Activity Aide---- The Orchards of Alliance

The Orchards / Harvest Therapy•Alliance, OH

5d•Onsite

About The Position

WE are looking for a part time Activity to transition to Full Time! For over the last seventy years, The Orchards have continued the traditional values inspired by the Fox Family: respect for one another, concern for each resident’s well-being, and encouragement of individual interests and enjoyment of life’s pleasures. These values are a gift The Orchards staff members share every day with residents and each other.

Requirements

A high school diploma or equivalent is required
Complete annual state mandated training requirements
Uses e-mail to communicate with others internally and externally.
Individual should also have knowledge of spreadsheet, database, and word processing software to create reports, calendars, and correspondence and to maintain state or federally mandated resident documentation.
Skills in planning and leading activities for geriatric residents are needed.
Requires additional skills with special-need geriatric residents, such as those with dementia, Alzheimer's, or those requiring advanced health care.
Regularly required to talk or hear when interacting with various individuals or groups and when communicating instructions to residents for performing activities.
Frequently required to stand during activities with residents and while conversing with various individuals; walk when doing a one-on-one activity with a resident, escorting residents to a planned activity, and in the course of performing activities with residents; sit at a desk when charting resident information or in a chair when doing an activity with residents; use hands to finger, handle, or feel when using the telephone or computer or to manipulate items or materials before, during, and after planned activities with residents (balloons, baking supplies, books, radios/tape players, musical instruments, etc.); reach with hands and arms for supplies, to assist residents with an activity or craft, to push residents in wheel chairs, or to walk with residents using a walker; and stoop, kneel, or crouch to communicate with residents, to assist residents with activities, and to place items in or get items from low drawers or shelves.
Occasionally required to balance while walking or standing in the course or performing the job.
Occasionally required to use his/her sense of taste during baking activities and sense of smell to detect odors within the resident units and emanating from the residents.
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, which is generally supplies and furniture required for planned resident activities.
Regularly required to move up to 200 pounds when transporting residents by wheelchair to planned activities or for one-on-one activities.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision in order to monitor residents at close range and at a distance and to maneuver residents in wheelchairs and with walkers through unit hallways; close vision for computer and paper detail work, reading or playing music, and observing residents during an activity; color vision to work with materials for activities involving craft materials or baking supplies and to review color-coded spreadsheets or documents; and depth perception and ability to adjust focus from far to near and from computer to desk or unit hallways.

Nice To Haves

Three to six months of related experience in Senior Activities.

Responsibilities

Assists with and conducts activities based on needs and interests of residents
Assists activities with outside vendors to entertain or conduct programs with residents.
Maintain communication with Activity Director regarding condition/change of resident.
Assists the Activity Director with various administrative tasks as necessary.
Encourage residents to participate in planned activities.
Listen to resident’s desires and needs for activity.
Assist with the distribution of activities schedules.
Coordinate resident escort to and from in-house and community based activities.
Decorate for holidays and other events.
Attend meetings and training session required for position.