Recreation Facilitator

**Requisition ID**: 366355

**Position Number**: cust_PCN

**Posting End Date**: September 5, 2024

**City**: Winnipeg

**Site**: Meadowood Manor Personal Care Home

**Work Location**: 577 St. Anne's Road

**Department / Unit**: Recreation

**Job Stream**:
**Union**: CUPE

**Anticipated Start Date**: September 23, 2024

**FTE**: 1.0

**Anticipated Shift**:
**Daily Hours Worked**: 7.75 hrs

**Annual Base Hours**: 2015

**Salary**:

- Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care._

**Recreation Facilitator**

Permanent Full Time 1.0 EFT

Meadowood Manor is a faith based Christian personal care home founded by the Manitoba Baptist Home Society.

**Position Overview**

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- High School Graduate
- RRC Certificate “Therapeutic Recreation Facilitator for Older Adults” or equivalent or Degree in Recreation.
- Related experience in long term care and / or working with disabled or physically challenged individuals would be an asset.
- Ability to plan, organize work and coordinate programs and work independently and as a Team member.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Computer skills an asset.

Physical ability to tolerate constant standing, walking, portering, bending and lifting
- Requires the ability to be creative, have initiative, and possess a good imagination.
- CPR, First Aid and Food Serving Certificates are an asset.

**DUTIES**
- Develop the monthly activity calendar.
- Track statistics for program attendance, cancellations, and issues which arise.
- Report quarterly statistics at the Continuous Quality Improvement meetings.
- Book entertainment and plan special events in with assistance from recreation staff.
- Assesses individual residents, records in the resident’s chart, updates team regarding resident attendance at groups, porters/arranges portering residents to Recreation programs.
- Attends and contributes to Resident Care Team Conferences and Care Plan Review meetings.
- Assists Recreation Manager with planning, preparing, implementing and evaluating both on unit and large programs for residents.
- Works with residents and staff in planning, developing and scheduling Recreation programs to meet the needs, interests and abilities of our residents.
- Prioritizes work around resident care activities and assists with meals.
- Assures all Residents are aware of daily Recreation plans.
- Maintains confidentiality regarding information about residents according to the Personal Health Information Act.
- Documents clear and concise notes on a regular basis according to standards.
- Completes Residents Recreation Assessments 3-6 weeks following admission and review assessments every three months. Complete annual assessments.
- Performs any other related duties assigned by Recreation Manager.
- On a rotating basis participates in evening and weekend shifts as well as outings.
- Assist residents with their toilet routine while on outings (one person assist only).
- Prepares food and refreshments and assists with serving.
- Completes 1-1 visits with Residents.
- Support and supervise volunteers assigned to the Recreation Department. Provide orientation, training and specialized feeding and swallowing training to volunteers as appropriate.
- Maintain attendance sheets for all programs.
- Completes weekly cleaning routines and maintains facility pet care (bird).
- Maintain equipment, prepare material, monitor supplies and prepare recreational areas on the floors or in other environments and clean up after program.
- Participate in continuing education through seminars, workshops and in-services related to Recreation programs in long term care recognizing special populations, i.e.

1.) Disabilities

2.) Cognitive impaired.
- Attends mandatory inservices, seminars, courses etc. as required and determined by management including but not limited to:

- Orientation
- WHMIS
- Workplace Safety & Health
- PHIA
- Emergency Preparedness
- Department specific inservices etc.
- Inservices etc. mandated by WRHA or legislation/regulation.

**Approximate Start Date**:Flexible** **for September 23, 2024**

**Recruitment Benefits**

Meadowood Manor is a faith-based, 88 bed personal care home, privately owned but functions under the WRHA/Provincial Long Term Care program following the current MNU and CUPE agreements. We are located at 577 St. Anne’s Road on a primary bus route, and we are attached to a 55 plus apartment complex offering economic rental rates as a housing option. Some of our other staff benefits include the following;
- Free parking
- Facility gym access
- Staff lounge - fully equipped
- Low-cost staff meals
- Regular Staff Appreciation events
- Long Term Service Awards
- Onsite Chaplain for spiritual support
- Near to St. Vital Mall, Medical centres and other area amenities.
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