The Mount Continuing Care Community
Job Summary:
Job Description:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute diverse & high-quality recreational programming and life enrichment services and regularly evaluate and adapt as needed to continue to meet our changing population’s needs and maintain a person-centered approach.
- Facilitate a diverse range of group activities for residents, and creatively modify activities to accommodate varying needs, abilities, and interests within the group.
- Advocate for residents’ needs and promote the value of recreation programming, encouraging engagement and support from residents, staff, and families.
- Create individualized care plans to ensure each resident’s psychosocial, physical, & spiritual needs are met, and participate in interdisciplinary care conferences with the healthcare team.
- Develop and administer individualized 1:1 therapeutic activity programming to residents.
- Provide guidance and collaborate with the healthcare team to support residents’ psychosocial needs in a manner that is in-line with provincial regulation, facility standards, best practice, and the changing needs & wishes of our residents.
- Develop and deliver appropriate physical exercise programs to promote residents’ independence, range of motion, and mobility.
- Transfer residents and operate mobility devices safely and appropriately.
- Maintain routine documentation and complete assessments.
- Create and distribute communication tools such as flyers, calendars, and memorials.
- Provide palliative support to residents at the end of their life, their family members, and residents experiencing grief.
- Manage the department’s budget, and the acquisition of funding and donations through writing grant proposals, letters of request, and community campaigns.