Activities Coordinator

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Appropriately assess and re-assess the patients’/residents’ activity interests, needs and concerns through observation, conversation, and with written information.
• Write patient/resident progress notes accurately, neatly and in a timely manner, and in accordance with facility and departmental documentation standards/regulations.
• Record patient/residents codings/changes and other necessary information accurately and promptly.
• Plan/choose patient/resident activities with creativity and variety.
• Aid in writing unplanned events or changes to scheduled events on appropriate calendars/notices. Notify other departments/nursing units as necessary.
• Plan the calendar with appropriate, age-related patient/resident activities both in large and small groups or using one-to-one treatments. Emphasis should be placed on activities the resident is interested in.
• Aid patients/residents to perform or participate in activities.
• Adapt the activity so that the patient/resident can be successful as possible with the least amount of help and yet maintain the resident’s highest functioning capabilities.
• Work with other Activity staff and other disciplines in a cooperative manner to foster the most appropriate safe and least restrictive environment for the patient/resident.

Requirements

• Must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age or older
• High School diploma or GED
• One (1) year experience working in a children's services program or in a residential setting is preferred
• A minimum of two years of college education with at least 12 semester (18 quarter) hours in the social sciences may be substituted for one year of work experience
• Valid State Driver's License with appropriate Endorsements

Physical Demands

• This position requires the staff person to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk and hear.
• The staff person must also be able to occasionally lift and/or move 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities are required for this position due to the supervision that includes close, distant and peripheral vision, color and depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Also, as a bona fide job requirement, the staff person must also be able to perform a physical restraint on a student using the authorized technique designated by the program and only as a last resort for protection from harm to self or others.

About the Role

To learn more about the company, please visit our website at: https://www.perimeterhealthcare.com

Perimeter Healthcare is one of the leading behavioral health care providers in the country for children, adolescents, adults, and senior adults. We deliver hope to our patients through the delivery of comprehensive and dedicated treatment programs. Our focus and commitment on service excellence is available across several states and in different care settings. Our team ensures our patients receive the required care that they or their loved one needs. We offer several programs for our patients including inpatient acute treatment and residential treatment. We are seeking staff who exhibit daily the following values: C- Compassion A- Accountability R – Respect and E- Empowerment.

Benefits

We are committed to providing an environment of diversity and inclusion where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and fellow employees. Perimeter Behavioral Health is an equal opportunity employer regarding all recruitment, training, and selection process within the company regarding race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, and gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.