Recreation - Permanent Part Time - Retirement

Schlegel Villages; Whitby; On-site; CAD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & benefits

Growth opportunities

Recognition incentives

Extended Health Benefits & Retirement

Education assistance

Loans & scholarships

Job summary

Schlegel Villages in Whitby, ON is seeking a Recreation Team Member for the Village of Taunton Mills retirement community. The role is part-time, on-site, with a bi-weekly schedule totaling 30 hours and rotating weekends.

You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to support a holistic recreational program, facilitate group activities, document residents’ participation and wellbeing, and provide compassionate resident-centered service.

Qualifications

• Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) required before starting.
• TB screening before starting.
• Experience facilitating group activities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to support a holistic recreational program.
• Experience facilitating group activities and programs.
• Proficiency documenting residents’ participation and wellbeing in programs and 1:1 activities.
• Have exceptional time management and work well in a team.
• Deliver high-quality customer service to residents, families and team members.
• Work every other weekend.

Education

Diploma in Recreation/Leisure

Gerontology degree

Job description

Recreation - Permanent Part Time - Retirement

Job Category: Recreation

Requisition Number: RECRE032329

• Part-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Whitby, ON L1R3A5, CAN

Description

The Village of Taunton Mills has an exciting opportunity for a Recreation Team Member to join their team in Retirement.

Working 30 hours bi-weekly, six days in two weeks rotating schedule, including every other weekend.

Working hours: 1PM - 4PM, 10AM -4:30PM, 12:30PM -7PM

The hiring rate for this role is $19.81 per collective agreement/employee association agreement.

Successful candidates will be required to provide an acceptable Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) before starting. Are you willing to obtain and provide a VSC upon hire?

Successful candidates will be required to provide an acceptable Tuberculosis (TB) screening test before starting. Are you willing to obtain and provide a TB test upon hire?

How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members:

• Competitive salary, and benefits;
• Significant opportunities for Growth and Development
• Ongoing Team Member Appreciation incentives and rewards and recognition
• Extended Health Benefits & Retirement Savings
• Individualized Assistance for Team Member Education and Development
• Loans and Scholarships to help our team members realize their greatest potential

As a new Recreation Team Member you will:

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to support a holistic recreational program
• Experience facilitating group activities and programs
• Proficiency documenting residents’ participation, engagement and holistic wellbeing in programs and 1:1 activities
• Have exceptional time management skills and ability to work in collaboration with a team
• Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of customer service to our residents
• Work every other weekend
• Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members

As a new Recreation Team Member joining our Village Team it would be an ASSET but not required for you to having the following:

• Hold a diploma or degree recreation/leisure studies and/or gerontology from a community college or university
• Knowledge of the five domains in Therapeutic Recreation that contribute to an individual’s health
• Knowledge of recreational therapy practices, methods, techniques and opportunities to improve resident’s well-being and holistic health

At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation, Village design and culture change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams.

We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”.

Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.

Equity, diversity and inclusion are ingrained within the Schlegel Culture, and our Villages are more welcoming, open-hearted and vibrant because of it.Each Village is strengthened by the unique lived experienceof every person connected to it.Everyone is included and respected in their spirituality, cultural diversity and individuality.Regardless of ability, heritage or cultural roots, our people are embraced, just as they are, andwe celebrate andsupportlife purpose within the community.

At Schlegel Villages, our hiring practices reflect our commitment to human connection and strong relationships that we strive to provide in our Villages. We do not use artificial intelligence in our screening or selection processes; applications are reviewed by our recruitment professionals who thoughtfully assess candidate’s fit with our posted opportunities, mission and values.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

Technical/other training or better.

Experience

Preferred

Personal Expression experience considered an asset.