What are the responsibilities and job description for the Activities Assistant position at Harbor House Rehab & Nursing Center?
Activities Assistant: Full-Time M-F & alternating weekends
Address: 11 Condito Road, Hingham, MA
Qualifications:
Ability to communicate English, verbally & written.
Preferably 2 years satisfactory employment as a recreation assistant in an elder or senior care facility.
Experience in leading group recreation programs for elders or memory impaired clients.
High School Diploma or GED
Job Duties:
Understand the approach and structure of recreation for elders: Bingo arts & Crafts, sing a longs, exercise groups and word games.
Implement and lead activities of therapeutic recreation according to monthly schedule and scheduled hours
Must move intermittently through the workday
Push residents in wheelchair weighing up to 300 lbs.
Assist in planning and implementation of organized program for recreation
Assist in providing a planned resident-specific, goal-directed recreation program
Consistently work cooperatively with residents, families, and staff
Be able to take direction and work as a team
Salary : $16 - $19