Life Enrichment Coordinator

Cedarhurst Senior Living•Springfield, IL

39d

About The Position

Life Enrichment Coordinator (Activities Coordinator) Can you be a real, true friend? Is it your nature to be open, listen deeply, know your heart, respond genuinely, and care as only a real friend cares? If so, we want to meet you. Cedar Creek of High Plains, a regional healthcare provider and true friend of older adults, seeks a service-minded, career-oriented individual to join our team as a full-time Life Enrichment Coordinator (Activities Coordinator) at our High Plains community. As a Life Enrichment Coordinator, you will have to opportunity to connect with, and positively impact the lives of, our residents daily! By planning, coordinating and managing activities, holiday celebrations and special events within our community, you will have the opportunity to enrich our residents' minds, bodies and spirits. For you, success will mean smiles on our residents' faces and laughter and excitement filling the halls of our community. In this role, you will work alongside the Life Enrichment Director and the community's Executive Director to ensure our that our residents are able to choose from a robust set of activities and programs to fill their days. As a Life Enrichment Coordinator, working with the Life Enrichment Director, you will impact the lives of our residents by -

Requirements

Possess a genuine passion and interest in caring for seniors and individuals living with dementia
Ability to work well with others, communicate clearly and take direction from management, as well as to take initiative and go above and beyond to meet resident needs
Flexibility and the ability to work weekends and holidays on a regular rotation as well as some occasional evenings for special events
License to drive community bus or ability to obtain license within 30 days of employment
Working knowledge of computer applications such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.)
Ability to meet all physical demands of the position which includes, but is not limited to, seeing, speaking, touching, walking, standing, bending, reaching overhead, crouching/kneeling or crawling, as well as the ability to regularly lift/move up to 50lbs independently and up to 100lbs with assistance

Responsibilities

Assisting in planning, scheduling and leading community activities programs, holiday celebrations and special events
Introducing new residents and their families to the community's life enrichment programs
Assisting in coordinating holiday decoration displays for the community
Contributing to resident assessments by assisting in completing or ensuring completion of Life Stories
Assisting in taking activity attendance and completing family messaging in our electronic platform
Attend monthly virtual education meetings provided by Home Office Support
Driving community bus for outings and appointments as needed
Completing other tasks as assigned by the Life Enrichment Director or Executive Director

Benefits

Cedar Creek of High Plains believes that its team is its greatest asset. For this reason, we provide our team members with extensive training as well as personal and career development opportunities.
Cedar Creek of High Plains offers a competitive benefits package including medical insurance coverage, life insurance, long-term disability coverage and a 401(k) Plan with company match (after 1 year of service).

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