Life Enrichment Assistant-Dartmouth - (Activities Assistant)

Fallon Health; North Dartmouth (MA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the health sector is seeking a Life Enrichment Assistant in North Dartmouth. This role involves planning and conducting therapeutic activities for elderly participants, fostering their mental and physical health. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma and experience in activities programs for elderly populations. Join a compassionate team dedicated to improving lives through engaging recreational programs.

Qualifications

• One or more years of experience in activities programs for elderly or frail populations.
• CPR and Alzheimer's certifications or willingness to obtain them.

Responsibilities

• Conducts therapeutic recreational groups and individual activities.
• Builds a community and social atmosphere.
• Documents attendance and participation daily.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

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About us:
Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members—always making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation's top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality.

Overview
About us: Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members—always making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation's top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality.

Fallon Health's Summit ElderCare is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). PACE helps people 55 and older continue living safely at home. We believe individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, and capabilities enable us to better serve our members. We embrace age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and other characteristics that make people unique.

Guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we aim to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programs—including Medicare, Medicaid, and PACE—in the region.

Brief Summary Of Purpose
Serves as a member of the PACE interdisciplinary team, assessing needs, interests, and capabilities of participants, and developing individualized therapeutic recreational care plans based on diagnoses and assessments. Plans, organizes, directs, and participates in a comprehensive therapeutic recreation program tailored to participants' needs, promoting mental health, social connections, and physical health within an "active aging" mindset.

Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities:

1. Conducts various therapeutic recreational groups and individual activities to improve or maintain participants' cognitive, physical, social, psychosocial, spiritual, and artistic needs.
2. Contributes activity ideas for monthly planning calendars.
3. Demonstrates programming for educational and culturally competent activities such as exercise, arts and crafts, music, and spirituality.
4. Ensures participant choices and engagement in activities.
5. Builds a community and social atmosphere, treating participants with respect and dignity, providing support at the ADHC.
6. Maintains cleanliness of supplies and equipment, reporting damage or safety issues.
7. Suggests supplies or equipment beneficial for activities.
8. Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings and case conferences as assigned.
9. Informs supervisor of changes in participants' conditions or complaints.
10. Completes work reliably within set timeframes.
11. Documents attendance and participation daily.
12. Communicates effectively with participants, staff, and external contacts.
13. Attends staff and other meetings as required.
14. Performs all duties in accordance with policies and procedures.
15. Completes activity assessments as needed within regulatory timelines.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Reliable transportation for travel within the service area.
• One or more years of experience in activities programs for elderly or frail populations, or completion of Fallon Health training.
• CPR and Alzheimer's certifications or willingness to obtain them.

Fallon Health is an equal opportunity employer, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.