Summer Student- Recreation and Leisure Coordinator

2 weeks ago

Thornhill, Canada The Safehaven Project for Community Living Full time

For over 30 years, The Safehaven Project for Community Living has been providing exceptional care to children with developmental disabilities and complex care needs.

Our mission is to provide high-quality, family-centered, and community-based residential and respite care for individuals with complex care needs.

Safehaven serves individuals with disabilities and their families, through respite and residential programs at our Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Woodbridge, and Aurora facilities, as well as client homes.

**ROLE SUMMARY**:
The **Recreation and Leisure Coordinator** supports our clients with complex medical needs in the Greater Toronto Area by providing recreational and leisure activities. The goals of any activity are to develop the skills and abilities of the clients, including but not limited to: fine and gross motor skills, sensory stimulation, communication/language skills and social interaction.

Reporting to the location Client Care Coordinator; the Recreation and Leisure Coordinator works as a part of a multi-disciplinary team including Registered Practical Nurses, Director, Clinical Programs & Client Relation, and the Safehaven leadership team to ensure the highest quality of care and service delivery to the Safehaven’s clients.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Identify and develop recreation and leisure activities for clients, including, but not limited to Games, Play, Baking, Arts & Crafts, and Community Outings
- Accompanies clients to therapeutic and recreational appointments as requested by the Client Care Coordinator/designate.
- Always be dedicated to providing the highest level of care and improving the lives of clients and their families.
- Cooperates in maintaining complete and confidential case records for each client in care.
- Follows all Health and Safety policies that are set out at Safehaven.
- Shall report hazards to the location Supervisor/Client Care Coordinator that the employee observes.
- Other duties may be assigned to you by your supervisor and indirect supervisor according to the needs of the business/ organization.

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Students under the age of 30, returning to school or planning on returning to school following the placement/summer.
- Experience working with, or desire to work with children and adults in a Developmental Services environment.
- Must be flexible with work hours and ability to work weekends or evenings as required.
- Strong planning and budgeting skills to draft and maintain a summer schedule with all planned activities and fallback activities depending on the weather, etc.

At any time, Safehaven may need to move staff to other locations based on operational needs.

Safehaven is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. If contacted for an employment opportunity or testing, please advise Human Resources if you require accommodation.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 4 months

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Thornhill, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-05-08

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