Weekend-Memory Care Life Enrichment Assistant

Juniper-Communities; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals during every shift

On-demand pay

Tuition reimbursement

Growth opportunities

Supportive team environment

Ability to host events

Job summary

Stellar Senior Living's Lakewood Reserve in Colorado is seeking a Weekend Memory Care Life Enrichment Assistant for Saturdays and Sundays. You will host games, music, arts and crafts, dances, and reminiscence activities to create meaningful moments for residents.

Bring energy, patience, and creativity to a fun, supportive team. Memory care experience is preferred, weekend availability required, and you’ll enjoy competitive pay ($22–$23 hourly), free meals, on-demand pay, and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Memory care experience is strongly preferred.
• Must be available to work on weekends.
• Experience with seniors and understanding their needs.
• Creative, energetic, and willing to bring new ideas.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and obtain/maintain a Food Handler's Permit.

Responsibilities

• Lead games, trivia, and brain activities.
• Host music, dancing, and sing-alongs.
• Create arts and crafts projects.
• Lead gentle exercise and movement activities.
• Bake or cook with residents.
• Host parties, celebrations, and themed events.
• Enjoy outdoor activities and walks.
• Provide meaningful one-on-one engagement.
• Get to know residents' interests, stories, and favorite things.
• Bring your own creative ideas to make weekends FUN!

Skills

Memory Care experience

Weekend availability

Energetic and outgoing

Patient and compassionate

Job description

Weekend Memory Care Life Enrichment Assistant

Part-Time | Weekends Only | Lakewood, Colorado

Looking for a fun weekend job where you can make a difference?

Lakewood Reserve is looking for a fun, energetic, patient, and outgoing Memory Care Life Enrichment Assistant to join our team on weekends only!

This isn’t your typical weekend job. You might spend your shift hosting a dance party, doing arts and crafts, playing games, baking, enjoying the outdoors, listening to favorite songs, or simply sharing laughs and meaningful moments with our residents.

In Memory Care, the little moments can mean everything, and we're looking for someone who can bring energy, creativity, and FUN to our residents' weekends!

Who We Are

\"Our supreme goal is to do and be the best in all we undertake, and to provide a Stellar life for our residents, their families and our employees.\"
— Evrett Benton, CEO

Stellar Senior Living is a premier assisted living and memory care provider throughout the Western United States. Lakewood Reserve is one of our vibrant senior living communities, and we believe weekends should be just as engaging and meaningful as every other day of the week!

What We Offer

• Part-time — weekends only
• Competitive pay $22.00-$23.00 hourly
• Free meals during every shift
• On-demand pay — access your earned wages when you want them
• Tuition reimbursement and learning opportunities
• Opportunities for growth and advancement
• A supportive and fun team environment
• A job where you get to connect, create, laugh, and make someone's day

What You'll Do

As our Weekend Memory Care Life Enrichment Assistant, you'll help make Saturdays and Sundays something our residents look forward to!

• Lead games, trivia, and brain activities
• Host music, dancing, and sing-alongs
• Create fun arts and crafts projects
• Lead gentle exercise and movement activities
• Bake or cook with residents
• Host parties, celebrations, and themed events
• Enjoy outdoor activities and walks
• Create sensory and reminiscing activities
• Provide meaningful one-on-one engagement
• Get to know residents' interests, stories, and favorite things
• Bring your own creative ideas to make weekends FUN!

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with heart, patience, personality, and positive energy who already understands the senior living environment.

• Memory Care experience is strongly preferred
• Must be available to work weekends
• Experience working with seniors and understanding their unique needs
• Fun, friendly, patient, and outgoing personality
• Dependable and reliable
• Comfortable leading group activities and providing one-on-one engagement
• Creative, energetic, and willing to bring new ideas
• Self-starter who can work independently
• Comfortable working with residents living with dementia and memory loss
• Able to lift/move up to 50 pounds, including tables and chairs
• Able to obtain/maintain a Food Handler's Permit

If you're the person who starts the dance party, makes people laugh, and understands how special working with seniors can be, we want to meet you!

Come spend your weekends creating meaningful moments and helping us provide a Stellar life for our Memory Care residents.

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

As part of Stellar Senior Living’s continued efforts to maintain a safe environment for all employees, residents, families, and visitors, Stellar strongly encourages its employees to receive an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccination, as well as any subsequent booster doses, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To facilitate and further encourage COVID-19 vaccinations, Stellar periodically organizes onsite vaccination clinics at its various locations. Stellar employees are not required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment.