ACTIVITY AIDE/COORDINATOR

Responsibilities

• Provides supervision of residential activities, adventure program activities, proposes, develops and implements plans for enhancing the activities program towards increasing the clinical benefits of the adventure experience with the facility.
• Collaborates with RA Supervisor to confirm scheduling of RA staff to balance both quality and efficiency of coverage.
• Oversees adventure and activities program schedule to meet the unique needs of patient population and any unique service groups, based on level of care, balancing both quality and efficiency.
• Develops relationships with local businesses to collaborate on creating approved activity schedule that matches appropriate level of care of patients at facility.
• Works with supervisor to create and submit purchase requests on determined basis for approval of weekly activities and events, or needed supplies.
• Coordinates with supervisor to facilitate therapeutic activity groups.
• Ensures appropriate documentation of all activities and groups.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Must be able to orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Can quickly find common ground and solve problems; can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups; can solve problems with peers with a minimum of conflict; is seen as a team player and is cooperative; easily gains trust and support of peers; encourages collaboration.
• Strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Proven ability to handle multiple projects under pressure.
• Able to pay continual attention to detail. Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with all internal/external interface points.
• Ability to build relationships with diverse individuals and groups.
• General familiarity with the budgeting process related to adventure activities.
• Demonstrates ability to manage planning, decision making and facilitating process improvements; takes responsibility for activities.
• Understands need for and maintains appropriate confidentiality at all times when interacting with patients, residents, families, visitors, referral sources and all other contacts.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and or GED Required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Recreation Therapy or related social service or Outdoor Education field preferred.
• Preferred Certified Recreation Therapist.
• Preferred 2 years of previous adventure program facilitation, residential programming, and work with the co-occurring population.
• Minimum 2 years experience in a residential setting preferred.
• Wilderness First Responders Certification preferred.