Recreational/diversional Therapist

**Company Description**:
**Invitation to Join the Summerset Therapeutic Team**

**About Summerset**:
Summerset is the second largest retirement village operator in New Zealand. We're passionate about providing quality service to senior citizens and we are growing quickly, with 39+ villages from Whangarei down to Dunedin. We are proud of our dynamic work environment and an equally diverse workforce.
**We are seeking for a talented, passionate Diversional & Recreational Therapist for our Summerset Kenepuru Village.

The role empowers you to create a recreational programme for seniors living in a care supportive environment. You will be leading a culture of purposeful engagement which promotes dignity and independence through the therapeutic recreation process.

This is a permanent, part-time role, working 15 hours per week (Monday - Friday) in our Care Apartments.

**Responsibilities include and are not limited to**:

- Promoting meaningful activities that meet the needs of residents.
- Empowering residents to make choices.
- Support residents to maintain autonomy and maximise independence.
- Encourage and support residents to participate and engage in purposeful recreational programmes.
- Quality control and quality assurance of the recreational activities (monitoring, analysing, reviewing, reporting)

**Qualifications**:
**About You**:

- A passionate, flexible, self-motivated, innovative, energetic, open-minded individual.
- A person with sound understanding of holistic person center approach and high level of human awareness (empathy & compassion).
- A person who can run individual and group recreational activities.
- A person with good communications skills and strong willingness to learn.
- Full NZ Driver License and the ability to drive a Mobility Van
- A Registered (qualified and licensed) Diversional and Recreational Therapist is desirable. If you don't hold a DRT Licence, or if you are not a Qualified DRTh, you must be willing to complete the NZQA Certificate in Diversional and Recreational Therapy

**Additional Information**:
**To recognise the important work you do for our residents, we offer**:

- A unique role that enables you to make a real difference in the lives of senior citizens.
- A friendly and supportive team
- Professional development opportunities and ongoing support
- Competitive hourly rates (depends on qualification, registration, and experience)
- The ability to create and deliver innovative recreational programmes.
- A weekend rate of an additional 40 percent of the hourly rate.

**If you believe you are the person for this role, then we would love to hear from you**

The safety of our residents and staff is important to us. For this reason, we require all our employees to be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 before commencing work at Summerset.

Please note, only suitable applicants will be contacted.