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Join the RVG Team

RVG Career Fair

Join us on Thursday, April 13, 2023, from 1:00pm to 6:00pm for a Career Fair held on-site in the Learning Hub ( last door on the Robertson Avenue side of the building). 

Interviews will be conducted on-site - bring your resume!

  • Our Managers and Supervisors will be on-site to share career opportunities and answer questions.
  • Our partners from Adult Language and Learning will be on-site to advise on settlement services in Chatham-Kent and credentialing processes.

Department booths will include:

  • Personal Support Worker (PSW)
  • Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)
  • Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Cook
  • Dietary Aide
  • Housekeeping Aide
  • Laundry Aide
  • Recreation Aide
  • Administration
  • Students

RVG Careers

Our team members are passionate about providing services to enhance our residents' quality of life. We aim to hire the best people and provide the best training, education and support to our team.

We have ongoing open postings for:

  • Personal Support Worker (PSW)
  • Registered Practical Nurse (RPN)
  • Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Cook
  • Dietary Aide

To start your career at Riverview Gardens - visit www.ckcareers.ca to learn more and apply!


Volunteering

Our volunteer team consists of many dedicated and talented individuals of various ages, personalities and interests.

As a member of our volunteer team, you will experience a rewarding environment.

Your support will help residents maintain an active, independent quality of life by enhancing and complementing the services provided by the staff at Riverview Gardens.

Areas of volunteer service may include (please note that some activities are suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic):

  • Arts and crafts
  • Chapel liaison
  • Meal Assistant
  • Hairdressing
  • Library
  • Musical entertainment
  • Special events
  • Bartender
  • One to One Visiting
  • Connect Family with Residents virtually (e.g. iPad - Facetime)
  • Outdoor Walks
  • Administrative Assistance
  • Palliative care
  • Spiritual/Religious Services
  • Restorative Care Walking and Wheel Chair Repair Program

All volunteers are provided with orientation, training, staff support, program choices and flexibility in scheduling.

We operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are opportunities to fit every schedule – days, evenings and weekends. We ask volunteers to commit to a minimum of 4 hours per month or once a week, pending your volunteer role.


Volunteer Application Process

The process to become a volunteer with Riverview Gardens Long-Term Care includes:

  • Completed application (Under 18, please include a parent/guardian waiver and a Volunteer Reference Form )
  • Vulnerable Sector Police Check
  • Two (2) step TB (Tuberculosis) test
  • Orientation Session

Download the Volunteer Application Form


Student Placements

We welcome students to Riverview Gardens. Secondary school students have opportunities to learn about the various areas of long-term care. We are proud to enhance secondary school student learning opportunities by catering to individual learning goals and skill development.

We welcome inter-professional practice students from a wide range of programs such as nursing, personal support work, social work, recreation, business, dietary and recreation therapy. Community connections with accredited universities and colleges are important to us.  Students interested should have the placement coordinator from their school contact Riverview Gardens to request a placement opportunity.

Please note: placements may be subject to change during the COVID-19 pandemic.


For more information about volunteering or student placements, contact our Volunteer Coordinator at 519-352-4823 x 6123.