Activity Aide

iCare Financial Services; Oak Park (IL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company paid pension plan

Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time

Job summary

Oak Park Oasis in Oak Park, IL is seeking a dedicated Activity Aide for a full-time role with shift 12pm-8pm and rotating weekends. You will help deliver an engaging activity program for residents, coordinate with staff, and support orientation for new admissions.

Responsibilities include planning, documenting paperwork, posting menus, maintaining bulletin boards, and ensuring supplies are stocked. Previous eldercare experience and cultural sensitivity are valued.

Qualifications

• Minimum high school education.
• Creative ability in group activities or crafts.
• Experience working with the elderly.
• Sensitivity to cultural diversity.

Responsibilities

• Assist in directing activities planned per established procedures.
• Assist the Activity Director as required.
• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-department personnel and other facility departments.
• Collect, assemble, and complete all paperwork as needed.
• Follow up with residents who are unable to leave their rooms (bedside activities).
• Assist new admissions with orientation as necessary.
• Maintain resident bulletin boards with updated information.
• Post daily menu on all floors as required by regulation.
• Attend and participate in in-service educational classes and on-the-job training programs.
• Report unsafe or hazardous conditions, defective equipment, etc., to your supervisor immediately.
• Report equipment malfunctions or breakdowns to your supervisor as soon as possible.
• Ensure supplies have been replenished in work areas as necessary.

Skills

Creative ability

Experience with elderly

Sensitivity to cultural diversity

Education

High school education

Job description

ACTIVITY AIDE - FULL TIME

OAK PARK OASIS

12pm-8pm, rotating weekends

Job Summary:Assure that an on-going program of activities is designed to meet the needs of the residents and totake charge of areas of activities as assigned by the Activity Director.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assists in direction the activities planned in accordance with established procedures.

• Assists the Activity Director as required.

• Develops and maintains a good working rapport with inter-department personnel, as well as other departments within the facility.

• Collects, assembles, and completes all paperwork as needed.

• Follows up with established activities for those residents who are unable to leave their rooms. (Bedside activities).

• Assists new admissions in the process of orientation as necessary.

• Maintains all Resident Bulletin boards with updated information.

• Posts daily menu on all floors as required by regulation

• Attends and participates in in-service educational classes and on-the-job training programs as scheduled.

• Reports all unsafe/hazardous conditions, defective equipment, etc., to your supervisor immediately.

• Reports equipment malfunctions or breakdowns to your supervisor as soon as possible

• Ensures supplies have been replenished in work areas as necessary.

Education/Experience:

• Must possess as a minimum, high school education.

• Possess creative ability either in group activities or in crafts.

• Experience working with the elderly.

• Sensitivity to cultural diversity.

Benefits:

• Company paid pension plan
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time