Resident Engagement & Wellness Activity Lead

Ohio Living; Town of Mount Pleasant (NY); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Ohio Living is seeking an Activities Assistant to support a dynamic program across our life plan communities. You will deliver engaging activities that promote physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being for residents and coordinate happenings with the care team.

You will help plan daily schedules, assist residents with hobbies, and maintain detailed activity logs. This role requires a High School diploma, and 1–2 years in long-term care or healthcare settings is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Responsibilities

• Performs day to day activity functions to provide programming that meets the residents’ interests and the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.
• Encourages and assists residents to participate in hobbies and crafts.
• Assists bed-bound residents by visiting, writing/reading letters, providing materials for hobbies, etc.
• Makes routine visits to residents and assists with crafts, projects, etc.
• May assist with transporting residents to/from dining areas.
• May accompany residents to off-site activities where residents are loaded into buses, transported, unloaded, assisted, accompanied and returned to activities out of the building.
• Interacts with residents to ensure that quality care and positive resident/staff relations are taking place.
• Maintains open and trust-building relationships with resident family members, responding professionally and promptly to any requests or concerns.
• Communicates with residents or family members to obtain activity information.
• Provide reading materials in Braille, tapes, and recordings as needed.
• Coordinates scheduled parties, movies, games/activities appropriate for residents in various levels of care.
• Assists in developing an evening activity schedule.
• Completes individual monthly activity log for activities he/she has lead.
• Communicates needs for supplies/equipment as needed.
• Attends all-employee and departmental meetings and in-service training as scheduled or as directed.
• Develop and oversee written plans of care (preliminary and comprehensive) for each resident and assure that all activity progress notes (and plan of cares) are charted, informative and descriptive of the service provided and of the resident’s response to the service.
• Maintains and reviews all charts, notes, and documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with rules, regulations, and standards applicable to program services.
• Maintains the confidentiality of resident information and honors the residents’ personal and property rights.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Ohio Living is seeking an Activities Assistant to support a dynamic program across our life plan communities. You will deliver engaging activities that promote physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being for residents and coordinate happenings with the care team.

You will help plan daily schedules, assist residents with hobbies, and maintain detailed activity logs. This role requires a High School diploma, and 1–2 years in long-term care or healthcare settings is preferred.