Care Team Coordinator, Spiral Garden

Join us in building a world of possibility! Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital. We are a top 40 Canadian research hospital that is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and we serve over 8,500 families annually.

Our vision is to support the most meaningful and healthy futures for all children, youth and families. Providing both inpatient and outpatient programs and services, Holland Bloorview is renowned for its expertise in partnering with clients and families to provide exceptional care and is the only organization to ever achieve 100 per cent in three successive quality surveys by Accreditation Canada.

Holland Bloorview has won numerous awards including Greater Toronto's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures. We offer an inspiring, inclusive, innovative, and collaborative work environment with competitive compensation and benefit packages and programs that support ongoing learning and professional growth.

The successful candidate will be required to work during the period of June to September, 2024.

The Spiral Garden is an integrated art/garden/play program for children and youth with physical disabilities and developmental delays. Participants will interact and play through music, visual art, movement, drama, gardening and other arts activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate/lead a team of client support staff who provide assistance to children/youth with special needs within an integrated outdoor art/garden and play program. This could include personal care (toileting, feeding etc.), adaptations, communication, mobility and/or behaviour management.
• Develop care and behaviour plans for individual participants as required in collaboration with staff, families and participants
• Liaise with families prior to and throughout the duration of the program to ensure the needs of the children/youth are met.
• Support participant screenings to identify needs
• Assign client support staff to participants according to their needs and staff skills.
• Work effectively in a team environment to provide a safe stimulating experience for all participants.
• Collaborate with program staff and volunteers
• Together with the Site Coordinator, create daily schedules for children/youth and support staff to ensure that the needs of the participants are met throughout the day
• Lead meetings with support workers to debrief, plan and resolve any challenges that may arise.
• Participate in staff meetings and bring any feedback from the care team meeting to the larger staff meeting.

Qualifications

• College/University student or graduate in allied health services (i.e. Developmental Service Worker, Child Development, Nursing, Occupational Therapy)
• Able to lead, support and advise a team of client service assistants
• Experience working with children and youth with diverse special needs including physical disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism) and/or global developmental delays
• Coordinate debriefing and planning meetings
• Sensitivity to the needs of program participants and their families
• Excellent organizational and documentation skills
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to work as a member of a larger team.
• Adaptability, flexibility, problem solving and independent decision-making skills required.
• Experience with summer camps and/or the field of community arts programming an asset
• Basic CPR certification - Basic Rescuer (C) certificate preferred
• CPI/Crisis Prevention Intervention training preferred