Part-Time Activities Assistant

ASC OF FINCASTLE LLC•Fincastle, VA

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About The Position

The Activities Assistant reports to the Director of Activities and assists with planning, implementing, and evaluating an ongoing activities program designed to address residents’ interests and physical, mental, and psychological well-being in accordance with comprehensive assessments. The role involves preparing and cleaning activity spaces, arranging equipment and supplies, creating decorations and crafts, organizing movies, parties, games, and other activities, and maintaining materials. The assistant escorts residents to activities, transports them to offsite functions using the facility van, and conducts one-on-one visits with residents who cannot participate in group programs. The position also supports resident assessments and care plans, documents residents’ attendance, participation, and responses, gathers activity information from residents or family members, and supervises and schedules volunteers as directed. The schedule is part-time and includes weekdays, weekends, rotating weekends, rotating holidays, and 8-hour shifts. The assistant must be energetic, compassionate, creative, and able to work with residents, families, and personnel.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, and family members.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
Ability to stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently throughout the workday and throughout the facility.
Ability to work outside normal work hours, including nights, holidays, and weekends, as needed to meet facility and position demands.
Must be free of diseases that may be transmitted while performing job responsibilities during the stage of communicability.
Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a long-term care facility.
Previous experience working in activities.

Responsibilities

Assist with planning, implementation, and evaluation of activities programs.
Prepare activity areas for scheduled functions and move or arrange equipment and supplies.
Clean activity areas after functions.
Create decorations and crafts and set up necessary equipment.
Assist with scheduling movies, planning parties, and providing games and activities for residents.
Order and maintain adequate levels of materials for activity programs.
Escort residents to and from activity areas.
Transport residents to offsite activity functions using the facility van.
Make routine one-on-one visits to residents unable to participate in activity programs.
Assist in developing and implementing care plans and resident assessments.
Observe residents’ attendance, mood, behavior, and degree of involvement, and document attendance, participation, and responses to activities, including active and passive participation.
Ensure activity notes are informative and descriptive of services provided.
Interview residents or family members to obtain activity information.
Supervise and schedule volunteers as directed.