Activities Assistant

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🎨 ACTIVITIES ASSISTANT

South Haven Health & Rehabilitation

❤️ Full-Time | Resident Activities & Engagement

🎉 Help Make Every Day More Meaningful

🏥 Long-Term Care & Rehabilitation

💙 LOVE PEOPLE? BRING YOUR ENERGY, CREATIVITY & HEART TO WORK!

South Haven Health & Rehabilitation is looking for an enthusiastic Activities Assistant to help make our residents' days a little brighter.

This isn't a desk job.

You'll help plan activities, lead games and events, visit residents one-on-one, decorate for special occasions, celebrate birthdays and holidays, and find creative ways to keep residents active, engaged, and connected.

If you're outgoing, creative, patient, and genuinely enjoy spending time with older adults, we'd love to meet you.

🌟 THE GOOD STUFF — AT A GLANCE

🎨 Fun, Creative Position

❤️ Build Meaningful Relationships with Residents

🎉 Help Plan Activities, Events & Celebrations

🤝 Work with a Supportive Team

🏡 Make Our Residents Feel at Home

📈 Opportunity to Learn & Grow

🎯 What You'll Do

• Assist the Activities Director with daily activities, programs, and special events
• Lead and participate in group activities, games, crafts, celebrations, and social events
• Help residents get to and from activities
• Provide one-on-one activities for residents who prefer or need to remain in their rooms
• Encourage residents to participate based on their interests and abilities
• Help prepare activity calendars, bulletin boards, decorations, and event materials
• Record resident participation and responses to activities
• Deliver resident mail and assist residents when needed
• Help coordinate volunteers and community activities
• Communicate resident needs or changes to the appropriate team members
• Build positive relationships with residents, families, visitors, and coworkers
• Protect resident dignity, privacy, rights, and confidentiality
• Help create a positive, welcoming environment throughout the facility
  
  

💙 Who We're Looking For

We're looking for someone who is:

😊 Friendly, outgoing, and positive

🎨 Creative and willing to bring new ideas

❤️ Patient and compassionate with older adults

🤝 A team player who can also work independently

🎉 Comfortable leading activities and interacting with groups

🖥️ Comfortable with basic computer and keyboard functions

📋 Organized and dependable

💬 A strong communicator

Previous experience working with elderly or disabled individuals is preferred.

Must be at least 18 years old and able to perform the essential physical functions of the position, including walking, standing, bending, reaching, pushing, and assisting with activity-related tasks.

🎁 Benefits For Eligible Full-time Employees

🏥 Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Insurance

🦷 Dental Insurance

👓 Vision Insurance

❤️ Life Insurance

💼 401(k) with Company Match

🏖️ Paid Time Off (PTO)

🎉 Paid Holidays

📈 Career Growth Opportunities

💙 MORE THAN ACTIVITIES

A great activity can do much more than fill an afternoon.

It can help someone make a friend.

It can bring back a favorite memory.

It can give someone something to look forward to.

And sometimes, it can simply make someone smile on a day when they really needed it.

If that sounds like the kind of work you'd enjoy, come join us at South Haven.

💙 “Our Family Caring For Yours”

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

South Haven Health & Rehabilitation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

👉 Apply today and help us make every day a little more meaningful for our residents.

Job Ref #: 903e4ce4-243d-457a-9856-631233bed027

Date Posted: 2026-10-02