Recreational Coordinator

Description

Join the Bayshore family, where your passion for patients and your dedication to care come together to create exceptional moments of comfort and kindness. As a Recreational Coordinator with us, you’re not just joining a team, you’re embracing a community that values your expertise and supports your growth. Here, your ability to build patient centered programs will be held as an important component of care strategies where compassion meets excellence, apply now and transform lives with us.

Our Recreation Coordinators assess, develop and coordinate the delivery of social, recreational, therapeutic programs consistent with the needs, interests and abilities of persons in care. With the utmost respect, you will promote the dignity and individuality of each person in care by recognizing them as individuals with unique cultural, spiritual, and psycho-social needs.

Successful candidates will have a proven ability conducting assessments, and tailoring individual programs to patients with dementia and various physical limitations. Your superior communication skills will be reflected through both your independent work and collaboration with the inter-disciplinary team.

Part-Time position available: Part-time requires 2-3 days of daytime/weekday.

Areas of service consist of Owen Sound and surrounding areas. Per visit rate and mileage as this is a home care position.

PFCC

Person-and family-centered care (PFCC) is an approach to care that recognizes the importance of family in a patient’s life and the importance of their active involvement in planning and making decisions on health care, services and treatment, and health system reform. This approach to care provides respectful, compassionate, culturally safe, and responsive care that meets the needs, values, beliefs, and preferences of the patient, their family, and others identified as significant to their life from diverse backgrounds and settings

Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Diploma in Recreation and leisure studies, therapeutic recreation, kinesiology, or equivalent
• Gentle persuasion or Montessori preferred
• CPR/ First Aid

Other Requirements

• Exceptional command of the English language as required for documentation and oral communications
• Current criminal reference check and vulnerable sector screen
• Demonstrated basic knowledge of various software programs including word, excel and power point and proficiency with email

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of recreational coordinator/activation experience
• Prior experience conducting assessments and building patient focused programs

Other Skills and Abilities

• Enjoy working with clients of all ages and seniors in particular
• Reliability, time management and the ability to prioritize workload is crucial.
• Creative, energetic and approachable with exceptional interpersonal and decision-making skills
• Ability to handle difficult situations in an objective and consistent manner.
• Commitment to continued learning