including heavy loads that may exceed 50 pounds, and hold BLS-HCP certification.
Skills
- Child Development Knowledge
- Pediatric Rehabilitation
- Therapeutic Program Implementation
- Developmental Play
- Exercise Programming
- Activities Of Daily Living
- Individual And Group Treatment
- Family-Centered Care
- Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Multidisciplinary Teamwork
- Organization
- Initiative
- Adaptability
- Lifting And Transferring Children
- BLS-HCP
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Keywords
- Therapy Assistant
- Pediatric Rehabilitation
- Child Development
- Children With Disabilities
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Audiology
- Recreation Therapy
- Developmental Play
- Exercise Programs
- Activities Of Daily Living
- Individual Treatment
- Group Treatment
- Family-Centered Care
- Interprofessional Team
- Direct Client Care
- Indirect Client Care
- Health Professions Act
- BLS-HCP
- Inpatient Care
- Outpatient Care
- Therapeutic Pool
- Burns Treatment
- Quality Improvement
- Program Planning
- Student Supervision
- Lifting And Transferring
