Apply therapeutic recreation techniques to support resident skills, abilities, relationships, and participation at AgeCare Westbury’s long-term care home.
As a Recreation Worker, you will develop and facilitate activities across meaningful recreation and leisure pursuits. The work supports residents’ wellbeing, purpose, creativity, community, lifelong learning, and fun. You will adapt programming to resident choices and varying levels of functioning.
Key Responsibilities: Lead programs maximizing residents’ skills and abilities
Facilitate planned and spontaneous resident opportunities
Plan activities across domains of wellness
Update plans of care when participation changes
Support departments fostering meaningful resident engagement
Requirements:
Experience providing recreation services in a health care setting
Post-secondary education in recreation, leisure, or health care
Knowledge of recreation and leisure principles and practices
Experience with assessment, care planning, and related documentation
Understanding of therapeutic programming techniques and approaches
Use therapeutic recreation, wellness programming, and documentation skills to strengthen resident participation and connections at AgeCare Westbury.