Freedom House Activity Coordinator (FT)

BST SENIOR LIVING WEST INC•San Antonio, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Activity Coordinator, you'll be responsible for the planning, implementation and supervision of the day-to-day social, educational, recreational, spiritual and therapeutic individual and group activities, entertainment and transportation services for Freedom House residents. Offers activity-focused programming to meet the needs and interests of each resident, and ones that will encourage self-care, resumption of normal activities and an optimum level of functioning. Assesses each resident to determine appropriate level of activity, activity interests, patterns of involvement, etc. Prepares activity portion of resident care plans and assists in completion of Life Stories. Assists and works closely with the community’s Activity Coordinators and Care Team in an effort to promote open communication regarding the Memory Care resident’s overall well-being and coordination in volunteer activities. Performs a variety of duties to provide quality memory care to dementia. Attends and leads activities. Assists residents with activities of daily living (reading and writing letters, distributing mail, shopping, etc.). Assists in the management of the Activity budget.

Requirements

Required: High school diploma or equivalent.
Will need to get certification within the first three months.
Must maintain good driving record.

Nice To Haves

Preferred: At least one year of previous long-term care with Alzheimer’s experience is desirable.
Preferred: Working knowledge of basic office equipment and machinery required along with proficiency in working with the Microsoft Office suite of products including Word and Excel. Some knowledge of PowerPoint and Publisher preferred. General training will be provided to familiarize incumbent with office equipment to ensure safety during use.

Responsibilities

Organize balanced programs of group and individual activities based on the residents’ interests, needs, abilities and potential. Programs must provide physical, social, religious, creative and intellectual activities using resident/staff/family comments and input.
Communicates residents’ program to appropriate parties including residents, volunteers, families/responsible parties, and facility staff.
Activities may include, but are not limited to: parties, games, weekly exercises, church services, book reading and clubs, crafts, baking and cooking, outside entertainment, travel and transportation, special activities at holidays, fundraisers for specific projects, and resident's birthdays and anniversaries.
Effectively encourage and actively promote resident participate in activities/social services through internal, formal and informal communication networks.
Serves as a member of the service care plan team.
Assists in the preparation of and distributes monthly calendar of events and daily schedule.
Maintains activity equipment and supplies.
Handle and account for petty cash expenditures as necessary and to operate program within an established budget guideline.
Assists in Personal Care as necessary (i.e. telephone coverage, personal care duties) and runs errands when requested by the Director or Lead care Givers.
Other duties as assigned by the Director.