What are the responsibilities and job description for the ACTIVITY AIDE/COORDINATOR position at The Brook Hospital - KMI?
Responsibilities:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Qualifications:
Position Summary
This position provides leadership and oversight of the adventure program and all associated activities within the facility.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Assist in organizing recreational therapy sessions to interact with patients and offer recommendations for physical and mental wellness. Assist in developing and implementing rehabilitation programs to help patients adjust to a disability or illness. Assist in ensuring treatment plans are suitable for patients’ physical condition and are in accordance with the hospital policies and the patients’ preferences.
- Assist in maintaining high quality documentation of all therapy services consistent with the hospitals’ policies. Completes all required documentation in a timely fashion and meets all deadlines as established by the hospital’s policies and procedures.
- Assists in assessing patients’ needs regularly and assists in the developing and updating of the Master Treatment Plan.
- Assists in making progress reports to, and contacts with, each referral agency representative and with each significant other as required.
- Assists other departments in the discharge, aftercare planning and aftercare follow-up of assigned patients.
- Maintains the highest professional ethical standards and all legal requirements and promptly informs supervisors of any observed violations in others.
- Plan and lead therapeutic leisure-based and life skills focused activities for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health patients.
- In collaboration with Tier MHAs, develop and implement weekly special event activity schedules that support patient engagement and enhance overall patient experience.
- Facilitate group activities in a safe, structured, and therapeutic manner.
- Adapt activities to meet the developmental, cognitive, emotional, and physical needs of diverse patient populations.
- Observe patient participation, behavior, and response to activities, and communicate relevant observations to the treatment team.
- Encourage positive social interaction, teamwork, coping skills, and self-expression.
- Maintain activity supplies, equipment, and designated activity areas in a clean, organized, and safe manner.
- Document patient participation and activity outcomes in accordance with facility policy and regulatory standards.
- Assist with holiday events, special programs, and unit-based enrichment activities.
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Follow infection control, safety, behavioral health, and emergency response procedures at all times.
- Performs other duties as assigned/required by this position.
- Demonstrate all Service Excellence Standards and Principles.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Must be able to orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently.
- Can quickly find common ground and solve problems; can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups; can solve problems with peers with a minimum of conflict; is seen as a team player and is cooperative; easily gains trust and support of peers; encourages collaboration.
- Must have strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects under pressure.
- Ability to pay continual attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with all internal/external interface points.
- Ability to build relationships with diverse individuals and groups.
- General familiarity with the budgeting process related to adventure activities.
- Demonstrates ability to manage planning, decision making and facilitating process improvements; takes responsibility for activities.
- Understands need for and maintains appropriate confidentiality at all times when interacting with patients, residents, families, visitors, referral sources and all other contacts.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- High School Diploma and or GED Required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Recreation Therapy or related social service or Outdoor Education field preferred
- Preferred Certified Recreation Therapist
- Preferred 2 years of previous adventure program facilitation, residential programming, and work with the co-occurring population
- Minimum 2 years experience in a residential setting preferred.
- Wilderness First Responders Certification preferred
Work Environment and Physical Demands
- Sits, stands, bends, kneels, lifts and moves intermittently during work hours.
- Must be able to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 60 pounds.
- Ability to be physically mobile, climb stairs, traverse the campus on uneven, hilly terrain.
- Ability to work outdoors in possible extreme weather conditions.
- A current, valid driver’s license and a clean driving record is required for use of company vehicles.
- Due to the 24/7 operational demands, must be available after normal working hours and on holidays to manage events/activities that may arise.