Respite Care Coordinator

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, Thornhill and Aurora facilities, as well as client homes.

**Our Future**

At Safehaven, we are constantly striving to better serve our clients and communities that need us most. That’s why we are currently exploring opportunities to expand our service offerings beyond children to include adults, developing programs and services to care for more medically complex individuals, and implementing innovative therapy and recreational programs for our existing and future clients.

In order for Safehaven to achieve our goals, we are looking for exceptional people with huge hearts who are motivated by positively impacting the lives of others and believe in our vision of creating a more inclusive world for people with complex care needs.

Whether you are working in one of our locations, or in a client’s home, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference and improve the lives of clients and their families in our communities. You will be part of an outstanding team that is so passionate about the work we do.

**Job Summary**:
**Respite Care Coordinator** is integral to helping Safehaven achieve its goals of providing the highest in quality of care to clients with complex medical needs at our Safehaven locations.

Reporting to the Director, Programs and Professional Practice (DPPP) the key responsibility of this role is to provide supervision, care and programming for clients who are medically complex in a homelike environment throughout our Safehaven locations. This provision of care includes coordination of care for respite services, to guide, educate, and advocate for patients and their families. The respite care coordinator facilitates communication between providers, assess, monitors, and collaborates between families, clients, and caregivers, as well as identifies and recommends appropriate resources.

**Responsibilities**
- Coordinate respite requests based on the needs of medically complex and technologically dependent clients by maintaining a safe environment with appropriate attention given to individual health, hygiene, cultural and nutritional needs.
- Develop and implement a nursing plan of care for clients with complex medical needs and care provided for the respite stay
- Work in collaboration with the child/family and the nursing care team, and Home and Community Care when appropriate.
- Will act as the central point of contact for respite clients their families/legal guardians and staff when needed
- Maintain clinical competence and knowledge base through continued education and lifelong learning.
- Assists clients with referrals to outside resources and care coordinator as needed.
- Conducting client assessment that align with the organizations and ministry’s eligibility and criteria
- Oversees the planning, scheduling, and implementation of day-to-day clinical activities and procedures.
- Actively participation in Ministry licensing requirements; Quality Assurance Measurements (QAM) and Child Youth and Family Service Act (CYFSA) throughout the year
- Maintaining client and family records on confidentiality
- Developing partnerships within the community to enhance the respite program
- Attending monthly stakeholder committee meetings
- Participate in the orientation, training, and education of new staff.
- Utilize evidence-based practice as a base in the promotion of professional accountability.
- Follows established policies, procedures, continuous quality improvements objectives and safety, and/or Infection Control standards.

**Qualifications**:

- Registered Practical Nursing Degree
- Baccalaureate degree and/or Diploma in Nursing (preferred)
- Registered, and in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
- Ventilation and tracheostomy training care preferred not an asset.
- Experience in pediatric nursing is considered and asset.
- Experience working with vulnerable populations
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork abilities.

All Safehaven employees are required to be fully vaccinated as a condition of hire in accordance with Safehaven policies.

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.
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