Activity Assistant

About the role

The Activities Assistant plays a crucial role in ensuring that residents' interests and well-being are met through a variety of activities and programs. This position focuses on both direct care and administrative tasks to support the overall operations and quality of care within the facility.

Responsibilities

• Performs day-to-day activity functions to provide programming that meets the residents’ interests and the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

• Encourages and assists residents to participate in hobbies and crafts.

• Makes routine visits to residents and assists with crafts, projects, etc.

• May assist with transporting residents to/from dining areas.

• May accompany residents to off-site activities where residents are loaded into buses, transported, unloaded, assisted, accompanied and returned to activities out of the building.

• Interacts with residents to ensure that quality care and positive resident/staff relations are taking place.

• Communicates with residents or family members to obtain activity information.

• Provides reading materials in Braille, tapes, and recordings as needed.

• Carefully coordinates scheduled parties, movies, games/activities appropriate for residents in various levels of care.

• Aids in developing an evening activity schedule.

• Completes individual monthly activity log for activities he/she has led.

• Communicates needs for supplies/equipment as needed.

• Attends all-employee and departmental meetings and in-service training as scheduled or as directed.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.

• One year activities experience preferred.

• Two years experience in a long-term care, hospital, or other related healthcare setting preferred.

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

Requirements

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.

• Sitting - Up to 8 hours/day

• Standing - Up to 8 hours/day

• Walking - Up to 8 hours/day

• Lifting, transferring, pushing or pulling residents/patients and/or equipment/supplies - Up to 50 pounds

• Driving - Up to 4 hours/day

• Work weekends, evenings, and holidays - Required as scheduled

• Subject to residents/patients with various disease processes - Occasional

• May be exposed to infectious waste, disease, conditions, etc. including exposure to the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses - Work day

• Risk Category for Exposure to Bloodborne Diseases - II