The Village of Wentworth Heights has an exciting opportunity for a Recreation Team Member to join their team.
- Status: Permanent Part Time
- Location: 1620 Upper Wentworth St, Hamilton, ON L9B 2W3
- Shift Details: (28hrs bi-weekly minimum) + alternate weekends
The hiring rate for this role is $18.76 per collective agreement/employee association agreement.
How Schlegel Villages supports our Team Members:
- Competitive salary, and benefits;
- Significant opportunities for Growth and Development
- Ongoing Team Member Appreciation incentives and rewards and recognition
- Extended Health Benefits & Retirement Savings
- Individualized Assistance for Team Member Education and Development
- Loans and Scholarships to help our team members realize their greatest potential
- Financial Hardship Support Program: Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund
- A Unique Family Culture
As a new Recreation Team Member you will:
- Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team supporting residents in our village
- Work every other weekend
- Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members
As a new Recreation Team Member joining our Village Team it would be an ASSET but not required for you to having the following:
- Hold a diploma or degree recreation/leisure studies and/or gerontology from a community college or university
- Skills Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to support a holistic recreational program
- Experience facilitating group activities and programs
- Proficiency documenting residents’ participation, engagement and holistic wellbeing in programs and 1:1 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
You can be you while being a part of our family
At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation (https://the-ria.ca/about-ria/about-us/our-history/), Village design (http://schlegelvillages.com/about) and culture (http://schlegelvillages.com/culturechange) 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 accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are ingrained within the Schlegel Culture, and our Villages are more welcoming, open-hearted and vibrant because of it. 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.
At Schlegel Villages, our hiring practices reflect our commitment to human connection and strong relationships that we strive to provide in our Villages. We do not use artificial intelligence in our screening or selection processes; applications are reviewed by our recruitment professionals who thoughtfully assess candidate’s fit with our posted opportunities, mission and values.
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Personal Expression experience considered an asset.
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Recreation Degree/Diploma
