Recreation Worker Casual AgeCare Westbury
Core
Plans, develops, and runs meaningful recreation and leisure pursuits to promote wellbeing, purpose, creativity, and community for residents in long-term care homes.
Role type
Senior IC recreation worker (long-term care)
Builds
Daily recreation and leisure activities, both in the home and in the community
Domain
Long-term care / Senior living
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Planning and implementing daily activities, creating engaging environments, communicating with residents and families, observing and documenting changes in resident ability, leading programs, evaluating recreation programs
Preferred skills
Prior experience working with seniors in long-term care, post-secondary diploma or degree in recreation and leisure studies or therapeutic recreation, experience in health care settings
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Assists in development, planning and implementing daily recreation and leisure activities; Assists in creating and maintaining engaging spaces/environments; Develops and maintains good communications with residents and their families, friends, volunteers, community groups and agencies; Observes, reports and documents changes in resident's ability to participate in activities; Supports all departments in fostering resident engagement; Models the way, leading programs; Participates in the on-going evaluation of the recreation program