POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for carrying out the activities during specified duty hours, thereby ensuring quality of care and assisting with ameliorating to improve deficit areas.

JOB SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

•Demonstrates ability to assist and evaluate in patient admission process.

•Facilitates groups to meet facility and patient needs.

•Demonstrates knowledge of individual resident’s histories, current progress and personal issues or difficulties.

•Demonstrates ability to interact effectively with residents including ability to de-escalate residents with verbal interventions.

•Assists residents in promptly following through with programming issues, and medical and community appointments. 

•Demonstrates ability to interact appropriately with residents during programming by role modeling for them and encouraging them to complete assigned projects.

•Demonstrates ability to oversee exams.

•Reads all staff memos, staff communication notes, resident case management notes, and physician notes and summaries.

•Community Involvement: Demonstrates knowledge of community resources and coordinates community volunteer projects.

•Initiates assignments without hesitation and when completed seeks out other assignments.

•Demonstrates ability to accomplish assigned tasks with minimal supervision.

•Displays willingness to work additional hours when necessary.

•Assists residents in purchasing appropriate amounts and types of food items as outlined by weekly menus.

•Monitors and assists residents in preparing meals that have been planned.

•Ensuring that appropriate curriculum is facilitated to residents.

•Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate classroom management.

•Demonstrates knowledge of resident’s deficits as it applies to group function.

•Ensures that residents participate appropriately in group setting.

•Delegating appropriate staff to assist in working with residents.

•Reports daily progress to Program Directors.

•Documents on resident’s progress daily and services provided.

•Demonstrates ability to adequately evaluate resident’s performance and deficits.

•ADL’s Assistance: Assists residents in performing and completing ADLs as needed.

•Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

•Minimum of high-school degree or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE:

•Minimum of one-year experience facilitating group activities preferred. 

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:

•Must be certified in BLS and SAMA.

•Must have a valid Texas Driver’s License and good driving record.