Benefits
Registered retirement savings plan
Description
Join us as a
Team leader at the permanent activity center!
You will have access to:
- Competitive salary and attractive benefits
- 35h/week permanent position with flexible hours to balance personal and professional life
- Free Friday afternoons during the summer
- 10 days personal and sick leave
- Training offered (First Aid, PDSB, CPR, professional training on TNC and various approaches...) and coaching from experts
- Free parking and proximity to a metro station
- A dynamic and humane work environment where you can make a real difference in the lives of participants.
Your role will be:
Team management
- Manage and supervise the operations of the team of therapeutic activity specialist (organization of tasks and distribution of responsibilities) to ensure optimal operation of the center
- Plan and coordinate activity programming, special projects and thematic activities in collaboration with the team of therapeutic activity specialist
- Plan and actively participate in team meetings and, as needed, in Programs and Services meetings
- Follow up and support staff in drafting regular reports, monitoring invoicing, tracking statistics and managing petty cash and expenses
- Collaborate with the Activity Center Coordinator in activity centers regarding the specific needs of participants identified from the results of reports, in keeping with the principles of the person-centered approach, and recommend solutions to optimize operations.
Intervention
- Animate and evaluate person-centered activities, both individual and group, with clients living with a neurocognitive disorder, in collaboration with the team of therapeutic activity specialist.
- Assess client needs, monitor participation and ensure an appropriate ratio of staff to participants, based on the group's needs
- Manage client files, drafting regular reports and notes on participants' attendance and progress, as well as on the progress of interventions.
You will need:
- Diploma as a specialized educator, recreation technician or therapeutic recreation technician, or significant experience in recreation intervention, recreology, special education, gerontology, health or social work with people living with a neurocognitive disorder.
- Good understanding of neurocognitive disorders and their impact on individuals, with the ability to adapt interventions to the specific needs of each person using a person-centered approach.
- Experience in team management
- Fluency in French and English is desirable to provide a helping relationship, orally, with a non-French-speaking clientele representing approximately 40% of the Society's clientele.
Send your CV to Eloi Rouillard at rh@alzheimermontreal.ca
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Work environment
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. Disability-related accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Requirements
Level of education
undetermined
Work experience (years)
undetermined
Written languages
Fr : Intermediate
En : Intermediate
Spoken languages
Fr : Intermediate
En : Intermediate
