Activity Assistant

St. Paul's Senior Services•San Diego, CA

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About The Position

Connect with the Greatest Generation and join us at St. Paul's! You will be able to make a difference in the lives of countless seniors by providing comfort and life-changing experiences every single day. Our team is looking for compassionate, caring and considerate companions to become angels for San Diego's residents and participants in the best years of their lives! BASIC FUNCTION: Responsible for the planning, coordination, and implementation of the Activities Program activity programs under the direction of the Villa Activities Coordinator. This shall be done on a daily basis with effort to meet the participants’ individual needs and interests.

Requirements

Ability to organize; ability to teach, supervise, and orient; willingness to accept consultant direction and to assume responsibility.
Interest in and understanding of the needs of the aged and the chronically ill or disabled.
Must be computer literate [create documents, send and respond to email, etc.].
YOU MUST BE ABLE TO CLEAR FINGERPRINTS THROUGH DOJ AND FBI IN ADDITION TO A DRUG SCREEN CLEARANCE.

Nice To Haves

Experience with adult and child activities preferred.
Activities certificate is preferred but not required for the position

Responsibilities

Help develop and implement activity programs within the framework of the needs and ability of memory impaired residents and State and Federal regulations
Coordinate programs in a team manner with related Villa services and staff. Will implement activities that are both group and individual participation in nature.
Develop activities providing the opportunity for the participants to experience sensory input, touch, smell, taste, etc. as well as group interaction and personal achievement.
Include activities which shall encourage participants to make decisions, participate in planning and assume some degree of responsibility and independence.
Help develop weekly schedule of all activities, to be coordinated with Activity Coordinator.
Evaluate each participant according to his/her background, interest, abilities, physical and mental limitations and needs. This shall serve as the base from which the individual activity program shall be developed.
Document the individual activity program using the appropriate forms.
Develop appropriate records which indicate residents’ attendance and participation in the program with reference to response to the program.
Develop methods for implementing programs within departmental budget.
Attend and participate in staff meetings.
Help order supplies as needed to maintain Program inventory.
Ensure the safe supervision of participants and keep the group as harmonious and engaged as possible throughout the day.
Other duties as may be assigned by the Activity Coordinator.