Therapeutic Lead Full-time

Are you an individual that has a passion for making a difference?

At Dundurn Place Care Centre, we are passionate about providing compassionate care for families and loved ones, where the residents of our home come before anything else. Our values follow a ‘People’ focused philosophy, Participation ~ Excellence ~ Openness ~ Performance ~ Longevity ~ Efficient Use of Resources. This philosophy can be seen in every aspect and level of our home.

A day in the role of a Therapeutic Lead
- BSO at Dundurn Place Care Centre.
- As a Therapeutic Lead
- BSO at Dundurn Place Care Centre, you will be given high expectations, as well as an expectation to continue personal growth and professional growth. In this position, you will be gifted with a rewarding experience every day in the form of being able to see the exact impact you place on our residents.
- As a Therapeutic Lead
- This position is responsible for but not limited to:

- Work closely with the internal interdisciplinary team to receive referrals and create therapeutic interventions.- Develop, deliver and evaluate recreation therapy activities inc, ensuring programs and activities meet established policies, physicians orders, residents care plans and meet individual resident goals.-
- Develop and sustain a care plan to meet the assessed needs of a diverse group of residents based on individual strengths, needs and the interests of our residents, establish the importance and direction of Therapeutic Recreation intervention.-
- Communicates and promotes the activities of the department to residents, team members, families,volunteers, and the community to encourage collaborative participation in programs-
- Keeping up with best practices within the industry, and up to date with ongoing education sessions-
- Guiding recreation therapy assistants to ensure proper documentation is completed (e.g MDS/RAI, Welbi,-
- Care Plans and assessments). Observe/participate in the facilitation of activities, engages in reflective practice to ensure appropriate programming is taking place-
- Complete initial and ongoing programs assessments as necessary to determine residents’ recreation and rehabilitation needs.-
- Lead, facilitate and participate in local in-service programs, seminars, resident care conferences and workshops.-
- Report indicators to the Program Manager/designate- Performing other duties as assigned
- Qualifications
- At Dundurn Place Care Centre, we take pride in our employees, so your qualifications are important to us. We use them to get to know you and see if we are a good fit for each other. The qualifications needed to join our family at Dundurn Place Care Centre are as follows:

- Therapeutic Recreation degree and/or postgraduate therapeutic recreation diploma- Membership in good standing with therapeutic recreation TRO and/or with Canadian Therapeutic Recreation Association (CTRA)-
- Registered Recreation Therapist R/TRO certification; or eligible to obtain registration with TRO-
- A valid canadian driver's license and the ability to support residents, their families and team members across a large geographic area within the Central West LHIN-
- Qualifications must meet definition under MDS-RAI guidelines-
- Relevant clinical experience (3-5 years as a Recreation Therapist) Experience working with older adults with complex mental health concerns and addictions-
- Experience working within an interprofessional team model; long term care setting preferred-
- Experience providing interventions and strategies to help manage responsive expressions using a person centered care approach-
- Experience implementing quality improvement initiatives-
- Experience with electronic documentation, specifically the resident assessment instrument (RAI) documentation, including assessments. Resident assessment protocols (RAPS), care planning functions, and welbi.-
- Strong communication skills and the ability to share interventions and strategies throughout the-
- interdisciplinary team.-
- Must have a clear vulnerable sector screen, no older than 6 months, TB test results less than 6 months old, must be able to provide three supervisory references.Additional Training/Certifications
- U-First as an asset
- Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA) basics training required
- Mental Health first Aid for Seniors Training required

How to apply?

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and references. We look forward to speaking with you and Making Every Moment Matter.