You’re needed like never before.

We are currently seeking:

Occupational Therapist – Pediatrics /Children

York Region – North (Aurora, Newmarket, East Gwillimbury, King Township, Holland Landing, Kettleby, Keswick, Mount Albert)

Flexible Caseloads to meet your work/life balance

(full-time & part-time)

Empowered Every Day.

At VHA, we care about each other as much as we care about our clients. We offer coaching, training, and support for learning. We value autonomy, flexibility, and working as a team. And we’re as diverse as the clients we support. Our people are the backbone of our business, driven by a shared purpose.

Become a member of our amazing team of Rehab Service Providers and make a difference in our community.

Responsibilities:

• Assess and provide consultation, recommendations, and interventions to clients in their home using evidence based best practice
• Ensure coordinated delivery of care through ongoing communication with client care team regarding plans and schedules for interventions.
• Problem solve in collaboration with client and care team to create opportunities for more independence
• Document all assessment findings, treatment plans, progress and discharge summaries of interventions as required by the profession, referral source and the agency.
• Adhere to the code of ethics of the profession, in maintaining standards of practice for the profession as defined by the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of a recognized program for Occupational Therapy.
• Member in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.
• Minimum 1 year clinical experience in paediatrics preferred.
• Valid Driver’s License with access to a vehicle preferred.
• A registered ADP Authorizer will be an asset.

Why Work with VHA?

• Greater independence, under a self-employed model, run your professional practice as your own business.
• Flexible workdays and hours.
• Diverse pediatric caseload with an opportunity to help families care for their child.

• Rehab Best Practice specialists and educators to support up-to-date learning with best practice guidance, education opportunities and the maintenance of professional regulatory standards and company policies.
• Continuous learning and education opportunities.
• Peer support, mentorship programs, regular/team meetings with colleagues and clinical leads.
• Extensive Orientation.
• Employee/Service Provider & Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
• VHA Perks & Discounts.
• Staff & Service Provider Events.

Founded in 1925, VHA is a not-for-profit, charitable organization made up of over 3,000 diverse professionals - nurses, personal support workers, rehab therapists, home support workers, extreme cleaners, and office support staff. Together, we provide high quality care, with great heart, to vulnerable populations in the communities we serve. This includes seniors, families, new parents, newborn babies, people with physical and mental disabilities, children with medically complex needs, and the terminally ill. We provide service 24 hours a day, seven days a week to clients in their homes, in schools, in retirement homes and other locations in the community. In every role and at every level, we lead with purpose, build bonds that matter, and we’re passionate about providing spectacular care.

VHA Home HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. VHA is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. If you require an accommodation, let us know in advance.

VHA is accredited with Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada; an RNAO Best Practice Spotlight Organization designate and; a founding member agency of United Way Greater Toronto. Thank you to everyone who applies. We will review applications as they are received. We’ll only be contacting those selected for further discussion.

PLEASE NOTE: To protect the health and safety of our employees, clients and their families and in the interest to follow strong public health measures, it is a requirement of employment at VHA Home Healthcare to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. A fully vaccinated person means you have received all required doses of a COVID-19 vaccine series approved by Health Canada or the World Health Organization, at least 14 days prior to your start date and you will need to provide proof by submitting a copy of your Ministry of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Administration Receipts or government vaccination passport. VHA Home HealthCare will consider cases needing accommodation as stipulated by the Ontario Human Rights Code. In the event that you are unable to be vaccinated as a result of a ground protected under the Human Rights Code, you may submit a request for accommodation with an explanation of the ground and/or any supporting documentation to assist in the determination of exemption from this condition.