Horticulture Therapist, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital BC
Job in
Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Listing for:
PHSA
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Job Description & How to Apply Below
Horticulture Therapist, Minimum and Medium Security Units
BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
Coquitlam, BC
This Regular Full-Time opportunity is with the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. The Horticulture Therapist plans, develops, implements, and evaluates patient therapeutic garden programs and provides horticulture therapy to promote, maintain, and restore patient’s mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health and fit the specific needs of forensic patients who have complex mental health illnesses and may have co-occurring substance use issues and medical conditions.
What is the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital?
The Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (FPH) is a 190-bed secure facility located in Coquitlam, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded core territory of the kwikwəƛ̓əm First Nation (Kwikwetlem). We treat people who have been found not criminally responsible for a crime or unfit to stand trial due to a mental health disorder. We deliver services to patients using the “Clinical Program Model,” which aims to deliver high-quality care to meet the specific needs of patients and is currently the best practice in health care.
What you’ll do
Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate horticulture therapy programs for patients, review patient records, interviews patient and/or family, assess needs/goals, create an intervention plan, evaluate the effectiveness of the plan/intervention and documents horticulture therapy care.Receive and screen referrals from a variety of internal/external sources; gather information from referral source/patient/other relevant persons, evaluate/screen information, visit patients on the wards to identify treatment goals and recommend alternative treatment sources as required.Coordinate individual or group leisure/horticulture program and related activities and/or projects for patients in conjunction with recreation therapy; provide patients with the opportunity for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual expression. Plan appropriate program activities and related materials according to patients’ interests and cognitive and physical abilities.Provide functional direction to patients for horticultural activities. Demonstrate and teach horticulture techniques and processes such as watering, planting, pruning, landscaping to patients and adapt activities based on patients’ physical and cognitive needs; support patients in therapeutic landscaping program.Provide orientation, guidance, and demonstration of equipment to patients and staff involved in garden maintenance and improvement of indoor and/or outdoor garden areas and greenhouse. Plan and facilitate horticulture crafts.Implement safe and secure horticulture therapy services for patients and staff by methods such as ensuring patients have the necessary security clearance to attend designated programs and escorting patients who do not have grounds clearance; taking attendance and immediately initiating appropriate security procedures if a discrepancy is discovered; checking that all equipment, tools, materials and chemicals used in the program are accounted for;
observing patient behaviour and noting any patient behavioural changes which may be of a safety or security concern and immediately initiating appropriate security and reporting procedures; and ensuring that the facility and equipment do not become a security risk when working with maximum security patients.What you bring
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Horticultural Therapy or in a related health science discipline such as Clinical Counselling or Recreational Therapy supplemented by coursework directly related to the field of horticultural therapy.Two (2) years’ recent related experience working with individuals with complex mental health and substance abuse issues, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.Eligible for registration with the Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association (CHTA).Valid Driver's license.Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the historic and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism and systemic racism on Indigenous Peoples within social and health contexts. This includes understanding how these…
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