Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator

Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc.; Dartmouth, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Fallon Health’s Summit ElderCare in Massachusetts seeks a Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator to assess participants and develop individualized activity plans tailored to seniors.

You will lead groups and individual activities, collaborate with the Interdisciplinary Team, and help create a warm, engaging environment that supports cognitive, physical and social well-being.

A High school diploma, CPR and Alzheimer's certifications are required, with travel across the service area.

Qualifications

• High school Graduate or Equivalent.
• One or more years of experience in an activities program in a health care setting providing services to a frail or elderly population within the last 5 years, or completion of Fallonhealth offered training program.
• CPR and Alzheimer's certifications, or willingness to be certified, are essential.
• Access to reliable transportation to facilitate travel throughout the service area to perform essential functions.

Responsibilities

• Conduits a variety of large and small therapeutic recreational groups and individual recreational activites targeted to improve or maintain participants’ cognitive, physical, social, psychosocial, spiritual and artistic needs.
• Contributes activities ideas for incorporation into the monthly activity planning calendars.
• Demonstrates and appreciates programming for regular educational and culturally competent activities including but not limited to exercise, arts and crafts, music appreciation, and spirituality.
• Ensures participant choices and engagement when planning and conducting activities.
• Builds and fosters a sense of community and a warm social atmosphere, treating all participants with respect and dignity, providing a solid support system to participants at the ADHC.
• Maintains the cleanliness of all recreational supplies and equipment according to procedure; notifies supervisor of damaged or unsafe equipment.
• Participates as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team and attends team meetings as assigned by supervisor.
• Participates in individual and/or family meetings or case conferences as assigned by supervisor.
• Informs supervisor of changes noted in participants’ condition or of complaints registered by participants.
• Documents PACE center attendence daily as assigned.

Education

High school Diploma or Equivalent

Tools

Reliable transportation

Job description

Fallon Health’s Summit ElderCare in Massachusetts seeks a Therapeutic Recreation Coordinator to assess participants and develop individualized activity plans tailored to seniors.

You will lead groups and individual activities, collaborate with the Interdisciplinary Team, and help create a warm, engaging environment that supports cognitive, physical and social well-being.

A High school diploma, CPR and Alzheimer's certifications are required, with travel across the service area.