Activities assistant

Lighthouse Senior Living•Essex, MD

10d•$18 - $20

About The Position

The Activities Assistant will play a key role in planning, developing, organizing, and implementing community resident activity programs. This position collaborates with the Director of Memory Care to ensure programs meet the spiritual, social, recreational, and emotional needs of residents. The assistant will also advocate for residents and their families, provide direct services and support, and maintain appropriate records and documentation. A key aspect of this role is fostering a positive and engaging atmosphere for residents and staff.

Requirements

Experience in planning and implementing activity programs.
Budgeting and expense monitoring skills.
Strong communication, education, and support skills for families.
Ability to act as a role model for staff.
Proficiency in maintaining records, correspondence, and documentation.
Skills in tracking resident engagement and debriefing.
Ability to create and foster a positive atmosphere.
Experience supervising student internships and volunteers.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a Memory Care setting.
Knowledge of local library resources.

Responsibilities

Assists with the planning, developing, organizing and implementing of community resident activity programs.
Directs community activity programs.
Collaborates with the Director of Memory Care to plan activities.
Assists in developing a budget to support activities and assists with monitoring expenses to stay within budget.
Recommends policies, procedures and practices that will support resident spiritual, social, recreational and emotional needs.
Functions as an advocate for residents and their families.
Provides direct services to families through communication, education and support.
Acts as a role model for staff with regard to professionalism and appropriateness in resident and family interactions.
Provides regular briefings with the Director of Memory Care regarding department functions.
Maintains appropriate records, correspondence and documentation of the department.
Tracks resident engagement in activities and debriefs families and Director of Memory Care.
Supports family education programs and promotes family involvement in activities which support resident spiritual, social, recreational and emotional needs.
Maintains and communicates schedule of varied activities to appeal to different interests and capabilities and promotes participation.
Maintains craft and recreational supplies to support resident independent engagement in crafts and hobbies.
Creates and fosters an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positivity in leading activities and staff.
Visits individual residents with activities, crafts and projects to actively engage all residents either singly or in groups.
Maintains local library resources with broad appeal to residents.
Supervises appropriate student internships and volunteers.
Performs other duties as assigned.