Recreational Therapist - Program Coordinator; Early Learning

Recreational Therapist - Program Coordinator (Early Learning) - (FT) - National Office (Toronto, ON)

You’ll feel great about a career with March of Dimes Canada

At March of Dimes Canada,
our collective work matters
. As a leading national charity backed by a history of more than 70 years of impact, we’re dedicated to being Canada’s leading service provider, resource, and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide. Our collective efforts are rooted in our Purpose, Vision, and Mission, which inform how we drive all our work forward.

Vision:An inclusive, barrier-free society for people with disabilities.

Mission:To be Canada’s leading service provider, resource, and advocate, empowering people with disabilities to live and thrive in communities nationwide.

The opportunity

Are you a passionate Recreation Therapist with a love for working with children? Do you thrive in creative, collaborative environments where your ideas shape innovative programming?

Join March of Dimes Canada’s Early Learning team and help empower children and youth with disabilities to thrive through play, learning, and connection. Your work will directly impact the lives of children and families, helping them build essential life skills and confidence through inclusive, engaging programming.

We are looking to fill one new opportunity for a Full-Time, Recreation Therapist
- Program Coordinator (RTPC) with experience in pediatrics and youth programming to join our amazing team in Toronto, Ontario
. If you are passionate, high-energy, fun and have a child-like imagination to go along with your stellar program facilitation skills then this opportunity is for you! This role also involves program coordination and administration. At MODC, we focus on the potential of our clients, while making programming fun.

The RTPC is responsible for the development and delivery of our recreation-based program curriculum for children and youth with disabilities. You would be responsible for the provision of recreation therapy assessments, and group interventions to promote and facilitate the development of skills essential to recreation and leisure engagement. This role will promote the development of social skills, emotion regulation, cognitive skills, physical activity and leisure education that support a child’s ability to function and engage in their home, school, play, and community environments.

In addition to program facilitation, you would be responsible for coordination and administrative tasks including but not limited to: registration, development of communication documentation and resources, correspondence with families, inventory, purchasing, set-up/ maintenance of program spaces, special event planning and execution, etc.

While most of the responsibilities will take place during regular operating hours on weekdays, this position may require you to work evenings and weekends as part of a 5-day work week.

This role involves active participation in recreation programs, including assisting with client transfers, setting up program spaces, and moving equipment. Candidates should be comfortable with bending, kneeling, and occasional lifting. Accommodations are available upon request.

This position primarily involves in-person work at 99 Duncan Mill Road during active program sessions, with potential opportunity for hybrid work between sessions based on the program schedule.
Travel may be required to other sites within the Greater Toronto Area. As this role involves non-clinical work, the ability to manage your own schedule and adapt to changing and evolving work responsibilities is essential.

This dynamic and unique role offers a blend of indirect program development responsibilities and direct service delivery duties and is not an exclusively clinical position.

• Conduct holistic semi-structured interviews and functional assessments to support the program intake process.
• Apply clinical judgement to assess clients and recommend optimal group class placement according to the clients’ individualized needs and areas for goal attainment using a strengths-based approach.
• Co-facilit…