Recreation Services Aide (Part-Time)

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Recreation Services Aide assists the Activities Coordinator to provide group and individual activities for the residents. Duties will involve personal contact with a varying resident population and a varied work schedule that may include some weekends, evenings and holidays. Tasks also will involve record keeping, attention to the environment, use of supplies and equipment, and maintenance of storage areas. The person holding this position is delegated the responsibility for carrying out the assigned duties and responsibilities in accordance with current existing federal and state regulations and established company policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:    
1.    Assists with activities directed by the Activities Coordinator and in accordance with each resident’s plan of care.
A.    Group Activities
•    Be sure area to be used for activity is free.
•    Sets area up as needed for the type of activity planned.
•    Reminds nursing staff of activities scheduled and residents who desire to participate.
•    Assists with transport of residents to the activity area.
•    Follows the instructions for the activity as directed.
•    Observes the individual resident participation and responses during the activity.
•    Assists residents back to living areas at the conclusion of the activity.
•    Notifies nursing of resident behaviors which may indicate medical problems.
•    Does record keeping or documentation tasks (e.g. attendance and participation records).
B.    Individual Activities
•    Interacts appropriately and effectively in one to one activities according to the resident’s strengths and limitations.
•    Be aware of individual cognitive, emotional, and psycho-social impairments.
•    Keeps records of sensory stimulation or other type of activity and resident’s responses.
2.    Chaperones scheduled activities away from the facility grounds.
3.    Helps maintain a pleasant and cheerful nursing home environment.
•    Helps with putting up, taking down, and storing seasonal decorations.
•    Helps care for plants.
•    Assists residents to display calendars, pictures, cards, or other mementos in their rooms.
4.    Delivers and reads mail as needed.
5.    Assists with other tasks as directed by the Activities Coordinator.
•    Address, stamp, stuff, and mail the monthly calendars/newsletter.
•    File photos regularly.
•    Keep activity closets organized.
•    Help inventory department supplies and equipment maintenance.
6.    Responsible for general housekeeping duties in activity area. Returns common area to original condition at conclusion of activity (i.e. removes litter, trash, moves and rearranges furniture, returns equipment/supplies).
7.    Participates in and promotes staff participation in facility-wide activities such as dress-up days and special occasions.
8.    Attends in-service educational programs.
9.    Continues the activity program in the absence of the Activities Coordinator.
10.    Recognizes and reports abnormal signs and symptoms which may signify a physical change in condition which could require nursing intervention.
11.    Constantly be on the alert for conditions interfering with the safety and well-being of residents involved in activity programs.
12.    Performs related duties as assigned or as the situation dictates.