Activities Manager

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Supportive, collaborative team environment
• Opportunities for growth and professional development (including scholarships and training)
• Paid Personal Leave (PPL): begins accruing on your first day and can be used after 90 days of employment
• Health insurance: coverage begins the first day of the month following hire
• Dental and vision insurance begins the first day of the month following hire
• Life insurance: coverage begins the first day of the month following hire
• Supplemental insurance options, including accident, short-term, and long-term disability
• Bereavement leave

Responsibilities

Activities Manager is responsible for directing the development, implementation, supervision and ongoing valuation of the activities program. This includes:

• The completion and/or directing/delegating the completion of the activities component of the comprehensive assessment
• Contributing to and/or directing/delegating the contribution to the comprehensive care plan goals and approaches that are individualized to match the skills, abilities, and interests/preferences of each resident
• Directing the activity program includes scheduling of activities, both individual and groups, implementing and/or delegating the implementation of the program, monitoring the response and/or reviewing/evaluating the response to programs to determine if the activities meet the assessed needs of the resident, and making revisions as necessary

Qualifications

The activities program must be directed by a qualified professional who meets one of the following criteria:

• A qualified therapeutic recreation specialist or an activities professional who is licensed or registered, if applicable, by the State in which practicing
• Eligible for certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist or as an activities professional by a recognized accrediting body on or after October 1, 1990
• Has 2 years of experience in a social or recreational program within the last 5 years, one of which was full-time in a therapeutic activities program
• A qualified occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant
• Has completed a training course approved by the State