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Form of workOverview:
Wesley Village is currently hiring an Activities Aide/Leader for a Full Time opportunity.
**Position starts at $15/hr**
- Full-time
- 5 days/37.5 hours a week
- Every other weekend and holiday rotation
- Day time hours with 1 night a week 12pm – 8pm rotation
United Methodist Homes is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
Responsibilities:What will I do?
The Activities Leader helps plan, organize, direct, and implement the therapeutic/social/leisure activities programs to meet the social, intellectual, and spiritual needs of the residents in order to maintain quality of life in a long term care community.
- Assists in organizing, setting-up, scheduling, and directing all planned activities
- Invites and transports those residents needing assistance to scheduled activities
- Helps prepare monthly activity calendar, posts on all bulletin boards, and makes copies for door-to-door delivery to all residents of nursing home as assigned
- Coordinates special notices as needed for each unit of the nursing home
- Establishes birthday lists and posts on bulletin board
- Assists in-house committees and volunteers with activities and special functions
- Prepares activity work requests for dietary, maintenance, and housekeeping for special functions
- Helps welcome new residents to the facility
- Directs attention to appropriate staff for concerns raised by the residents during general House Meetings
- Helps maintain office, activity programs, and storage areas neat and organized
- Attends required in-services and regularly scheduled staff meetings
- Assesses each resident’s individual needs and interests upon admission, quarterly, and as needed and helps develop and implement interventions for individual plans of care
- Drives residents in the bus to off-campus activities as assigned
- Participates in Care Plan Meetings for residents as assigned
- Completes assigned paperwork including but not limited to resident assessments, care plans, and attendance books and documents information in required tracking systems as assigned
- Understands and follows all HIPAA guidelines
- Performs other duties as assigned
What do I need for this role?
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- One to three months of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred
- Valid PA driver’s license required
- Musical talent helpful, but not required
- Experience working with an elderly population preferred
What makes Wesley Village and United Methodist Homes unique?
- We are a faith-based nonprofit organization, committed to serving the community since 1958, and adhering to our mission of providing a wide range of senior living services with truly exceptional care and compassion.
- We have two PA locations in Pittston and Tunkhannock as well as 2 locations in the Binghamton, NY-area - all providing senior care options and opportunities for career growth!
- We recognize our success depends on committed staff members. We offer a comprehensive, affordable benefit program which includes spousal and family coverage:
- Competitive pay rates
- Incentive compensation programs
- Health insurance plan with Wellness program options
- Dental and Vision insurance
- 403B retirement plan with a generous employer match
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition Forgiveness for RNs and LPNs
- Employee referral incentive
