Recreation Team Member

1 day ago

Waterloo, Canada Schlegel Villages Full time

**The Village at University Gates**, located in **Waterloo**, Ontario has an exciting opportunity for** Recreation Aides** to join their team supporting our LTC residents.

REQUIRED EDUCATION - diploma or degree recreation/leisure studies and/or gerontology from a community college or university

**You can be you while being a part of our family.**

At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation, Village design and culture change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams.

We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”.

We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different.

**As a new Recreation Team Member joining our Village, you will**:
Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of recreational programing to our residents. You will work as key members of our Village and neighbourhood multidisciplinary teams to understand residents’ individual needs, and advocate for residents to actively participate in decisions about their care.

Recreation Team Members at Schlegel Villages foster exemplary relationships with residents, their families and the Village team to deliver holistic care that focusses on flexible living and quality of life.

Recreation Team Members assist our residents by the planning and implementing programs that contribute to a resident’s holistic health care goals, as outlined in Care Plans (including RAI MDS-Raps, Coding and Activities Initial Assessment), by encouraging physical, emotional, spiritual, social and cognitive growth for residents.

**To be successful as our new Recreation Team Member, you will**:

- Be enrolled in/completed diploma or degree recreation/leisure studies and/or gerontology from a community college or university
- Experience working with people living with dementia
- Be excited by our objectives, our Village philosophy and the family values that shape all aspects of life in a Schlegel Village
- Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members

**It would be an asset if our new Recreation Team Member has**:

- Knowledge of the five domains in Therapeutic Recreation that contribute to an individual’s health
- Knowledge of recreational therapy practices, methods, techniques and opportunities to improve resident’s well-being and holistic health

**How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members**:

- Ongoing training and personal growth opportunities
- Benefits and access to our Employee Family Assistance Program
- Vacation
- Discounts at Village Services
- Team appreciation events
- Access to The Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund
- Retirement Savings

Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.

**Licenses & Certifications**: Preferred
- Recreation Degree/Diploma

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