Activities Specialist Part Time Weekends

Cascades at Orchard Park; Orem (UT); In loco; USD 17.000 - 25.000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

Cascades at Orchard Park in Orem, UT is seeking a part-time Activities Specialist to support residents' physical, mental, and social well-being in a skilled nursing setting.

Under supervision, you will implement activity plans, adapt activities to each resident’s abilities, help maintain the activity space, and work with the Activities Director to meet individual needs.

Competenze

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Reliable transportation to/from work.
• Some prior activities experience preferred.
• Love for the geriatric population.

Mansioni

• Identify ways to support residents' activity needs and preferences.
• Carry out individual and group activities that meet residents' functional levels and interests.
• Adapt activities to match cognitive and physical abilities using prompts, assistance, and demonstrations.
• Maintain/clean activity equipment and space and keep the activity area orderly.

Conoscenze

Activity planning

Resident engagement

Team coordination

Formazione

High School Diploma

Descrizione del lavoro

Hello, Cascades at Orchard Park in Orem, UT is actively looking to hire a part-time Activities Specialist.

At Cascades at Orchard Park, our goal in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) is to provide each patient with top-quality care. We strive to maximize each patient's functional independence to safely discharge her/him to the next level of care.

We are a people-first organization. Really! Our guiding motto is leading with integrity, empowering people, delivering outcomes.

Job Description

The Activities Specialist assists the Activities Supervisor execute activity plans that benefit the physical, mental, and psychosocial wellbeing of each skilled nursing resident:

• Seeks and identifies ways to support residents' activity needs and preferences, routines, and choices
• Under the direction of the Activities Director, carries out individual and group activities that meet the functional levels, needs and interests of each resident
• Adapts activities to match the cognitive and physical functional levels of the residents using task segmentation, verbal prompts, set-up assistance, physical assists, and demonstrations
• Maintains/cleans activity equipment and supplies. Maintains activity space in a clean, orderly manner.

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• Reliable transportation to/from work
• Some prior activities experience preferred
• Love for the geriatric population!