Full-Time Mental Health Activities Specialist

Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center is seeking a full-time Activity Aid to support recreational, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual programs for residents. The role involves planning, implementing, and evaluating activities aligned with care plans, while observing and recording resident responses.

The position requires a high school diploma and offers the opportunity to work in a psychiatric facility within the San Fernando Valley.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health and substance abuse populations preferred but not required.
• Ability to build a rapport with patients.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluating the activity programs of the facility.
• Observe resident attendance, mood, behavior, and degree of involvement so that the facility activities and resident progress are evaluated, by noting, reporting, and charting resident behavior.
• Participate in community planning related to the interests of the facility and the services and needs of the resident and family.
• Ensure that all charted activity progress note are informative and descriptive of the services provided and indicate the resident's response to the service.
• Assist in scheduling movies, planning parties, and providing games/activities for residents.
• Encourages residents to participate in hobbies and crafts.
• Supervises 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.

Skills

Rapport with patients

Empathy

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Sylmar Health and Rehabilitation Center is seeking a full-time Activity Aid to support recreational, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual programs for residents. The role involves planning, implementing, and evaluating activities aligned with care plans, while observing and recording resident responses.

The position requires a high school diploma and offers the opportunity to work in a psychiatric facility within the San Fernando Valley.