Activity Assistant

Park Place Senior Living; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Park Place Senior Living Fort Wayne seeks an Activities Assistant to bring smiles and connection to residents through creative programs and engaging events.

You will brainstorm ideas, schedule daily, weekly, and monthly activities, advertise open events, and lead sessions to ensure smooth execution while respecting budgets. You'll collaborate with staff and vendors to provide music, food, and supplies.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and supervising activities for seniors.
• Ability to manage budgets and schedules.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with email, documents, and record keeping.
• CPR and basic first aid certification is preferred.
• Experience gathering feedback and reporting on activities.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorm and plan engaging activities.
• Create daily, weekly, and monthly schedules.
• Advertise public activities.
• Lead events to ensure smooth execution.
• Adhere to budget guidelines.
• Coordinate with vendors for food, music, and supplies.
• Collect feedback and track participation and costs.
• Maintain records of activities and outcomes.

Skills

Creative thinking

Budgeting

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Email

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Problem-solving

Written communication

CPR & First Aid

Education

Tools

Email

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Job description

Do you love bringing smiles, creativity, and connection to others? Join our warm and welcoming senior living community as an Activities Assistant!

Activities Assistant Duties and Responsibilities:

• Brainstorming ideas for activities
• Creating schedules that detail the activities by day, week and month
• Advertising activities that are open to the public
• Attending or leading activities to ensure that events go smoothly
• Adhering to budgetary guidelines when planning activities
• Working with vendors to provide food, music, supplies and services for activities as needed
• Soliciting feedback from participants to identify what worked well and what areas of improvement exist
• Keeping detailed records of activities to track participation rates, costs and other metrics

Activities Assistant Qualifications and Skills:

• Creative thinking skills to continuously plan unique events
• Budgeting skills to control activity costs
• Organizational skills to plan multiple events at once
• Interpersonal skills to interact positively with other staff members and activity participants
• Computer skills to use email, word processing, record keeping and spreadsheet software
• Problem-solving skills to overcome obstacles before and during activities
• Written communication skills to compile participant surveys and activity reports
• Knowledge of CPR and basic first aid
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off

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