Activities - Life Enrichment Coordinator Assisted Living

DaySpring Services; Norton Shores (MI); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

DaySpring Assisted Living in Norton Shores, MI seeks a Life Enrichment Coordinator to develop and oversee a comprehensive activity program for residents and independent living tenants.

You will plan monthly calendars, supervise staff, maintain records, and foster meaningful engagement across social, physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions, in line with DaySpring’s faith-based mission.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience guiding a team to achieve resident engagement goals.
• Experience leading activities with seniors, including memory-impaired populations.
• Strong communication with staff, residents, and families.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Driver's license and transport residents when needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop monthly life enrichment calendars aligned to resident strengths and interests.
• Evaluate program effectiveness and update Resident Life Plans.
• Motivate participants and volunteers to engage in planned and spontaneous activities.
• Maintain HIPAA compliance and uphold Resident Bill of Rights.
• Coordinate with DaySpring leadership and DayBreak partners on activity planning.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Empathy

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor's degree in Therapeutic Recreation

Tools

PointClickCare (PCC)

Job description

DaySpring Assisted Living

572 Lake Forest Lane
Norton Shores, MI 49441

Job Title: Life Enrichment Coordinator

Status: Salaried, exempt.

Work Schedule: Base Work Hours: Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm. Will work a mixture of 1 st and 2 nd shift hours as needed regularly to ensure activities are done with excellence on all shifts. This position is a part of the DaySpring Assisted Living on-call rotation.

Position Summary

The Life Enrichment Coordinator is a leadership team member who is responsible for developing, coordinating, organizing, leading, and maintaining a quality Life Enrichment program for DaySpring Assisted Living and our Independent Living Apartments.

The Life Enrichment Coordinator uses their expertise, along with staff, family and community relationships/connections, to create meaningful activities based up each resident’s and tenant’s strengths, abilities, and interests.

DaySpring is a faith-based, Christian religious organization and desires to meet the needs of older adults through serving them with God’s love. For unity of purpose, a condition of employment is to read, understand, agree with, and sign our Statement of Faith.

Click here to read Statement of Faith: DaySpring Statement of Faith

The Life Enrichment Coordinator will ensure that the Life Enrichment program includes meeting the residents’ and tenants’ social, physical, emotional, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual needs.

Essential Functions

• In conjunction with resident and tenant input, develop monthly life enrichment calendars, which are congruent to the strengths, needs, and interests of the residents and tenants.
• Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the resident life enrichment program and as necessary modify the program to meet residents’ needs/interests, including updating and helping to develop Resident Life Plans.
• Motivate and encourage all residents, tenants, and Resident Life Partners to attend and participate in scheduled programming as well as “quality-of-the-moment” spontaneous experiences.
• Personally uphold the Resident Bill of Rights and HIPPA and ensure that volunteers and Resident Life Partners are doing so as well.
• Maintain a working relationship with: DayBreak Program Coordinator, Agape
• Be timely in planning, carrying out, and follow through of all activities and in ensuring completion of all paperwork and forms.
• Serves as a point of contact for DaySpring Independent Living Apartment tenants and Dayspring Services leadership team, to communicate changes in care needs or condition to the appropriate individuals.
• Takes photos of activities and events for social media and promotions.

Leadership and Staff Development

• Life Enrichment Coordinator to lead, model, mentor, and teach/train Resident Life Partners to carry out provided activities calendar and to provide spontaneous activities during resident awake hours.
• Supervise staff on various shifts to ensure that residents are engaging in activities and the planned activities are being conducted “Full of Life.”

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position provides day-to-day leadership, direction, training, coaching, and work oversight to Resident Life Partners to fulfill the life enrichment program. The position may participate in interviewing, onboarding, performance management, and corrective action processes in partnership with the Administrator.

Administrative and Operational Responsibilities

• Interview and assess all residents’ and tenants’ abilities/strengths at admission, including speaking with family members, to determine residents’ and tenants’ interests, abilities, strengths, and social history.
• Create activity plan and train staff to implement activities both planned and spontaneous, with expertise to work with older adults with a wide range of cognitive levels including those with dementia or memory impairments.
• Based upon the activity assessment, develop then implement a life-enrichment plan with measurable goals consistent with the resident’s Life Plan including large group, small group, or 1:1 if necessary.

Required Qualifications

• Leadership experience guiding a team to reach desired outcomes, with goal of all residents and tenants experiencing full-of-life activities.
• Desire, Experience, and Training in leading activities with a senior population.
• Passionate about impacting the lives of older adults with God’s love through a meaningful life enrichment program.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Chauffeurs license, driving a 15-passenger van for outings.
• Demonstrates sensitivity, empathy, and an interest in working with frail and memory-impaired individuals.
• Must be reliable, flexible, patient, caring and have a sense of humor.
• Ability to effectively communicate with staff, residents, families, and public.
• Is creative and self‑motivated to ensure that all residents and tenants are engaged in life-enriching activities encompassing their physical, social, emotional, and spiritual health.
• Has good organizational skills, with focus on completion of activity logs to ensure documenting of resident attendance at activities.
• Has good problem‑solving abilities with ability to find ways to engage those who decline or are reluctant to participate.
• Is able to multi‑task effectively.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Therapeutic Recreation or related field.
• Experience with PointClickCare (PCC) or similar electronic health record systems.
• Experience working in assisted living, memory care, or long-term care settings.

Job Responsibilities

• Includes participating in the DaySpring Assisted Living on-call rotation.

Additional Requirements

• Successfully complete all required background checks, reference checks, and pre-employment screenings.
• Maintain all required certifications, licenses, and training.
• Adhere to DaySpring’s mission, values, policies, procedures, and standards of conduct.
• Demonstrate a commitment to providing compassionate, resident-centered care and life enrichment consistent with DaySpring’s Christian mission.