Greeter -parry Place

**Location**: Parry Place, 408 Parry Street, Victoria, BC

**Days/hours**: Saturday 8:00am-4:00pm & Tuesday, 4:00pm-8:00pm

**This is a casual position. Availability for on call and vacation coverage is required**

Reporting to the Assisted Living Manager, the Greeter is responsible for assisting staff by greeting and directing resident’s families and business partners as they enter our sites. They support staff with light housekeeping duties, with food services and recreation activities.

**PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Ensure knowledge of current Provincial Health Orders and policies/procedures
Ensure adequate PPE supplies are available and restocked, report to Manager when supplies are low
- Ensure all persons entering the facility know the sign in/out procedure
- Responsible for daily light housekeeping and sanitization of high touch areas
- Perform monthly hand hygiene audits
- Assist with phone calls, break coverage and administrative tasks
- Interact with families, residents and visitors
- Observes residents and reports unsafe conditions and noticeable behavioral, physical and or cognitive changes to the Manager.
- Alert Manager of any health and safety, security or other concerns
- Support cook with daily food service and clean up
- Deliver recreational activities with residents both one to one and in groups in collaboration with the Recreation Coordinator
- Ensure resident safety and well-being during planned recreation activities i.e. appropriate clothing and footwear; ensuring safe transportation is provided to and from all offsite activities
- Encourage participation and maintain optimum resident involvement by gathering residents for activities.
- Sets up and organizes furnishings and equipment for activities, and does related clean up.
- Report low engagement for activities to recreation coordinator
- Evaluate and maintain supplies, and report any malfunctioning of equipment to manager or recreation coordinator
- Participates in the Resident Council Meetings, Dining Room Committee, and other meetings or events at the facility
- Promotes and maintains positive communication with the residents and staff
- Support volunteers with recreation activities
- Assist the Manager with the visiting processes
- Attends staff training, information sessions and meetings as required.
- Perform monthly life line checks
- Understand and perform safety and security procedures
- Other duties as assigned by the Manager

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Completion of recognized post-secondary education in related field and/or a combination of education and experience
- First Aid and CPR Certified
- Food Safe Level 1
- Experience working front-line with seniors and a vulnerable population
- Able to respond compassionately to individuals experiencing distress
- Knowledge of issues related to seniors
- One-to-one support and group facilitation experience

**KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Passionate about improving the lives of seniors
- Skilled in working with volunteers
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
- Self-motivated & shows Initiative
- Sound judgment
- Conflict resolution skills
- Excellent time management skills

**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**:
Beacon Community Services serves vulnerable populations including seniors, people with disabilities and children. Protecting these people and our teams on whom they rely is critical to us. Accordingly:

- All successful applicants must consent to a Solicitor General’s Criminal Record Check.