Activity Aide

Owen Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Owen Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is seeking an Activities Assistant to support planning and delivering recreational, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual programs aligned with each resident's care plan.

You will work to observe and document resident responses, collaborate with other departments, and maintain a warm, supportive atmosphere throughout the facility. This role requires strong English communication and compassion toward residents.

Qualifications

• Long Term Care Activities experience preferred.
• Patience, tact, cheerful disposition & enthusiasm.
• Must read, write, speak, and understand English.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing & evaluating activity programs for the Activities Department.
• Observe resident attendance, mood, behavior, and involvement to evaluate progress and document notes.
• Maintain rapport with other departments to ensure activities run smoothly and create a warm, calm environment.
• Prepare activity spaces for scheduled programs and advise on equipment and supply needs.
• Follow care plans when providing daily activities for residents.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident care information and treat residents with dignity.
• Oversee residents in activities to promote physical, social, and mental well-being.
• Assist in-room residents with letters, errands, crafts, and related tasks.

Skills

Patience

Tact

Cheerful disposition

Enthusiasm

English language

Job description

Owen Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center -

SUMMARY:

The primary purpose of this job position is to assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of recreational, social, intellectual, emotional and spiritual programs, in accordance with the resident’s assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your supervisors.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing & evaluating the activity programs & quality assurance program in this facility for the Activities Department. Observe resident attendance, mood, behavior, and degree of involvement so that the facility activities & resident progress are evaluated, by noting, reporting and charting resident behavior. Assume the authority, responsibility & accountability of Activity Assistant/Aide. Ensure that all charted activity progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and indicate the resident’s response to the service.
• Develop & maintain a good working rapport with other departments within the facility to assure that daily activities can be performed without interruption. Create & maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility.
• Assist in preparing activity rooms/areas for scheduled activity programs. Recommend to your supervisor the equipment and supply needs of the activity department.
• Assist in cleaning up activity areas after completing activity functions.
• Follow the care plan in providing daily activities for resident.
• Purchase department supplies, clothing and personal items for the residents.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information & follow facility guidelines in reporting non-compliance with said guidelines & treat residents with dignity at all times.
• Oversee residents engaged in scheduled activities to promote the physical, social, and mental well-being of residents by applying experience in activities and knowledge of diagnoses and conditions of residents.
• Assists in-room residents by visiting with them, writing letters, running errands, and perform assistance with crafts, projects, etc., as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in Long Term Care Activities Department is preferred.
• Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition & enthusiasm, as well as be willing to handle residents based on whatever maturity level at which they are currently functioning.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of this position.
• Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset and at times, hostile people within the facility.
• Must be able to push, pull move and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.