Activities Assistant

Festus Manor is looking for a Part-Time Activities Assistant!

The overall purpose of the Activity Assistant position is to assist the Activity Coordinator in providing opportunities for residents to engage in meaningful social and diversified activities based upon needs, interests, capabilities, and previous lifestyles. This position must assist in the coordination, development, and maintenance of quality programs that provide mental, and physical stimulation to the residents, utilizing staff expertise and family and/or community resources.

Qualifications:

• Experience in Long Term Care preferred.
• Ability to read, write, and speak the English language, basic computer skills
• Ability to direct activities when the Activity Coordinator is away.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills necessary.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in the assessment of each resident for interests, talents, and previous patterns of time use.
• Follow activity plan of care based on the assessment completed by the Activity Coordinator.
• Assist residents to activities and ensure that all residents have a monthly calendar of scheduled activities.
• Assist with all resident activities; group, individual and/or independent on a daily basis.
• Accompany residents on activities scheduled away from the facility.
• Other duties/task as assigned by the Activity Coordinator, Administrator, or DON.
• Has reviewed Festus Manor's Policies and Procedures for Abuse Prevention and knows the employee's responsibility to enforce it.

Continuing Education:

• Attends in-service and educational programs Completes computer inservices.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to communicate in English via phone, in writing, and verbally in conversation with different levels of staff, patient families, and any outside customers.
• The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands or fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Ability to utilize a computer, phone, etc. for extended periods of time.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee in occasionally exposed to blood or other body fluids, fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.