Activities/Life Enrichment Coordinator

Plymouth Place Senior Living•La Grange Park, IL

About The Position

The Activities/Life Enrichment Coordinator implements and coordinates person-centered life enrichment programs and activities for residents, as assigned by the Activities/Life Enrichment Supervisor. The role includes providing compassionate care and assisting residents with standing and walking, reminders, prompting, and escorting. The Coordinator uses resident assessments to identify social-program preferences and capabilities, documents findings, and shares information with appropriate staff. The role plans and implements programs that address residents’ physical, cognitive, educational, spiritual, service-related, sensory, community, creative, family, and social needs. It helps ensure the community’s programming calendar reflects residents’ collective profiles and preferences, coordinates activities across the community, and involves staff, residents, families, and volunteers in programming. The Coordinator collaborates with the team when scheduled programming needs to change, maintains regular and punctual attendance, and attends in-service and education programs. This is a part-time opening scheduled Sunday through Thursday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. During emergencies or natural disasters, the employee may be required to remain on duty for the duration of the disaster. Other duties may be assigned, and responsibilities may change with or without notice.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Knowledge of developing activity schedules.
Experience organizing events with peers and individuals.
Experience in senior continuum care.
Significant ability to assess residents’ capabilities and preferences for planning, implementing, and evaluating programs.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Solid organizational skills, including attention to detail and multitasking.
Ability to read, write, and speak English sufficiently to perform job duties and communicate with residents, families, and employees.

Nice To Haves

Completion of a 36-hour Activity Course is desired but not required.
Previous experience in a congregate setting or long-term care is desired.

Responsibilities

Implement and coordinate person-centered life enrichment programs and activities as assigned by the Activities/Life Enrichment Supervisor.
Assist residents with standing and walking, reminders, prompting, and escorting; provide compassionate care.
Use resident assessment data to determine social-program preferences and capability to participate; document findings and share them with appropriate staff.
Plan and implement social programs addressing residents’ physical, cognitive, intellectual, educational, spiritual, service-related, sensory, community, expressive and creative arts, family, and social needs.
Balance the social-program calendar to reflect resident profiles and preferences, including needs for individual programming.
Recommend, create, contribute to, coordinate, and/or implement programming calendars across the community.
Recommend, create, and/or coordinate programming provided by staff, residents, families, volunteers, and other community members.
Incorporate volunteers into programming in ways that benefit volunteers and residents and support the overall social program.
Support volunteer recruitment by identifying and communicating opportunities.
Collaborate with the team when deciding whether scheduled programming should vary.
Maintain regular and punctual attendance at work and meetings.
Attend in-service and education programs.
Perform additional assigned duties and, during emergencies or natural disasters, remain on duty for the duration of the disaster if required.