Activities Assistant

Ohio Living•Cape May, NJ

About The Position

The Activities Assistant supports activity functions and programming to meet residents’ interests and promote their physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being in accordance with company standards and applicable federal, state, and local requirements. The role includes engaging residents in activities and hobbies, supporting residents who are bed-bound, maintaining positive relationships with residents and families, coordinating activities, and ensuring care plans and activity documentation are complete and compliant. The position also involves assisting with resident transportation to dining areas and off-site activities, arranging events and activities suited to residents at different levels of care, attending meetings and training, and maintaining confidentiality and residents’ personal and property rights.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
One year of activities experience preferred.
Two years of experience in a long-term care, hospital, or other related healthcare setting preferred.
Ability to sit, stand, and walk for up to 8 hours per day.
Ability to lift, transfer, push, or pull residents/patients and/or equipment or supplies weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to drive for up to 4 hours per day.
Availability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays as scheduled.
Occasional exposure to residents/patients with various disease processes.
May be exposed during the workday to infectious waste, diseases, and conditions, including AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses; bloodborne-disease exposure risk category II.

Nice To Haves

One year of activities experience.
Two years of experience in a long-term care, hospital, or other related healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day activity programming that meets residents’ interests and supports their physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
Encourage and assist residents to participate in hobbies and crafts.
Visit bed-bound residents and support them through visits, correspondence, reading, and materials for hobbies.
Make routine visits to residents and assist with crafts and projects.
May help transport residents to and from dining areas.
May accompany residents on off-site activities, assisting with loading, transportation, unloading, participation, and return to the building.
Interact with residents to support quality care and positive resident/staff relations.
Maintain open, trust-building relationships with residents’ family members and respond professionally and promptly to requests or concerns.
Communicate with residents or family members to obtain activity information.
Provide Braille reading materials, tapes, and recordings as needed.
Coordinate scheduled parties, movies, games, and activities appropriate for residents at various levels of care.
Assist in developing an evening activity schedule.
Complete an individual monthly activity log for activities led.
Communicate needs for supplies and equipment.
Attend all-employee and departmental meetings and in-service training as scheduled or directed.
Develop and oversee preliminary and comprehensive written plans of care for each resident.
Ensure activity progress notes and plans of care are charted and describe the services provided and residents’ responses.
Review charts, notes, and documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable requirements.
Maintain confidentiality of resident information and honor residents’ personal and property rights.
Perform other duties as assigned.