Life Enrichment Assistant I-Behavioral Health

Dodge County•Juneau, WI

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About The Position

The Life Enrichment Assistant I-Behavioral Health supports residents’ person-centered life enrichment needs and provides active treatment in accordance with regulations. The position leads workshops and delegates tasks to assisting staff, facilitates sensory and exercise programs, and plans and supports activities, outings, special meals, events, and entertainment. The assistant develops monthly activity and sensory group calendars, transports residents to activities, helps residents obtain items they need or want, and encourages participation and independence. The role also supports residents with individual goals related to workshop, sensory, mealtime, and activities of daily living, documents participation and progress, and communicates observations and changes to licensed nursing staff or supervisors. Other care duties include assisting with personal hygiene, grooming, toileting, mobility, meals, and resident emergencies. The assistant helps maintain clean and orderly resident rooms, household spaces, and workshop areas; assists with laundry and housekeeping; and supports the training and orientation of new Household Assistants. This is a part-time, benefit-eligible, non-exempt position. Benefits are prorated based on FTE. Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., with Thursdays off. The position works every third weekend, with the Friday before and Monday after that weekend off. A $3.00 per hour weekend differential applies.

Requirements

Knowledge of personal protective equipment (PPE) and its proper use for personal safety.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of resident care information and protect resident rights and privacy in accordance with HIPAA.
Knowledge of housekeeping and laundry chemicals, including hazardous laundry chemicals, and isolation procedures.
Ability to create and maintain a warm, personally attentive atmosphere and a clean environment.
Ability to work tactfully and cooperatively with residents, families, visitors, and staff throughout the organization.
Ability to communicate verbally with residents, families, the public, and organization members.
Must demonstrate a warm, cheerful, caring manner and safely perform the essential job functions.
Ability to interpret and implement local policies and procedures, written instructions, general correspondence, and federal, state, and local regulations.
Organizational and time-management skills to prioritize a high volume of work while adapting to changing priorities.
Ability to perform detailed work accurately and independently under stringent time limits with minimal direction and supervision.
Ability to think quickly, maintain self-control, and adapt to stressful situations.
Knowledge of computer software, including word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications appropriate to the position.
Ability to perform required mathematical calculations and prepare and maintain accurate, concise records and reports.
Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion in performing duties, resolving problems, and interpreting policies and regulations.
Ability to communicate detailed and sensitive information effectively and concisely, orally and in writing.
Ability to handle sensitive interpersonal situations calmly and tactfully, maintain professionalism, and establish effective working relationships.
Ability to work the allocated hours and respond after hours as needed.

Responsibilities

Guide residents in recreational activities; lead workshops and delegate tasks to staff assisting with them.
Assist with sensory programs, exercise programs, and projects that meet residents’ person-centered life enrichment needs and provide active treatment per regulations.
Arrange and provide transportation for community outings, social activities, and other functions.
Plan special meals, events, and entertainment for the IID household, and assist with whole-house events and activities.
Develop monthly calendars for planned activities and Sensory Group.
Decorate the household for reality orientation, holidays, and seasons, and assist with researching and purchasing approved household items.
Gather, prepare, and organize materials for workshops, sensory groups, and other planned activities.
Assist residents with researching and purchasing items they need or wish to have; make routine contact with residents and help with cards, letters, and online shopping.
Schedule movies, plan parties, provide games and activities, and encourage residents to participate in available programs.
Work with residents on Individualized Program Plan goals related to workshop, sensory, mealtime, and other ADL activities, and report progress for charting.
Document workshop attendance, estimated productive work time, and other activity participation in MatrixCare.
Promote independence with personal care, ambulation, and accessing the community.
Provide personal hygiene and grooming assistance, including bathing, oral care, skin and nail care, hand washing, hair care, shaving, dressing, and weighing.
Assist with toileting, bowel and bladder retraining, perineal care, mobility, transfers, ambulation, positioning, and range of motion according to care plans.
Report care provided and resident measurements and observations accurately, including dietary intake and output, temperature, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
Serve meals and motivate or assist residents with food and fluid intake.
Participate in resident care planning through shift reports and assigned resident care staffing meetings; complete assigned portions of residents’ annual Comprehensive Skills Reviews.
Report observations and resident changes, including dietary intake, verbally or in writing to the licensed nurse or supervisor.
Encourage and assist residents in keeping rooms clean and orderly; maintain household and workshop cleanliness; keep residents’ belongings and equipment clean and possessions labeled.
Respond to emergencies, including bleeding, falls, and seizures, and perform CPR and the Heimlich maneuver.
Perform housekeeping and laundry duties as needed.
Assist with training and orientation of new Household Assistants and provide backup to Household Assistants and other department personnel as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.