Activities Assistant

Arden Park is looking for an Activities Assistant to join our team.

Purpose: To enrich our patrons’ lives by encouraging socialization, providing entertainment, and relaxation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out individual and group activities that meet the functional levels, needs and interests (including cultural and religious interests) of each resident.
• Seek and identify ways to support resident’s individual needs and preferences, customary routines, concerns and choices.
• Communicates information to immediate supervisor and other caregivers as appropriate.
• Provide activities to bed-bound residents and other residents confined to their rooms that reflect life-long interests (such as music, reading, visits with people of shared interests and in-room projects) that are appropriate to the individual’s functional abilities and level of participation.
• Assist residents with these activities as needed.
• Adapt activities to match the cognitive and physical functional levels of the residents through the use of task segmentation, verbal prompts, set-up assistance, physical assists and demonstrations.
• Assists Activity Director in development of activity calendars. Posts calendar on resident units and distribute to residents
• Monitor physical environment for safety or fire hazards and corrects or reports potential problems immediately to supervisor or charge nurse.
• Promptly reports housekeeping and maintenance problems to supervisor or charge nurse.
• Keep activity equipment and supplies in the proper storage areas.
• Maintain activity space in clean and orderly manner that appears “homelike” and is safe for residents, including proper placement of furniture and orderly storage of equipment and supplies in drawers, cupboards, closets, etc.
• Performs additional tasks as assigned

Requirements and Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prior experience within a skilled nursing facility a plus
• Prior experience as activity aide or director a plus
• CPR certification a plus

Physical Capacities: (With or Without the Aid of Mechanical Devices)

• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Continuous bending, squatting, twisting and reaching.
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility which includes an annual TB screening and physical examination.
• Must be able to stand for and walk for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.
• Must be able to cope with mental and emotional stress related to working with persons who are ill, disabled, elderly and/or emotionally upset, and/or memory impaired.
• Must be able to manage resident behavior that includes verbal outbursts, combative behavior, striking out, and memory impairment

Environmental conditions: Inside work, normal temperatures, some noise, occasional fumes/odors, mild chemical exposure (cleaning products) and potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

Arden Park is an equal opportunity employer, in accordance with anti-discrimination laws Arden Park prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Arden Park conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $17.00 - $18.50 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift

Experience:

• Nursing home: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person