Activities Director - Portland ~ Full-time Salary

MorningStar Careers•Portland, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Activities Director plans, coordinates, and directs a vibrant community-life program and meaningful life-enrichment activities based on residents’ interests, preferences, abilities, and needs. The role recruits, trains, supervises, and supports life-enrichment assistants and volunteers; develops internal and external community-life partnerships and resources; and coordinates resident reviews and contributions to care plans and required documentation. The director organizes group and individual programs around residents’ individualized care needs, maintaining a varied schedule of physical, social, religious, diversional, intellectual, and creative activities. Activities take place indoors, outdoors, and in the wider community, including seasonal and special events. The position supports resident engagement, communication, care planning, volunteer programming, and coordination with families, facility staff, care teams, professionals, agencies, and community organizations. It also maintains activity supplies and records, prepares calendars and bulletin boards, participates in facility in-service programs, and may assist residents on outings, including driving company vehicles.

Requirements

State-issued certification.
At least six months of experience; two or more years preferred.
Awareness of older adults’ special needs and dimensions of wellness, and techniques for engaging residents with different interests and abilities.
Leadership, professionalism, organizational, and budget skills; ability to initiate, implement, and complete projects.
Familiarity with the community, social agencies, clubs and groups, sources of materials, and local services.
Sensitivity to residents’ needs and feelings.
Computer skills and ability to adapt to new technology.
Enjoy working with older people and demonstrate judgment, empathy, creativity, imagination, friendliness, resourcefulness, enthusiasm, a caring attitude, and sincere interest in others.
Demonstrate the core values of Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, and Respect.

Nice To Haves

Two years of college from an accredited institution preferred.
Two or more years of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and direct community-life and life-enrichment programs based on residents’ interests, preferences, abilities, needs, and care plans.
Organize group and individual activities that balance physical, social, religious, diversional, intellectual, and creative pursuits.
Coordinate Residents Council and other resident or family committees and meetings.
Ensure daily group activities take place and support full resident engagement.
Coordinate scheduled activities with other departments and communicate programs to residents, families, volunteers, and facility staff.
Identify personal, emotional, and environmental concerns that may limit residents’ use of care or services, and help arrange support from professionals or agencies.
Formulate, review, and update written care plans and required resident documentation in accordance with established policies and residents’ conditions.
Prepare and post monthly life-enrichment calendars reflecting residents’ interests, including physical, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious interests, and update monthly bulletin boards and the Wall of Veterans board.
Maintain activity supplies and equipment in good condition and ensure materials are available to residents.
Conduct quarterly life-enrichment program surveys and report on program progress.
Support residents with mail, email, and virtual communication needs.
Participate in care conferences with nurses and other staff; prepare for resident reviews, discuss resident progress, and make appropriate medical-record and care-plan entries.
Transport residents within the community between activity locations and may assist on outings, including driving company vehicles.
Record residents’ activity participation in individual medical records and maintain group participation records.
Recruit, orient, supervise, and keep records for volunteers; communicate volunteer needs to the outside community.
Participate in outside community planning and arrange use of community facilities for residents.
Participate in facility in-service programs and provide staff training on the activity program, reality orientation, volunteer services, and related topics.
Recognize abnormal signs or symptoms that may indicate a physical change in a resident’s condition and report them promptly to the Wellness Director.
Maintain professional confidentiality.