ACTIVITIES ASSISTANT
About The Position
Iris Memory Care of Rowlett is looking for a full-time Activities Assistant. Weekend availability may be required. This position is responsible for engaging our residents in leisure activities that are of interest to them! Our residents need assistance to socialize, complete crafts, dance, sing, cook recipes, garden, accompany on excursions, and to be involved in and complete life enriching activities both that are scheduled monthly and some that are impromptu. This is an incredibly fun, rewarding, and important job for the right person!! We are a small, freestanding memory care assisted living located off of George Bush Turnpike at Miller Road in Rowlett. As a community focused on memory care, all of our residents are coping with Alzheimer's or other form of dementia. We are an age-in-place community, so you will care for residents all throughout the spectrum of the disease. Preference will be given to candidates with experience in life enrichment in a memory care setting.
Requirements
- A qualified candidate will feel at home working with and building relationships with the elderly, performing life enriching activities daily and preferably will have a solid history of reliability and experience working with dementia or a willingness to learn.
- Well-rounded, balanced, and productive team player
- Mature
- Patient
- Creative
- Nurturing
- Compassionate personality
- Lots of energy
- The ability to closely follow direction
- Strong organizational skills
- Some weekend availability is mandatory
Nice To Haves
- Experience in life enrichment in a memory care setting
- Experience working with dementia
Responsibilities
- Engaging residents in leisure activities
- Assisting residents to socialize
- Assisting residents to complete crafts
- Assisting residents to dance
- Assisting residents to sing
- Assisting residents to cook recipes
- Assisting residents to garden
- Accompanying residents on excursions
- Assisting residents to be involved in and complete life enriching activities both that are scheduled monthly and some that are impromptu
Benefits
- Free meals
- Free uniform shirts
- Direct deposit
- Health insurance
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program EAP
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
