Activity Assistant

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.   

• Promote innovative, recreational, and social programs designed to enhance resident's lives. 
• Encourage client’s participation in group activities. 
• Visit regularly with clients who tend to be alone. 
• Prepare and maintain activity care plans and activity participation logs for each resident. 
• Create monthly schedule, making sure holiday events are planned around that month. 
• Report inventory needs to manager, keeping activities supplies always on hand. 
• Assist clients to and from activities and to dining room for meals. 
• Assist in dining room at meal times, eating with clients, and monitoring clients at this time. 
• Greet guests and provide directions.  Respond to personal emergency response system and direct to emergency location. 
• Work with admissions and Director to promote a positive image of the Lincolnshire Place and to ensure a smooth transition for new residents. 
• Solicit resident and family feedback, involve residents in problem solving/general ideas for new service or features, and when possible implement resident suggestions. 
• Provide respect, privacy, and dignity to all residents and does not enter apartments inappropriately. 
• Is able to work independently as well as a team member with a positive attitude. 
• Perform other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS 

 To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Must meet Health Care Worker Background Check under the requirements of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.  

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE  

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 2 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.  Prior experience is preferred. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS  

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence and activity care plans.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to residents, families, and other employees of the organization. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS  

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 

REASONING ABILITY  

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  Must meet the requirements of employment physical and have tuberculin skin test annually. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.   

Willing to work beyond normal working hours, weekends, and holidays. 

Insurance, vacation, 401K for FT employees