Recreationist

Ambulatory Services’ Adult Day Program (The Freeman Family Day Centre) has an opportunity for

**RECREATIONIST, TEMPORARY FULL TIME**

**(APPROX. 12 MONTHS)**

OPSEU 595 Service Hourly Pay Rate: $24.67 - $30.74

The Adult Day Program is focused on offering older adults a wide range of social, cognitive, physical and spiritual activities. This program is designed for community dwelling seniors with physical frailty as well as mild cognitive impairments. Leisure is an important component of both quality of life and well-being. It allows individuals opportunities for self-determination and utilization of strengths while engaging in meaningful leisure, which is the foundation of Therapeutic Recreation services.

**Responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- Facilitate therapeutic (in person and virtual) recreation programs that acknowledge individual and cultural diversity
- Works with the Therapeutic Recreation and interprofessional teams to develop programs, including ideation, design and piloting
- Liaises with TR, external vendors and partner organizations to organize logistics for all cultural events and programs
- Deliver programs considering the strengths, abilities and any contraindications imposed by client diagnosis in collaboration with CTRSs and/or Recreation Therapists
- Participate in development and implementation of formal and informal evaluation measures in collaboration with CTRSs and/or Recreation Therapists and/or Professional Practice Chief
- Gather information from a variety of sources for ongoing evaluation (i.e. clients, families, professional team members and/or other stakeholders)
- Attends team meetings
- Facilitate regularly scheduled live programs, with clients participating in real time over the Internet (certain events and programming may occur outside of regular business hours)
- Includes recording attendance and provides feedback reports as requested
- Content may be delivered in a regular studio setting, but will frequently occur from additional settings
- Seeks out innovative ways to enhance their offerings, and to stay aware of emerging best practices and trends
- Helping to co-manage live events and assist with client engagement and troubleshooting
- Completes documentation as required
- Contributes to interprofessional team and therapeutic recreation professional development
- Coordinates services with other staff/departments
- Develops and maintains inventory of program supplies

**Qualifications include but are not limited to**:

- Completion of a two (2) year College Diploma in Recreation or Activation or equivalent
- Member in good standing with Therapeutic Recreation Ontario (‘TRO’) or Activity Professionals of Ontario (‘APO’)
- Qualifications and/or professional development certification in fitness programming for older adults/seniors
- At least 1 year experience required
- Experience in planning, implementing and evaluating physical exercise and other programs over virtual channels, such as videoconferencing
- Proficiency in the Microsoft suite of software, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project and PowerPoint and publisher
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, report writing and presentation skills
- Excellent communication, and problem solving skills
- Experience in supervision of volunteers preferred
- Proven ability to organize time, set priorities, work independently, and to multitask in order to meet various competing work deadlines
- Experience with a geriatric population with multiple medical conditions and/or cognitive impairment preferred
- Knowledge of community resources an asset
- Knowledge of Jewish culture, Holy Days and festivals are an asset
- Second language an asset, i.e. Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian or Hungarian

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