Activities Supervisor

Harbor Health Services, Inc.•Brockton, MA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Harbor Health Services is an innovative, growing, mission-based organization that lives, serves and collaborates with our community members to achieve our mission to help individuals reach their full potential through access to local, affordable services that promote health. Harbor provides medical, behavioral health, dental, and support services to more than 34,000 patients in Boston, the South Shore, and Cape Cod. Harbor Health also operates two Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly in Mattapan and Brockton, providing comprehensive healthcare, transportation and social services for more than 580 frail elders who continue to live with dignity and independence in the community. To help further the mission of Harbor, we are looking for a talented Activities Supervisor to join our team at the Elder Service Plan in Brockton, MA. Role: The Elder Services Plan (ESP) Activities Supervisor (AS) is responsible for planning, supervising, and administering a comprehensive therapeutic program for ESP participants in an adult day health setting. The Activity Supervisor is also responsible for preparing activity programs and monitors their effectiveness for participants with varying degrees of memory impairment. Creates initial, semi-annual, and annual recreational therapy assessments based on direct observation and on-going, timely documentation of assessments and interactions with the participants attending the day center.

Requirements

BS in health care related fields or BA in human services or related field (4 or more years of related experience may substitute for the Bachelors degree)
4 or more years of experience in a social or recreational program providing and coordinating services for a frail or elderly population within the last 5 years, one of which was full-time in a patient activities program in a health care setting
Highly motivated, creative and energetic
Must be able to demonstrate teamwork, enthusiasm, and effective communication
Must be able to communicate sensitively to support meaningful interaction with participants
Must be able to recognize the signs of distress resulting from confusion and respond by diffusing a person’s anxiety and supporting their understanding of the events they experience
Must be able to demonstrate compassion and vigilance to ensure participant safety
Working knowledge of physical, psychosocial, and behavioral needs for a frail or elderly population, knowledge of recreational therapy techniques and practices for a frail and elderly population including assessment, care plan development, monitoring and evaluation of needs
Skills in planning, organizing, and evaluating special activities and programs for frail elders
Computer literate; must have intermediate skills in Excel, Word, Outlook, social media,
Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

Certified as a Therapeutic Recreational Specialist or Activity Director Certified (ADC) credential from the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP) preferred

Responsibilities

Implements specialized programming to address the needs of clients with individual and specialized needs.
Ensures Implementation of daily therapeutic activity programs.
Recruits, hires, and retrains activity staff ensuring staffing ratios on par with program demands.
Schedules 1-1 meetings with Direct reports and runs monthly departmental meetings.
Supervises, instructs, and evaluates activity staff in the performance of their work.
Ensures group and individual activities are appropriately implemented by designated staff.
Ensures appropriate interactions with participants and adjustments to plan activities based on participant needs.
Attends interdisciplinary team and care planning meetings and maintains appropriate records and documentation in collaboration with the Activity staff.
Assists Site Director/Clinical Director in development of annual operation and capital budgets.
Orders equipment and supplies.
Partners with ESP rehab and other departments to integrate Health and Wellness activities.
Collaborates with external members of the community to provide additional programming for participants.
Effectively shares analysis of activities and participant status to appropriate team members. Measures and tracks effectiveness of programs. Creatively “thinks outside the box” to ensure that future programs and activities elicit positive emotions.
Understands how to delegate duties with staff to ensure center is running effectively and staff are working up to potential.
Provides re-direction and de-escalation to participants when needed.
Ensure assessments are completed within 30 days of care plan for participants according to policy and procedures.
Collaborates with Activity Supervisors at other ESP sites to share strategies and successful activities