Activities Assistant

Ohio Living; Macomb Township (MI); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio Living is seeking an activities coordinator to support residents' daily living through engaging programming and compassionate care. You will manage a variety of activities aimed at physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being, including hobbies, crafts, and social events, while building trust with residents and families.

This role focuses on care management, coordinating events, documenting plans of care, and ensuring compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Experience in activities programming preferred.
• Two years experience in a long-term care or healthcare setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides programming that meets residents’ interests and supports their physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
• Encourages and assists residents to participate in hobbies and crafts.
• Assists bed-bound residents by visiting, writing/reading letters, providing materials for hobbies, etc.
• Makes routine visits to residents and assists with crafts and projects.
• May assist with transporting residents to/from dining areas.
• May accompany residents to off-site activities and return to the building.
• Interacts with residents to ensure quality care and positive resident/staff relations.
• Maintains open, trust-building relationships with resident families and responds to requests or concerns.
• Communicates with residents or families to obtain activity information.
• Provides reading materials in Braille, tapes, and recordings as needed.
• Coordinates scheduled parties, movies, games, and activities for residents across levels of care.
• Assists in developing an evening activity schedule.
• Completes monthly activity log for activities led.
• Communicates needs for supplies/equipment as needed.
• Attends all-employee and departmental meetings and in-service training as scheduled.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!

Our intention is to haveemployees who are passionate about making their personal mission statement come to life each day at work! Be it through providing healing, eradicating loneliness,contributing to efficiencies, streamliningprocesses, beingdependable,sparking creativity or something else,the demonstration ofHOW you do your job is just as important as WHAT you do in your job.

Alongsideour valued employees, we are making a difference throughout the state of Ohio in the lives of those that need healthcareorthoseembracingthe next chapter of their lives.Sustained members of our team demonstrate accountable behavior and share our values of customer service, innovation, integrity, inclusion, financial stewardship, leadership and care.

Essential Activities and Tasks

Care Management and Service Delivery - 70%

• Performs day to day activity functions to provide programming that meets the residents’ interests and the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

• Encourages and assists residents to participate in hobbies and crafts.

• Assists bed-bound residents by visiting, writing/reading letters, providing materials for hobbies, etc.

• Makes routine visits to residents and assists with crafts, projects, etc.

• May assist with transporting residents to/from dining areas.

• May accompany residents to off-site activities where residents are loaded into buses, transported, unloaded, assisted, accompanied and returned to activities out of the building.

• Interacts with residents to ensure that quality care and positive resident/staff relations are taking place.

• Maintains open and trust-building relationships with resident family members, responding professionally and promptly to any requests or concerns.

• Communicates with residents or family members to obtain activity information.

• Provide reading materials in Braille, tapes, and recordings as needed.

Operations Management - 20%

• Coordinates scheduled parties, movies, games/activities appropriate for residents in various levels of care.

• Assists in developing an evening activity schedule.

• Completes individual monthly activity log for activities he/she has lead.

• Communicates needs for supplies/equipment as needed.

• Attends all-employee and departmental meetings and in-service training as scheduled or as directed.

Quality, Compliance, and Risk Management - 10%

• Develop and oversee written plans of care (preliminary and comprehensive) for each resident and assure that all activity progress notes (and plan of cares) are charted, informative and descriptive of the service provided and of the resident’s response to the service.

• Maintains and reviews all charts, notes, and documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with rules, regulations, and standards applicable to program services.

• Maintains the confidentiality of resident information and honors the residents’ personal and property rights.

All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience

• One year activities experience preferred.

• Two years experience in a long-term care, hospital, or other related healthcare setting preferred.

Other Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Working Conditions and Special Requirements

• Sitting - Up to 8 hours/day

• Standing - Up to 8 hours/day

• Walking - Up to 8 hours/day

• Lifting, transferring, pushing or pulling residents/patients and/or equipment/supplies - Up to 50 pounds

• Driving - Up to 4 hours/day

• Work weekends, evenings, and holidays - Required as scheduled

• Subject to residents/patients with various disease processes - Occasional

• May be exposed to infectious waste, disease, conditions, etc. including exposure to the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses - Work day

• Risk Category for Exposure to Bloodborne Diseases - II