Recreation Aide
2 weeks ago
Recreation Aide
**Location**: 4300 Hwy 7, Unionville, ON
**Schedule**: Temporary Casual, 3-month intervals
**Hourly Rate**: Starting at $20.00 per hour
**Schedule**: 9am to 3pm, as needed
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Reference**: 2024-RA
The Recreation Aide plays a pivotal role at Unionville Home Society. The Recreation Aide will provide client centered customer service, support, encouragement, assistance, and social engagement through the Adult Day Program.
**If you**:
- Enjoy creating life changing experiences with seniors who have stories to share.
- Building genuine relationships with residents through trust and respect.
- Envision a progressive community where older adults thrive, age well, and live better.
**Read on**
**What you get at Unionville Home Society**
- A welcoming and supportive multi-disciplinary team
- A workplace that is committed to advancing quality and innovation, caring genuinely and passionately, respecting each person, and serving with integrity and commitment
**What you bring**
- Diploma in Recreation Therapy from an accredited college or an equivalent diploma/years of experience
- Empathetic attitude and desire to contribute towards the well-being of seniors
- Experience in long term care setting is an asset
**What you get to do**
- Interact with seniors while delivering a resident centered approach to care
- Act as the eyes and ears of the care team
- Promote the safety and wellbeing of the residents while engaging them in pleasurable dining and interactive programming.
**About UHS**
Unionville Home Society (UHS) is a not-for-profit charitable organization located in Unionville that has provided leadership in service to seniors since 1967. Unionville Home Society and its affiliate corporations operate a long-term care home, seniors’ housing, a seniors’ active living center, an adult day program, and geriatric outreach services. Our mission is to engage our communities through a continuum of services that enhance the experience of aging. For our staff, the UHS experience is based on our 5 pillars of connecting communities, advancing quality and innovation, caring genuinely and passionately, respecting each person, and serving with integrity and commitment.
**Land Acknowledgement**:
Unionville Home Society is situated upon the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe Peoples and of the Haudenosaunee Peoples. These territories are covered by the Upper Canada Treaties.
**Job Type**: Casual
**Salary**: From $20.00 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call
Work Location: In person
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