Recreationist, Terraces Memory Care
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Hourly Pay Rate: $28.18 - $35.09 · Full-time
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- Pay
- Hourly Pay Rate: $28.18 - $35.09
- Job type
- Full-time
- Listed closing date
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
has an exciting opportunity for a
RECREATIONIST
Memory Care
Posting Number: 10307
Position Type: Permanent Full-Time
Shift Type: Evening, alternate weekends (subject to change)
Bi-Weekly Hours: 70 Hours, 7 hrs/shift
Union: OPSEU 595
Hourly Pay Rate: $28.18 - $35.09
Date Posted: October 23, 2026
Internal Closing Date: October 30, 2026
About Us
At Baycrest, senior living reflects a commitment to supporting people as they age with purpose, fulfilment and dignity. Through communities such as Baycrest Terraces, we offer retirement living, assisted living and memory care services designed to meet evolving needs.
At Baycrest Terraces, we believe individuals can flourish and embrace opportunity at every stage of their lives. Baycrest Terraces is where residents can continue to thrive in their later years. We offer unmatched health care, social activities, and cultural programs that enhance the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual health of our residents.
Job Summary
At Baycrest Terraces, leisure is an important component of both quality of life and well-being. It allows individuals opportunities for self-determination and utilization of strengths while engaging in meaningful leisure, which is the foundation of Therapeutic Recreation services. This position will be working with residents on our Memory Care Floor.
Key Responsibilities
- Works with the Terraces Recreation team to develop therapeutic programs for Memory Care Floor
- Providing departmental program coverage, including occasional evening and weekend work
- Design and lead innovative individual and group programs based on residents’ needs
- Ability and flexibility to execute spontaneous programming when resident needs arise
- Work with Volunteers and other staff to identify and monitor resident needs
- Facilitate the provision of intergenerational programming
- Contribute to the multi-disciplinary care team
- Coordinate services with other staff/departments
- Develop and maintain inventory of program supplies
- Adhere to infection control practices, policies and procedures
- Minimum 2-year College Diploma in Recreation or Activation or equivalent
- Member in good standing with TRO or APO
- Experience in planning, implementing and evaluating creative recreation programming
- Skill working with the frail and cognitively impaired older adults
- Ability to work independently and as a part of the interdisciplinary team, and effectively manage challenging situations
- Ability to speak a second language such as Yiddish, Hebrew, Russian or Hungarian would be an asset
- Certificate in U-First and/or Alzheimer Society for Dementia Care Training Program (DCTP) preferred
- Knowledge of community resources would be an asset
- Computer skills and the ability to work with Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, and Publisher
More about this job
Responsibilities
Develop and lead creative individual and group therapeutic recreation programs for residents on the Memory Care Floor, adapting activities to residents’ needs and providing spontaneous programming when needed. Coordinate with staff, volunteers, and the multidisciplinary care team; support intergenerational programming, maintain program supplies, and follow infection control procedures.
Requirements
Requires a minimum two-year college diploma in Recreation, Activation, or an equivalent field, plus good-standing membership with TRO or APO. Candidates should have experience planning, implementing, and evaluating recreation programs and skills working with frail older adults with cognitive impairment; U-First or dementia care training is preferred, and a second language and community-resource knowledge are assets.
Skills
- Therapeutic Recreation Programming
- Memory Care
- Program Planning
- Program Implementation
- Program Evaluation
- Group Facilitation
- Individual Programming
- Working With Older Adults
- Dementia Care
- Interdisciplinary Teamwork
- Volunteer Coordination
- Infection Control
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Publisher
- Managing Challenging Situations
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Sports & Recreation
- Social Services
Keywords
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Memory Care
- Recreation Programming
- Program Planning
- Program Implementation
- Program Evaluation
- Individual Programs
- Group Programs
- Older Adults
- Cognitive Impairment
- Dementia Care
- U-First
- Alzheimer Society Dementia Care Training Program
- TRO
- APO
- Interdisciplinary Care Team
- Volunteer Coordination
- Intergenerational Programming
- Community Resources
- Infection Control
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Publisher