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_Welcome to a World of opportunities with us _
- Quality care is our top priority. _
- Caring for people is at the core of everything we do. _
- Extendicare isn’t so much a workplace as it is a care-place.- When you choose to build your career with Extendicare, you’re joining a team dedicated to making a difference. By focusing our energy on enriching the lives of our residents every day, we transform both the quality of their lives and the quality of our own work experiences. _
- If you have a passion for caring, turn it into a rewarding career with Extendicare. _

**The Opportunity**

Join us as a leader driven to enhance our Recreation department with a focus on our person-centered approach. In this role you will lead a team to encourage residents to participate in meaningful activities that are both familiar and new which provide overall well-being and quality of life.

In this role you will be focused on:

- Achieving resident and family satisfaction targets
- Ensuring residents participate in multiple events and activities each month
- Lead, Manage and motivate recreation staff and volunteers to meet department and legislated objectives
- Maintain departmental budget

**What You Will Do**:

- **Collaborate -**Develop, plan, organize and implement resident programs to improve the resident experience
- **Manage -**Recreation budget and monitor expenditures
- **Comply -**with Extendicare’s Guiding Principles and regulatory requirements & Resident Bill of Rights
- **Lend a Helping Hand**:

- to promote and support community engagement opportunities, through volunteers and community partners
- **Cultivate -**Hire, train and engage a team of recreation staff and volunteers
- **Respond with HEART-**Hear, Empathize, Acknowledge, Respond, Thank

**What You Bring**:

- Post-secondary education in Recreation Therapy or Therapeutic Recreation.
- Minimum one (1) year experience in health care setting
- Minimum two (2) years’ experience in program planning, implementation, documentation and evaluation in a senior’s care setting.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Proficiency in Activity Pro, Point Click Care, RAI-MDS and care planning is an asset.
- Passion and focus on the person centered approach and working with seniors
- Valid Vulnerable Sector Search (within 6 months)

**What We Offer**:

- Support from your Regional and National Team
- Technology to help you do your job better
- Benefits and Pension Package
- Better work life balance
- Vision to support Person Centered Care

**What are you waiting for?**

**Join us in celebrating the ageless spirit of people through service and innovation.