Activities Director

Shift: Full time Days

Employees are an important part of life at Schofield Care! Not only do they help our residents to achieve their goals, but they also help them to maintain an optimal quality of life. We're looking for caring, compassionate employees to join our team and to help us fulfill our mission to deliver the area's BEST senior care! 

Position Summary:

The Director of Activities organizes, plans, directs, and carries out a program of activities which covers recreation, intellectual, educational, spiritual, and self-care developments for residents as an integral part of total resident care.

We strive to be an employer of choice:

• Competitive Wages
• Paid Time Off
• Sick Days
• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• 401(k) (eligibility based on full-time/part-time status)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Uniform Allowance
• Other Perks

Key Responsibilities:

The Director of Activities is supervised by the Administrator.  The job duties and responsibilities are to be performed while observing the following standards: job standard (knowledge, ability, skills), technical skill, quality, quantity, judgement/problem solving, decision making, and initiative.  The responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in the selection and evaluation of activities programs, staff and volunteers.
• Supervise all activity staff and assigned volunteers.
• Ascertain, initially from the residents attending physician, and on an ongoing basis from other appropriate professional staff, which residents are not permitted for specific documented medical reasons, to participate in certain activities.
• Develop and prepare with the resident and designated representative, as appropriate, a written plan for individual, group and independent activities in accordance with his needs, interests and capabilities, and in recognition of his mental and physical needs and interest, as well as education and experiences.
• Incorporate activities into the residents interdisciplinary care plan.
• Periodically, and at least quarterly, review with the resident, designated representative and staff as appropriate, his activity program participation and revise the plan as necessary.
• Develop a monthly activities schedule based upon individual and group needs, interests and capabilities, considering the special needs of residents including, but not limited to, dementias, physical handicaps, visual, hearing and speech deficiencies and wheelchair or bed restrictions.
• Post the current monthly activities schedule where it is accessible to residents and staff and can be easily read and provide a copy to each resident.
• Provide the Administrator with a monthly report of the type, frequency of, and number of residents participating in the activities programs.
• Include in the resident's clinical record a quarterly assessment of the resident's degree of participation in response to and benefit from the activities program.
• Develop and maintain Activity Department policies, procedures and quality assurance program.
• Assist in the selection of safe and adequate space, equipment, and supplies for the activities program.
• Participate in the development of the facility's inservice education program.
• Participate in resident care conferences, Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee meetings, primary inservices, and Disaster Committee meetings as required.
• Implement and report on a Quality Assurance Program for the Activity Department.
• Assist with preparation of the department's annual budget.
• Prepare purchase requisitions and maintain required inventory records for the Activities Department.
• Oversee all gift shop operations, including but not limited to, bookkeeping, scheduling, purchasing, inventory control, advertising and display.
• Performs other related duties as required by their manager.

Working Environment:

The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions, and outdoor conditions on good weather days.  Will be exposed to a stove, kiln, and sharp instruments, paint and chemicals. 

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A.    Education, Training and Experience - An individual who meets one of the following criteria:

• is a qualified occupational therapist; or
• is a qualified therapeutic recreation specialist; or
• is a qualified occupational therapy assistant; or
• is a qualified recreation assistant; or
• has a minimum of two years full-time, paid experience, acceptable to the New York State Department of Health, in an activities program in a health care setting.

Current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification issued by either the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross

B.    Character - The individual must possess good moral character, patience, and compassion for the elderly.

EEO Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer.  Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Salary : $23 - $26