Activities Assistant- PART TIME

The Birches Assisted Living • Clarendon Hills, IL

87d • $15 - $16

About The Position

When you join The Birches, you join a Successful Aging Community that believes in the positive aging lifestyle. We believe that each one of us has, within ourselves, the power to live longer and healthier lives by taking care our Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual, and Social health. And as a community, we work together to support our residents and team members to discover what's possible and make a real difference in the lives of our residents. The primary purpose of your job position is to implement the programming that allows successful aging and support for our residents living with memory loss and their families. This position is responsible for building and supporting meaningful relationships with our residents that will allow residents to grow regardless of their age or physical or cognitive abilities. The Activities Assistant for our memory care neighborhood, Encore, has the privilege of creating and implementing activities that are designed to support our residents' intellectual, spiritual, social, and physical abilities while creating a fun, positive, creative, and inspirational atmosphere for our residents and team members. We are looking for a fun, creative, supportive, and flexible individual interested in having fun with our older adults by creating purposeful events.

Requirements

• Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma.
• Drivers License required to drive our bus (if applicable).
• Experience in senior-living or related industry preferred.
• Experience as an activities assistant preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Passion for supporting older adults.
• Flexibility and creativity in event planning.

Responsibilities

• Implement programming that supports successful aging for residents living with memory loss.
• Build and support meaningful relationships with residents.
• Create and implement activities that support residents' intellectual, spiritual, social, and physical abilities.
• Foster a fun, positive, creative, and inspirational atmosphere for residents and team members.

Benefits

• Privately owned & operated small business for more than 20 years.
• Discounted, homemade employee meals.
• Employee & Family Assistance Program.
• Retirement Savings Program.
• On the job training and education accommodations.
• Employee wellness and Successful Aging support.
• Cross training into multiple departments to meet career goals.
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses.
• Part time members qualify for accrued PLT based on hours worked.
• Referral bonus to fill open positions: $1000/person (unlimited per year).
• Medical Insurance with 3 different offerings for employees working more than 32 hours/week.
• 2 dental options for employees working more than 32 hours/week.
• Accrued paid leave time based on years of service for employees working more than 32 hours/week.
• 6 paid holidays (double-time if working on the holiday) for employees working more than 32 hours/week.
• Life Insurance for employees working more than 32 hours/week.
• Short term/ long term disability for employees working more than 32 hours/week.
• Voluntary Life Insurance for employees working more than 32 hours/week.
• Continuing Education Reimbursement for employees working more than 32 hours/week.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees