Activities Assistant AL

PruittHealth; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

PruittHealth in Atlanta, GA seeks an Activities Assistant to support planning, implementing, and evaluating recreational and social programs for residents.

The role collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to tailor activities to individual needs, maintain rights, and promote wellbeing, with schedules covering mornings, afternoons, evenings, and weekends. Requires two years of college and prior experience in a health care setting.

Qualifications

• Requires minimum two (2) years of college education with courses in recreation, education, social work, other behavioral sciences or clinical services.
• Two (2) years’ experience in a social or recreational program within the past five years, with one year full-time employment in a patient/resident activities program in a health care setting.
• As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and gather information to develop individualized recreation programs.
• Update resident recreation programs to accommodate needs and protect residents’ rights.
• Work with the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement, and evaluate the plan of care.

Skills

Communication

Activity planning

Assessment

Team collaboration

Education

Two years college

Job description

Job Description - Activities Assistant AL (2609032)

Job Purpose

Assists in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of recreational, social, intellectual, emotional and spiritual programs, in accordance with the patient's assessment and care plan, and as directed by the Supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and gather information by interviewing residents, family members, legal representatives, and significant others to develop individualized recreation programs that accommodate functional levels, needs, and interests of each resident.
• Update resident recreation programs as needed to accommodate individual needs and preferences and to protect and promote residents’ rights.
• Work cooperatively with members of the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement, and evaluate the plan of care; attend care conferences and develop activity interventions as part of the comprehensive care plan.
• Communicate resident concerns and responses to interventions to the interdisciplinary team members and direct care staff.
• Schedule recreational activities to accommodate the residents’ hours (morning, afternoon, evening, weekend), appealing to all age groups, both men and women, in a variety of locations and including special seasonal events; post monthly activities calendar.
• Provide activities to residents confined to their rooms that reflect lifelong interests such as music, reading, visits with people of shared interests, and in-room projects that the resident can work on independently or with staff assistance.
• Provide structured activities to meet the needs of cognitively impaired residents such as music events, gross motor games or outdoor walks; adapt activities so that all residents can participate by segmenting tasks into simple steps, providing verbal prompts, physical support, demonstration, and hand‑over‑hand assistance when residents are unable to complete a task independently.
• Develop and implement effective procedures to ensure that all residents are informed that activities are occurring, that staff encourages participation and that transportation is provided.
• Record progress notes in the clinical record including subjective findings, objective symptoms, observations of behavior, interventions provided to the resident and the resident’s responses to the interventions; audit chart entries written by Recreation Services staff for completeness and accuracy.
• Perform quality assessment and assurance functions, including daily regulatory compliance rounds, observation of activities in progress on units, record reviews and interviews with staff members, residents, families and Administration; identify problems in Recreation Services staff performance and institute corrective action.
• Develop and update Recreation Services policies and procedures that reflect the philosophy and mission of the facility, professional standards of Activities practice and state/federal laws and regulations.
• Communicate with the Nursing Home Administrator daily to discuss resident care, personnel and budget issues; develop staffing plan and recommend to the Nursing Home Administrator numbers and types of personnel needed to meet resident needs in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Ability to participate in the development of the department budget; provide relevant financial information to the Nursing Home Administrator regarding the department’s financial needs and status.

Qualifications

Minimum Education Required

Requires minimum two (2) years of college education with courses in recreation, education, social work, other behavioral sciences or clinical services.

Minimum Experience Required

Two (2) years’ experience in a social or recreational program within the past five years, with one year full‑time employment in a patient/resident activities program in a health care setting.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

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