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About the Role

The Recreation Aide reports to the Recreation Manager and is expected to demonstrate commitment to resident well-being while focusing on emotion-based, person-centered care by implementing high-quality activities in accordance with the organization's vision and mission.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Recreation Manager in calendar planning and program development of recreation activities designed to meet individual needs and interests, according to established standards.
• Implementation and evaluation of resident’s levels of dementia.
• Mental health and younger population programming leadership skills.
• Willingness to make meaningful connections with residents.
• Demonstrate evidence of increasing an individual's well-being and meeting residents where they are at.
• Organize supplies and equipment as needed.
• Set up program area as needed.
• Keep attendance and document Resident participation in activities.
• Encourage Residents to attend programs.
• Assist residents to and from programs.
• Meet an individual’s physical and personal care needs to a high-quality standard and with sensitivity.
• Perform any other assigned tasks.

Requirements

• Ability to read, write and understand English.
• Highly organized and able to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Must enjoy working with the elderly in a setting that promotes optimum independence, dignity and respect.
• Ability to use imagination to engage others.
• Must have high energy and a sense of fun.
• Ability to lift up to 15 lbs.
• Ability to have meaningful engagements with others.
• Clear vulnerable sector screening (within last 6 months).
• Recent TB test results (within last 6 months) or Chest X-Ray (within last 1 year).
• Two supervisory references required.

Skills

• Emotion based person centered care
• High-quality activity implementation
• Calendar planning
• Program development
• Dementia care
• Mental health programming
• Younger population programming
• Meaningful connections
• Increasing well-being
• Meeting residents where they are at
• Organizing supplies and equipment
• Setting up program areas
• Attendance tracking
• Resident participation documentation
• Encouraging program attendance
• Assisting residents
• Personal care
• Communication skills
• Imagination
• High energy
• Sense of fun
• Meaningful engagements
• Music in care

Location

• Onsite

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Entry Level

Education Level

• College diploma in leisure services an asset

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Employee perks
• Support for personal and professional growth

About the Company

• Our journey is one of kindness – our Kind era – where compassion is our language, and kindness is our legacy.
• We are committed to nurturing a culture of kindness that flourishes within our team.
• Our valued team members are the heart of our mission and their well-being directly impacts the lives of those in our care.

Equal Opportunity

• We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace, and we welcome applications from all persons.
• Our organization takes the accessibility needs of employees and candidates with disabilities into account during the position summary review process. Employees and candidates are required to notify their Director/Manager/Supervisor or Hiring Manager if they have any accessibility needs, and the organization will work with the employee to address them.