Life Engagement Director

New Haven Assisted Living of Kerrville; Kerrville (TX); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

New Haven Assisted Living of Kerrville is seeking a Life Engagement Director to lead activities across social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical and dignified personal care. This role reports to the Executive Director and maintains regular contact with residents through individual and group activities.

The position is full-time and may require weekends, holidays, and evenings. You will oversee the engagement team and collaborate with staff to support resident wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Must be at least 18 years old or a high school graduate.
• Current and valid state driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Establish a functional recreation program with a therapeutic approach.
• Provide activities addressing social, emotional, spiritual, physical and intellectual needs.
• Lead and carry out the objectives of the engagement program.
• Recruit, train, supervise and assist volunteers.
• Coordinate with outside groups to arrange programs for residents.
• Create and update the monthly activity calendar.
• Attend trainings and participate in monthly staff meetings.

Skills

Empathy

Resident engagement

Communication

Organization

Job description

Life Engagement Director

Position Summary:

This position will provide leadership and resources while actively serving the residents of their community through the six dimensions of life: social, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, and dignified personal care. Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the designee will provide regular contact with the residents through individual and group activities.

This is a full-time position that may require weekends, holidays, and/or evenings.

Required Qualifications:

Must be at least 18 years of age or a high school graduate and

Current and valid state driver’s license.

Brief Description of Duties:

• Establish a functional recreation program with a therapeutic approach.

  • The activity program must contain a balanced mixture of activities addressing the social, emotional, spiritual, physical, intellectual needs of our residents.

  • The activity program must provide opportunities for residents to engage in one-on one, small group, and large group activities throughout the course of the scheduled shift.

  • Leading & carrying out the objectives of the

  • Promote, plan, and carry out a full recreation program.

  • Designee must review each resident's medical and social history, as well as update resident’s preferences, likes, and dislikes, in determining appropriate activities for the resident. Activities must be tailored to the residents' unique requirements and skills

  • Monitor and evaluate resident response to program inclusion and resident safety.

  • Will oversee the development of the community’s engagement team (this includes the engagement assistants and/or engagement coordinator.

• Resident engagement and activity participation will document in a timely manner, on a daily basis.

• Maintain supply inventory & organization of activity supplies.

• Coordinates with outside groups and organizations to arrange programs for residents.

  • Responsible for the recruiting, training, supervising, & assisting volunteers, therapeutic recreation internships or students

  • Responsible for incorporating intergenerational opportunities for the community.

• Attend corporate compliance training and adhere to the policies and procedures. This also includes monthly staff trainings & bi-monthly conference calls.

• Communication with team regarding potential health concerns/changes in the physical or mental condition of residents.

• Assist in marketing responsibilities (i.e. taking inquiries and/or giving tours) when management, marketing, and/or team leaders are not available.

• Creating & updating the monthly activity calendar.

• Assisting residents with meals. This also includes snacks & drinks throughout the day.

• Assisting residents with completion of self-care and/or occupational activities of daily living, as needed.

• Assisting in the transfer and/or lifting of residents as needed.

• Researching & presenting new activity ideas.

• Ability to participate in resident outings.

• Updating the engagement spotlight board. This consists of the monthly calendar, newsletter, entertainment announcements, birthdays, & etc.

  • Picture Board/E-mailing pictures; Marketing manager may e-mail families for you. Otherwise you can do it as needed.

• Special event planning. This consists of resident birthdays, community parties, etc.

  • Resident birthday- unless noted in resident charting or communicated via the resident’s responsible party, we will celebrate resident birthdays.

  • Holiday Parties and Other-Will provide at least 4 events per year where families are invited. Consult with community manager(s) on date and time. Typically, the party occurs near Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, & New Year’s.

• Must be able to speak & hear well enough to verbally interact with residents, families, staff, and visitors.

• Must be able to see well enough to read and write English, use a computer, and visually interact with residents, families, staff, and visitors.

• Must be able to exert 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-25 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Competencies:

In addition to the Enriched Senior Living Core Values of Service, Integrity, Dignity, Excellence and Teamwork, the designee will need to demonstrate the following abilities:

• Loving and empathetic approach to residents & co-workers

• Documentation, clear and timely

• Customer service, effective written and verbal communication skills

• Physically able to lead activities

• Knowledge of safety, risk management, and emergency procedures Openness to change, forward thinking, flexibility

• Coachable

• Problem solving abilities

• Team player

• Time management skills

• Organizational skills

• Takes initiative & can self-manage

• Creativeness

Enriched Senior Living is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.