Recreation Manager

Description:

Recreation Manager

Mission

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.

Key Responsibilities
 

• 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
• 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
   

Qualifications
 

• 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)