Recreation Aide (Full-Time)

CareCorp Seniors Services is looking for fun, energetic, and caring individuals to do activities with our seniors in our beautiful long-Term Care Facilities on the North Shore.

The ideal candidate would have healthcare and/ or recreation experience.

Facility address:1070 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, V7J 1Z8

Position details:Full-Time; Tuesday-Saturday (0800-1600)

Compensation: $25.83 per hour + extended benefits.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for day-to-day for the preparation, implementation and evaluation of recreation programs that meet a diverse population of residents.
• Ensures that every resident is involved in identified recreational activities in order to meet the goals of the resident’s recreational treatment plan. Leads, instructs, and motivates residents in individual and group leisure pursuits.
• Setup and organize equipment needed for specific program(s), and oversee residents involved by encouraging participation.
• Ability to follow safety policy and protocol in the community with residents and volunteers.
• Effective and professional communication skills with all facility departments.
• Record and discuss residents’ participation levels in programs.
• Escort, transport, assist residents to and from programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Current Food Safe certification (required).
• Completion of recognized Recreation course (preferred).
• Two years of recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience (preferred).
• Current CPR/ First Aid (preferred)
• Excellent communication skills.

To mitigate the risk COVID-19 transmission among persons in our care, patients, residents and staff, an order under the Public Health Act was enacted to limit movement of staff between long-term care facilities.While this order is in place, staff are limited to working in only one (1) private long-term care hospital (facility), licensed long-term care facility, registered assisted living facility, stand-alone extended care hospital, or provincial mental health facility.

The successful applicant for this job posting must provide satisfactory proof, or have such proof on file, that they have received the COVID-19 vaccination and any required COVID-19 booster vaccination. This requirement shall be waived if the applicant has not received the vaccination due to any legislated protected human rights grounds. In such a case, and upon presentation of sufficient proof, CareCorp shall make reasonable attempts to accommodate the applicant to carry out their role where possible recognizing that the health and safety of other employees and residents will be a priority.