Activities Assistant

Salary Range: $18.85 - $22.41

Pay rates are determined based on experience and internal equity.

Position Summary:

• Scheduled hours of work include weekdays, every other weekend, some evenings and holidays.
• This position may be held as an interim as a staff member undertakes receiving Activity Leader Certification for the State of California.
• Must work well under stress or tight deadlines.
• Must work well with supervisors, co-workers, patients/residents, family members and visitors.

District Responsibility:

• Support of the District Mission and Values
• Demonstrate Respect, Professionalism and Courtesy to all patients, visitors, other providers and coworkers, as delineated in the LVMC “Commitment to Care”.
• Constantly use C-I-CARE principles when communicating with others.
• Performance Improvement Activities
• Professional Development

Position Duties/Responsibility:

• Presents individual and group activities. Assists with planning activity programs.
  • Presents three to five activity programs daily.
  • Presents programs as they are described in the program description.
  • Begins and concludes programs on time.
  • Assures needed attendance at programs by communicating with the nursing staff.
  • Pursues each resident’s active highest practical participation.
  • Conduct individual room visits with residents for socialization and sensory stimulation.
• Assist with maintaining participation records.
  • Record accurately: attendance, degree of participation and residents responses.
• Assist with assembling bulletin boards, display calendars, and arranging equipment for programs.
• Assists with residents’ care and special needs
  • Occasionally transports residents to appointments, shopping or out of facility activities.
  • Passes trays at breakfast and lunch in the Activity Room.
• • May assist with different tasks such as feeding.
• Position Competencies
• Other duties assigned by supervisor

Essential Functions:

• The ability for prolonged standing, walking and sitting.
• The ability to keyboard.
• The ability to bend or kneel.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective, courteous and respectful working relationships with residents, their families, volunteers, co-workers and the general public
• The ability to be supervised.
• The ability to work as a Team.

Position Qualifications:

• Education: Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent and demonstrate ability to read, write and follow instructions.
• Experience: Experience working the elderly is preferred but not required.
• Certifications: Must possess a valid California Drivers License (with a good driving record).
• Skills/Ability: Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; perform responsibilities within departmental time lines; successfully coordinate several tasks simultaneously; be able to work as departmental needs dictate, including evenings, weekends, holidays and overtime; be able to work with individuals of all functioning levels.
• LVMC reserves the right to modify the minimum requirements depending on the needs of the organization.