Job Description
The Village of Wentworth Heights located in Hamilton, Ontario has an exciting opportunity for a Recreation Team Member to join their Long Term Care Team.
How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members:
- Ongoing Education & Training
- Opportunities for Advancement
- Health & Wellness Benefits
- Employee & Family Assistance Program
- Vacation
- Retirement Savings
- Access to The Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund
- Discounts at Village Services
- Team appreciation events
As a 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
- Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members
As a new Recreation Team Member (REC) joining our Retirement Village Team it would be an ASSET but not required for you to having the following:
- Experience facilitating group activities and programs
- Experience facilitating group activities
- Have exceptional time management skills and ability to work in collaboration with a team
- Support and embrace our resident-centred social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of customer service to our residents
- 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
Schlegel Villages provides training to the successful candidate:
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”.
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 accommodations for the interview, be certain to let us know.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are ingrained within the Schlegel Culture, and our Villages are more welcoming, open-hearted and vibrant because of it.
Just as the Canadian mosaic is all the more special because of its many unique colours, each Village is strengthened by the unique lived experience of every person connected to it. Everyone is included and respected in their spirituality, cultural diversity and individuality.
Regardless of ability, heritage or cultural roots, our people are embraced, just as they are, and we celebrate and support life purpose within the community.
We’d love to talk to you about what makes us different.
Required- Recreation Degree/Diploma
Preferred- Customer Service
- Relationship Building
- Teamwork
- Oral Communication
- Group Facilitating
- Connection & Belonging
- Communication
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