Perry Lutheran Homes is looking for friendly and energetic, upbeat, people like you to coordinate activities for our residents in our Christian caring communities!
Position and Shift Offerings:
Full Time:
• 8AM - 4PM
• Monday-Friday
• Occasional Weekend/Holidays
How You'll Make an Impact:
• Assesses residents in relation to their interests, talents, previous lifestyles, and time use patterns. Organizes and develops this information in order to contribute to the comprehensive assessment and care planning process as a part of the facility's interdisciplinary care planning team.
• Provides opportunities for entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression for all residents. Assists the physically, emotionally and cognitively impaired individual and family to explore appropriate leisure interests.
• Develops activity care plans which assure that all residents are provided with recreational activities that are consistent with the needs and wishes of the resident groups, individual residents, bed-bound residents, self-sufficient residents, and the community as a whole. The activity director assures that this care plan is integrated into the overall plan of care for each individual resident.
• Establishes community and facility resources that can contribute to the activity program.
• Creates and ongoing calendar of activities, which creatively meets multiple needs and is accessible and appealing to both men and women of all ages and abilities. Provides a copy of the calendar to each resident’s room, staff offices, and at least one large calendar displayed in facility.
• Maintains records relating to the participation of each resident in activity programs and documents resident acceptance or lack of acceptance to these activities.
• Secures materials, equipment, transportation (as required), entertainment, refreshments, program leaders, volunteers, and anything else that might prove necessary in order to adequately provide for scheduled activities.
• Communicates and coordinates with other department heads and staff in order to assure the success of planned activity programs.
• Evaluates activities and programs in order to determine resident outcomes. Adjusts activities as necessary to increase the probability of successful outcomes.
• Develops and operates within a budget for the activities program.
• Recruits, trains, directs, utilizes, and provides periodic recognition for individuals who volunteer in the activity program.
• Utilizes staff, family, volunteers and community resources in the completion of the job duties and responsibilities.
• Provides at least one in-service education program per calendar year regarding the activity program, working with the cognitively impaired, and/or other related topics.
• Other duties as directed by the Administrator
Requirements:
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older
• Desire to work with and serve residents in a way that is compassionate, personalized, and respectful
• Willing to become certified
If this opportunity sounds like the one for you, please apply online today!
