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Activities Worker
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Description
Requisition ID: 403238
Position Number:20067119
Posting End Date:May 27, 2026
City:Churchill
Employer:Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Site: Churchill Health Centre - Churchill Health Centre
Department / Unit:Nursing Unit Churchill
Job Stream:Clinical
Union:CUPE
Anticipated Start Date:06/05/2026
FTE: 1.00
Anticipated Shift: Days
Work Arrangement:In Person
Daily Hours Worked:7.50
Annual Base Hours:1950
Salary:$21.522, $22.152, $22.801, $23.469, $24.157
Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.
Position Overview
Under the direction of the Manager Health Services, the Activities Worker plans and provides recreational therapy for each individual resident of Dancing Sky Personal Care Home. The Activities Worker is responsible for program development and social activities both inside and outside of the facility.
Experience
- Previous experience working with the elderly or volunteer work with the elderly is desirable.
Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)
- Must have grade 12 or equivalent.
- A degree or certificate in recreational activities or physical education would be an asset.
Certification/Licensure/Registration
Not Applicable
Qualifications and Skills
- Ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and written.
- Ability to work independently as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to exercise professional judgement, initiative and discretion.
Physical Requirements
- Possible heavy lifting at times.
- Possible eye strain.
- Possible posture and muscle problems.
- Possible contact with clients/patients with aggressive behaviour.
- Other demands as it pertains to position.
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases.
- Extreme outside weather conditions.
- Competing priorities.
- High level of stress at times.
This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.
Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden Door Geriatric Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.
Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.
Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.
Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
Job Details
- Job Type
- full time
- Salary Range
- $21.52 - $24.16