Activity Aide Full Time

• Start Date: ASAP, we have a new employee orientation class starting soon
• Hourly Wage Estimate: $15.00/ hourly
• Shift: 8-hour shifts; Afternoons/PM Shift
• Schedule: Full time 1pm-9pm

You’re not just your job title. Your role here extends far beyond your job description. You are a friend and family member to each resident. You know their name and their story. You are providing compassion and companionship to those in our care. This family aspect is what sets us apart from other health care sectors.

When someone becomes a patient here, each of us becomes their partner on their journey to healthy living. No matter the illness, injury or limitation.

Join us and make a connection of your own. Join us and make a difference in someone’s life.

A little more about our center:

Bourbonnais Terrace is a Specialized Mental Health and Rehab Facility (SMHRF), providing care to the non-aggressive (adult) mentally ill/behavior health population. Located in a quiet suburban neighborhood with a leadership team that has been here for many years. What makes us unique:

• We are eager to help you excel in your career – ask us about our educational assistance program.
• Our residents frequently tell us, they love it here!
• We have a close-knit family-like team – come join us.

What you will do in this role:

• Officially we title this job an Activities Aide, but in other centers it may be called an Activity Aide, Activities Assistant, or even a Life Enrichment Coordinator.

When you are a patient, games and entertainment can be the highlight of your day. As an Activity / Activities Aide you will help to keep our short term stay residents engaged in their recovery and rehab. With long-term residents, you will be providing life enrichment events, often focused on cognitive and memory retention. This could involve leading an exercise group, playing card games, or reading a book to someone that is confined to their room.

• Every day can be a little more fun than the next.

What’s in it for you:

• A manageable workload (Also - not a lot of lifting)
• Flexible scheduling – we understand when things come up
• A team that takes pride in their work – many have been promoted up to higher positions.
• Employee recognition programs
• Annual merit increase opportunities
• Robust benefits package, including a retirement savings plan
• Refer-a-Friend programs – Bring your friends & earn a $ bonus $.
• Educational Assistance program – We’ll help you $ pay $ for your classes.

Our Administrator would like you to know “We work well together; we help one another and have fun while we’re here. Come join us.”

Activity / Activities Aide: Officially we title this job an Activities Aide, but in other centers it may be called an Activity Aide, Activities Assistant, or even a Life Enrichment Coordinator.

What we need from you:

• Must possess a minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Prior experience as an activity aide in a long-term care facility preferred
• Must have computer knowledge
• Must be able to push, pull, move and/or lift a minimum of twenty-five (25) pounds
• Ability to successfully pass a pre-employment physical and criminal history background check.

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply. Join us and be the reason someone smiles today.

• Are you in school to become a Recreational (Rec) Therapist (CTRS)? This would be the perfect entry level position for you while you are learning.