Specific Activity Assistant duties:
- Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing and evaluating the activity programs
- Meet social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical needs of residents
- Maintain a schedule of on-going activities which reflect various times convenient to residents need
- Involve the resident/family in planning activity programs, objectives and goals when possible
- Work with staff and other disciplines to ensure resident participation
- Observe resident attendance, mood, behavior, and degree of involvement so that facility activities and resident progress are evaluated by noting, reporting and charting resident behavior
- Ensure that all charted activity progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and indicate the resident’s response to the service
Specific Requirements:
- Ability to work autonomously and make independent decisions, follow instructions and to accept constructive criticism
- Partner with staff members to ensure resident and staff participation
- Strong work ethic, motivation, organizational and leadership skills
- Knowledge of state requirements and federal and Medicare guidelines