For over 35 years, The Safehaven Project for Community Living has been providing exceptional care to children with developmental disabilities and complex care needs.
Our mission is to provide high-quality, family-centered, and community-based residential and respite care for individuals with complex care needs through respite and residential programs at Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Woodbridge and Aurora homes.
Safehaven serves individuals with disabilities and their families, through respite and residential programs at our Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Woodbridge, and Aurora, homes.
Our Future
At Safehaven, we are constantly striving to better serve our clients and communities that need us most. That’s why we are currently exploring opportunities to expand our service offerings beyond children to include adults, developing programs and services to care for more medically complex individuals, and implementing innovative therapy and recreational programs for our existing and future clients.
In order for The Safehaven to achieve our goals, we are looking for exceptional people with huge hearts who are motivated by positively impacting the lives of others and believe in our vision of creating a more inclusive world for people with complex care needs.
Whether you are working in one of our locations, or in a client’s home, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference and improve the lives of clients and their families in our communities. You will be part of an outstanding team that is so passionate about the work we do.
ROLE SUMMARY
The Registered Dietitian (RD) is responsible for providing comprehensive nutrition assessment, care planning, and medical nutrition therapy for medically complex clients with developmental disabilities, and/or high-risk health needs. The RD collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized nutrition interventions that support clinical stability, prevent complications, and optimize overall health outcomes. This role includes ongoing monitoring, documentation, caregiver education, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and evidence-based practice standards.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Conducts nutritional assessments for clients to develop an individualized intervention and nutritional care plan
· Implements and evaluates nutritional care plan of clients with the overall goal of maintaining and promoting optimal nutritional status
· Provides nutritional counseling to clients and their families
· Communicates dietary recommendations to appropriate team members and families, which may include enteral feeds/formula recipes.
· Provides education to interdisciplinary team, clients and families regarding nutritional care plan of clients or other necessary/appropriate topics
· Works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to develop educational information for clients, caregivers, and other service providers about nutritional care or topics as appropriate
· Keep up to date with current dietetic science and practice
· Completes documentation of all clinical assessments, interventions and related care occurrences.
· Contributes to innovative approaches for care of complex clients
QUALIFICATIONS:
· Graduation from an accredited Respiratory Therapy program
· Current registration and membership with the College of Dietitians of Ontario
· Pediatric experience and experience working with children with disabilities preferred
· Proficient in enteral nutrition and infant feeding
· Ability to set priorities and manage a busy workload while meeting required deadlines
· Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently, and in an interdisciplinary team environment
· Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills
· Excellent oral and written communication skills
Job Type: Part-time
Expected hours: 4 per week
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
