Activity Director

Responsibilities

• Ensures the department provides appropriate and meaningful therapeutic groups, 1:1, and individual activities to meet specific resident needs
• Oversees activity resident care plans, progress notes, CAA’s, and resident group / 1:1 documentation
• Recruits, interviews, hires and orients new team members for the Activity Department with involvement/assistance of the Administrator
• Maintain the direct supervision of the activity assistants
• Assists in recruiting, interviewing, and orienting volunteers
• Assumes responsibility for scheduling/staffing (i.e. designees, assistants, payroll, performance evaluations and counsel and discipline when necessary) with consultation of Administrator when necessary
• Attends administrative staff meetings, QAPI meetings, resident care-related meetings, and quarterly staff meetings
• Oversees Customer Service Survey process
• Oversees the monthly Resident Council meeting and ensure proper follow up is establish for any issue brought up in the meeting
• Advises and coordinates Grievance Committee
• Communicate with other departments about activities and special events
• Cookordinate special events for residents, families, employees, and members of the community (grandparents program, church service, etc.)
• Cookordinate private parties for residents per family’s request
• Organize “Into Lunches” and Outings
• Cookordinate food related activities via dietary order
• Plan and schedule activities for monthly calendar: group, 1:1, theme weeks, etc.
• Assure therapeutic group activities occur per schedule
• Manage and keep a running balance in the activity checking account, and prepare all forms for the monthly budget
• Sends special invitation / announcements to residents’ families for special events and parties
• Cookordinates voting for residents
• Drives bus for resident activities
• Assists with the coordination of staff retention program

Qualifications

• Meets one of the following criteria:
• Has two years of experience in a social or recreational program within the past five years, one of which was full-time in a patient activities program in a health care setting;
• Eligible for certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist by a recognized accrediting body;
• Qualifies occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant;
• Has completed activities state approved certification course;
• Creative and outgoing person who enjoys working with the residents