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👉 Staffing needs include opportunities for permanent, temporary, and casual employment (note: casual work is offered for a fixed duration not exceeding 90 working days).
As part of CSC’s dedicated and skilled interdisciplinary teams, our occupational therapists provide high quality evidence-informed occupational therapy services for individuals incarcerated in federal prisons. As an occupational therapist in CSC, you will have the opportunity to work at the top of your scope, promoting occupational participation through collaborative trauma-informed and relationship-focused occupational therapy.
CSC occupational therapists are involved in a wide range of tasks for individuals with mental health and/or physical health issues, including:
• Comprehensive assessments: identifying factors affecting the functioning of the whole person.
• Individual interventions: using a collaborative relationship focused approach in the development of intervention plans that keep the client and their occupations at the centre of practice.
• Group interventions: delivering health related group interventions, such as chronic pain management, emotion regulation, social skills, stress management, community preparedness, independent living skills, etc.
• Education: providing education to clients and staff on factors impacting occupational participation and advocating for access to meaningful occupational possibilities.
• Community capacity building: developing partnerships within the community to coordinate services, identify and address gaps in services and advocate for resources.
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is a key player in public safety. We are responsible for the supervision and reintegration of offenders serving sentences of two years or more. On a typical day, we manage approximately 15,000 offenders placed within our 43 institutions and more than 8,500 offenders under supervision in the community.
We are building a strong, vibrant, and diverse team of professionals. CSC has been widely recognized as an international leader in correctional justice. We offer a variety of work locations with challenges and impacts like no other organization in Canada.
CSC supports professional growth. We offer career development opportunities and we believe in continuous learning throughout your career.
📌 CSC will review applications received on a regular basis and contact applicants who meet the below essential criteria (occupational certification and experience) for further assessment based on the needs of the institutions. It is therefore important that you indicate all the locations where you want to work.
The candidate qualified pool resulting from this inventory may be used to staff similar positions on an indeterminate (anticipatory), term, or casual basis.
Positions to be filled: Number to be determined
Your résumé.
OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION
Eligibility for practice as an Occupational Therapist with the provincial registering/licensing body in the province of practice.
(Note: Eligibility for the above must be met upon appointment but not at point of application. Applicants should be in their final year of study or have completed the required education.)
EXPERIENCE
Experience in providing occupational therapy services through workplace and/or practicum placements.
EXPERIENCE (ASSET)
Experience working in a correctional environment.
Experience providing Occupational Therapy services to clients with psychiatric/mental health disorders.
Experience providing Occupational Therapy services to clients with physical, medical and/or cognitive conditions & deficits. These may include but are not limited to geriatric clients, brain injuries, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and behaviourally challenged clients.
English essential
Information on language requirements
COMPETENCIES
Demonstrating integrity and respect.
Thinking things through.
Working effectively with others.
Showing initiative and being action-oriented.
Effective communication skills.
ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
To support employment equity objectives, diversity and inclusion and/or to meet business objectives, selection may be limited to a member of an equity-seeking group.
Achieving a representative workforce has been identified an Organizational Need and may be applied in this appointment process. You must complete the Employment Equity portion of the CREATE/MAINTAIN PROFILE identifying you as a person of an EE group in your application through GC jobs in order to be considered to meet the Organizational Need in this process.
Reliability Status security clearance
Proof of Registration and the continued registration with the College of Occupational Therapists in the Province of practice.
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.
Information on employment equity
Reference checks may be sought.
An interview may be administered.
Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.
Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.
Information on the preference to veterans
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.