Activities Assistant -Per-Diem (16 hours per week every weekend)

POSITION: Activities Assistant

SUPERVISOR: Executive Director

Schedule: Every Weekend (Saturday and Sunday) 8 hours per day 9 AM- 5 PM

Compensation: $18-$20/hourly DOE

Qualifications

High School Diploma with two to five years' experience in Activities, Recreational Therapy, Gerontology or related field.

Must have the ability to develop and implement therapeutic activity programming for individuals and groups, sensitivity to the needs of disabled and low-income adults and elders, supervisory experience helpful and ability to work cooperatively as a multidisciplinary team member.

Specific Responsibilities

• Develop and submit to supervisor by the 25th of the month an imaginative and varied calendar for the following month. Ensure distribution of monthly calendar.
• Assist in planning weekend activities (if applicable).
• Plan and implement holiday and special events activities.
• Directly assist the program assistants with the coordination and implementation of activities.
• Ensure initial assessments, care plans and progress notes are complete meeting the regulated time lines.
• Assist new participants in adjustment to program structure by reading charted information in advance, introducing participant to others with similar interests and encouraging participation in activities.
• Observe and report any change in participants' health and mental status.
• Encourage, but not force, participants to participate in the daily activities.
• Attend as assigned and actively participate in care planning and staff meetings. This includes giving input, listening to observations of other team members and following through on goals and objectives as established by the team. Communicate information as needed to supervise staff.
• Responsible for petty cash and activity supply purchases, making economic activity purchases, ensuring that there are enough materials on hand so that programs can be carried out as planned minimizing the need for last minute purchases.
• Coordinate, organize and maintain activity supply closets.
• Responsible for supervising the smooth and safe operation of daily schedule.
• Assist participants in any way needed with the Activities of Daily Living i.e. toileting, changing clothes and cleaning up because of incontinence, eating, ambulating, as is necessary or assigned by supervisor.
• Agree to work as assigned. Rogerson Communities is committed to providing the people it serves the highest quality of care. Given the nature of this work any and all employees will sometimes be required to work outside their regularly scheduled hours. Advance notice is not always possible but will be given when it is.
• Other program/agency related duties as assigned by supervisor.