Recreation Supervisor - LTC, Perm FT, INTERNAL

Job summary

The Recreation Supervisor will lead and support a team in delivering high-quality recreational programs while ensuring resident-centered care. Responsibilities include hands-on training, coaching, department budget management, and auditing documentation to improve holistic wellbeing outcomes.

Job details

The Village of Tauton Mills has an exciting opportunity for a RECREATION SUPERVISOR to join their team. * Status: Permanent Full-Time • Location: 3800 Brock St N, Whitby, ON L1R 3A5 • Expected Start Date: TBD Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 To be Unposted: Friday, September 18, 2026 The expected hiring range for this position is $49,000 to $53,350. This role falls within a broader internal salary band, with growth opportunities based on demonstrated performance. You can be you while being part of our Family! * Competitive salary, and benefits; * Significant opportunities for Growth and Development: Our Leaders come from within; * Ongoing Team Member Appreciation incentives and generous rewards and recognition; * Extended Health Benefits & Retirement Savings; * Individualized Assistance for Team Member Education and Development; * Loans and Scholarships to help our team members realize their greatest potential; * Financial Hardship Support Program: Wilfred Schlegel Hope Fund; * A Unique Family Culture: Every Person in Every Village is a branch of our Family Tree As a new Recreation Supervisor you will: * Hold a diploma or degree recreation/leisure studies and/or gerontology from a community college or university * Work every other weekend and rotational on-call as needed * Have experience leading and supporting a team with hands-on training, coaching and supervision * Display a caring and respectful attitude toward our residents, families, and team members As a new Recreation Supervisor joining our Village Team it would be an ASSET but not required for you to having the following: * Experience with shift scheduling, department spending and budget * Skills Collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to support a holistic recreational program * Experience facilitating group activities and programs * Experience auditing and evaluating documentation capturing residents’ participation, engagement and holistic wellbeing in order to identify where programs can be improved to support the development of recreation * Have exceptional time management skills and ability to work in collaboration with a team * Support and embrace our resident-centered social culture and be proud to deliver the highest quality of customer service to our residents * Knowledge of the five domains in Therapeutic Recreation that contribute to an individual’s health * Knowledge of recreational therapy practices, methods, techniques and opportunities to improve resident’s well-being and holistic health Schlegel Villages provides training to the successful candidate: You can be you while being a part of our family. At Schlegel Villages we are redefining elder care through innovation [https://the-ria.ca/about-ria/about-us/our-history/], Village design [http://schlegelvillages.com/about] and culture [http://schlegelvillages.com/culturechange] change, but we know the key to our Village success, and our residents’ satisfaction, is YOU and our teams. We aspire to provide all members of our communities, including team members, with a life enriching experience. We are family owned and operated and we take our mission seriously: “to provide holistic health care in a home environment, located within an internal neighbourhood design that promotes a caring community with emphasis on optimal health and life purpose for each resident”. Schlegel Villages is pleased to accommodate individual needs in accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), within our recruitment process. If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please speak with the hiring leader. Equity, diversity and inclusion are ingrained within the Schlegel Culture, and our Villages are more welcoming, open-hearted and vibrant because of it. Each Village is strengthened by the unique lived experience of every person connected to it. Everyone is included and respected in their spirituality, cultural diversity and individuality. Regardless of ability, heritage or cultural roots, our people are embraced, just as they are, and we celebrate and support life purpose within the community. At Schlegel Villages, our hiring practices reflect our commitment to human connection and strong relationships that we strive to provide in our Villages. We do not use artificial intelligence in our screening or selection processes; applications are reviewed by our recruitment professionals who thoughtfully assess candidate’s fit with our posted opportunities, mission and values.

What you’ll do

The Recreation Supervisor will lead and support a team in delivering high-quality recreational programs while ensuring resident-centered care. Responsibilities include hands-on training, coaching, department budget management, and auditing documentation to improve holistic wellbeing outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a diploma or degree in recreation, leisure studies, or gerontology. Experience in team leadership, shift scheduling, and facilitating recreational programs is highly valued.

Benefits

• Competitive salary • Extended health benefits • Retirement savings • Team member appreciation incentives • Individualized assistance for education and development • Loans and scholarships • Financial hardship support program

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Customer service · Preferred
• Budgeting · Preferred
• Collaboration · Preferred
• Coaching · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Recreation supervision
• Gerontology
• Team leadership
• Coaching
• Shift scheduling
• Budgeting
• Therapeutic recreation
• Time management
• Customer service
• Documentation auditing
• Holistic wellbeing assessment
• Group activity facilitation
• Collaboration
• Leisure And Recreation
• Elderly Care
• Artificial Intelligence
• Auditing
• Customer Service
• Cultural Diversity
• Disabilities
• Equities
• Holistic Health
• Innovation
• Loans
• Recreational Therapy
• Shift Scheduling
• Spirituality
• Time Management
• Family Tree

Job areas

• Healthcare
• Management & Leadership
• Sports & Recreation
• Social Services
• Recreation Supervisor
• Recreation / Activities Worker
• Fitness and Recreation Instructors and Programme Leaders
• Recreation Workers