Activity Coordinator

Franklin Park Senior Living; Boerne (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Franklin Park Boerne is seeking an activities professional to lead a comprehensive program of recreational, intellectual, psycho-social and spiritual activities for residents. You will create calendars, newsletters, and structured activity plans while supporting residents in self-directed activities and leadership roles.

This role requires a warm, engaging personality and formal training in therapeutic recreation or activities, with a minimum of two years in health care or elder communities.

Qualifications

• An upbeat, engaging personality
• Formal training in therapeutic recreation or activities
• Minimum two years’ experience in health care or elder community
• Flexible schedule and willingness to work hard to achieve excellence
• Certification by an accrediting body such as the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation or the National Association of Activity Professionals is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a comprehensive program of recreational, intellectual, psycho-social and spiritual activities
• Lead activities as needed, from brain fitness games to tea parties
• Create printed monthly calendars and newsletters
• Actively facilitate and model person-centered care, including the incorporation of activities of daily living into structured programming; support residents in self-directed/solo activities and in assuming leadership roles
• Complete resident personal histories, and maintain these documents along with activity participation records
• Arrange for entertainers, speakers and other outside service providers
• Organize special events and outings, handling details such as decorating, purchasing advance tickets, recruiting volunteers, planning refreshments with food and beverage director, etc.

Skills

Engaging personality

Therapeutic recreation training

Healthcare/elder care experience

Flexible schedule

Certification preferred

Job description

Franklin Park Boerne is now accepting applications for an activities professional. This position reports to the community’s Director of Life Enrichment.

Key Duties

• Ensure a comprehensive program of recreational, intellectual, psycho-social and spiritual activities
• Lead activities as needed, from brain fitness games to tea parties
• Create printed monthly calendars and newsletters
• Actively facilitate and model person-centered care, including the incorporation of activities of daily living into structured programming; support residents in self-directed/solo activities and in assuming leadership roles
• Complete resident personal histories, and maintain these documents along with activity participation records
• Arrange for entertainers, speakers and other outside service providers
• Organize special events and outings, handling details such as decorating, purchasing advance tickets, recruiting volunteers, planning refreshments with food and beverage director, etc.

Qualifications

• An upbeat, engaging personality
• Formal training in therapeutic recreation or activities
• Minimum two years’ experience in health care or elder community
• Flexible schedule and willingness to work hard to achieve excellence
• Certification by an accrediting body such as the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation or the National Association of Activity Professionals is preferred but not required.

What you will love about this job

• The opportunity to create new programs and modify existing ones as needs change
• Utilizing all your skills: the mix of planning, administrative duties and working directly with residents
• The up-to-date working environment with a mix of activity settings, including chapel, craft room and covered veranda
• Variety in your work day, every day
• The residents: staff members consistently say this is the best part of their jobs!

Franklin Park Boerne is located at 18 Old San Antonio Rd.

Franklin Park is dedicated to providing residential communities where seniors and their families feel right at home immediately upon entering our doors. We’re inspired by excellence and committed to “dedication in every detail.”