Job opportunity
Recreation Therapist Dementia Care
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Support clients through dementia-informed therapeutic recreation, individualized care planning, and responsive interventions. This temporary full-time hospital position emphasizes person-centered practice.
As a Recreation Therapist, you assess recreation and leisure interests, develop care plans, and facilitate meaningful programs. You work with interdisciplinary teams, families, volunteers, and community partners. Your practice includes Montessori techniques, multi-sensory interventions, adaptations, documentation, and client advocacy.
Key Responsibilities:
Implement interventions for responsive behaviours and individual leisure interests
Develop goal-oriented programs supporting client-centered outcomes
Facilitate interventions addressing individual and cultural diversity
Collaborate with teams, families, volunteers, and community partners
Promote Recreation Therapy through education and leadership
Requirements:
Education and experience working with people with dementia recommended
Strong leadership skills and advanced knowledge of aging
Commitment to multidisciplinary, person-centered practice
Experience in complex continuing care or rehabilitation
Self-directed, proactive, organized, and able to prioritize tasks
Bring dementia knowledge, therapeutic interventions, and collaborative leadership to client-centered Recreation Therapy services in hospital care.
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Apply on source site As a Recreation Therapist, you assess recreation and leisure interests, develop care plans, and facilitate meaningful programs. You work with interdisciplinary teams, families, volunteers, and community partners. Your practice includes Montessori techniques, multi-sensory interventions, adaptations, documentation, and client advocacy.
Key Responsibilities:
Implement interventions for responsive behaviours and individual leisure interests
Develop goal-oriented programs supporting client-centered outcomes
Facilitate interventions addressing individual and cultural diversity
Collaborate with teams, families, volunteers, and community partners
Promote Recreation Therapy through education and leadership
Requirements:
Education and experience working with people with dementia recommended
Strong leadership skills and advanced knowledge of aging
Commitment to multidisciplinary, person-centered practice
Experience in complex continuing care or rehabilitation
Self-directed, proactive, organized, and able to prioritize tasks
Bring dementia knowledge, therapeutic interventions, and collaborative leadership to client-centered Recreation Therapy services in hospital care.
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