Home: The Village Seniors Community, Long-term care

Vacancy: Full-time, permanent, 8-4pm

Salary: $50,000 - $55,000

Southbridge Care Homes owns and operates several long-term care and retirement homes throughout many urban and rural areas across Ontario.

Since 1967, we've been building a foundation of innovation and success for operating long term care homes and retirement communities. We are redeveloping our communities so that we may continue to provide consistent, high-quality care for our residents now and in the future.

The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and passion for senior care by delivering high-quality programs support to our homes.

Reporting to the Executive Director of the home, the Recreation Manager plays a pivotal role in enriching the lives of residents by planning, organizing, and executing a variety of engaging activities. These activities are designed to promote social interaction, physical well-being, spiritual, and emotional enjoyment for participants. The job requires a blend of creativity, organizational skills, and a genuine passion for people.

Direct Reports: : Program Aides, Music Therapy, Chaplain, Social Worker, Volunteers, Massage Therapy.

Responsibilities

- Develop, implement and monitor department budget.
- Coordinating bus trips, entertainment, and venders
- Supervise the Recreational, pastoral care, social work and music therapy, massage therapy team.
- Promoting activities, through social media, with an expectation of 4 or more Facebook posts per month.




- Orientating/supervising staff or volunteers
- Evaluating program success to meet the needs and interests of the participants, ensuring completion of 9 program evaluations per month, 2 resident program evaluations per month.
- Plans, organizes, direct, and/or lead a variety of engaging activities and events, 2 community events per year, using residents' interests, and requests whenever possible.
- Enhance participant well-being, with a goal of each resident being engaged at least 10 times per month.
- Assess department needs and draft an action plan
- Coordinate the completion of MDS assessments on all residents within established timelines, including Recreation and Spiritual assessments are completed within 14 days of admission.
- Actively participate in the homes Inter-disciplinary team conferences, QIP, PAC, Palliative Care, Falls teams and other related committee meetings.
- Facilitate a monthly Program department meeting.
- Responsible for the scheduling of the Program department, including approving payroll hours as per the Collective Agreement.
- Computer skills: Microsoft Word; Excel, Welbi or Activity Pro
- Connect with community organizations and services.

Qualifications





- Required to have a postsecondary diploma or degree in recreation and leisure studies, therapeutic recreation, kinesiology or other related field from a community college or university. Postsecondary educational requirement can also include gerontology as a field of study from an Ontario postsecondary institution, or a postsecondary diploma, degree or certificate granted in another jurisdiction that in the reasonable opinion of the licensee is equivalent
- One year of experience in a health care setting
- Experience in planning, developing and evaluation effectiveness of individual and group programming for residents using an interdisciplinary approach
- Knowledge of Mental Health, Dementia care, Palliative Care, Parkinsons, and other diseases
- Demonstrate oral and written communication skills and have a command of the English and French language.
- Ability to work independently and complete assignments in a timely manner.
- Knowledge of the community resources, program development, and Ministry of Long-Term Care standards
- Experience or knowledge in recruitment, selection, orientation, placement and supervision of staff and volunteers.
- Adaptable and willing to work on call when needed.
- Sufficient knowledge and experience to coordinate religious services and spiritual care in multi-faith settings is an asset.

Southbridge's mission is to operate a best-in-class portfolio of care homes and retirement communities that consistently deliver excellence i

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