Team leader at home

Would you like to combine leadership and helping relationships? This position gives you the opportunity to supervise a dynamic team while offering stimulating activities in the home to people living with neurocognitive disorders, while providing valuable respite to their caregivers.

Your role will be:

Intervention

• Make initial visits to clients’ homes and follow up with people waiting for services
• Design and lead personalized therapeutic stimulation activities (cognitive, sensory, physical, etc.) in clients’ homes
• Offer respite and stimulation services in a safe environment that respects the Company’s values for the person being cared for and their caregiver
• Write intervention reports and ensure record-keeping complies with standards

Team management

• Independently manage and supervise the operations of the homecare team
• Plan schedules and match caregivers with families
• Lead team meetings to support caregivers in complex cases and assist them in developing and leading their activities
• Ensure administrative follow-up of the caregiver team (write reports, apply procedures and best practices, take inventory of stimulation equipment, collect statistical data)
• Manage the waiting list and ensure the quality of services offered.

You will have access to:

• A competitive salary
• Competitive benefits, including group insurance and pension plan (RRSP).
• A full-time position (35 h/week) with flexible hours, adapted to the reality of home visits
• Travel on the island of Montreal, for a dynamic and enriching daily life
• Telecommuting possible for administrative tasks, depending on needs and work organization
• Friday afternoons offered during the summer
• 10 days of personal and sick leave in addition to vacation
• Training offered and job shadowing (continuing education, First Aid, PDSB, CPR, person-centered approach, etc.). )
• A dynamic and humane work environment where you can make a real difference in customers’ lives.

You will need:

• Degree in social work, recreology, psycho-education, gerontology, special education or related field.
• Experience in designing and facilitating therapeutic stimulation activities using the person-centred approach for interventions with people living with a neurocognitive disorder
• Strong autonomy, proactivity and experience in team management
• Ability to travel throughout the island of Montreal (work in clients’ homes)
• Functional command of spoken English preferred, to work with an English-speaking clientele (approximately 40%).

Send your CV to rh@alzheimermontreal.ca