Life Enrichment Assistant

About the role

Ebenezer is an established organization with over 100 years of excellent service and an outstanding rate of growth. When you come to work at an Ebenezer community, we strive to support your growth, honor your strengths and empower you to make a difference in the lives of others.

We are looking for a Life Enrichment Assistant to join our team! This role assists the Life Enrichment Director with planning, implementing, and evaluating the life enrichment programming which provides for the optimization of resident physical, psychosocial, spiritual and cognitive well-being. Life Enrichment Assistants help bring to life Ebenezer's cornerstones: Life Long Learning, Dimensions Program for Dementia Care, Crafted Culinary, Spiritual Care, Wellness and Intergenerational Programming.

Responsibilities

• Assists with life enrichment programs and activities
• Leads social events and activity programs
• Conducts exercise class for residents
• Communicates and coordinates life enrichment programs with all departments
• Assists other departments with special events and family functions
• Documents as required
• Offers suggestions and ideas to the Life Enrichment Director to improve the programming
• Assists in meeting the psychosocial needs of residents
• Assists with the planning and execution of individual, small or large group outings outside the building, including assisting residents with boarding and deboarding from vehicles safely
• Encourages resident participation
• Reports change in resident attitude, mood, or physical status to appropriate staff
• Promotes resident independence by offering choices and fostering self-help skills
• Assists residents in developing relationships and effectively socializing

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications: 5 years experience

Benefits

Ebenezer offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to:

• Medical, dental, vision plans
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO and Sick and Safe Time
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement
• Early access to earned wages

For additional information, see: http://www.ebenezercares.org/employee-benefits

Schedule

This schedule includes 80 hours per two weeks, day shift, no weekends. Meadow Woods Assisted Living, part of the Martin Luther Senior Living Campus, is located in East Bloomington, near woodlands/wetlands and along the Minnesota River Bluffs. Managed by Ebenezer, the community offers 137 units between Skilled Nursing, Memory Care and Transitional Care. The center has an outstanding team of tenured staff. Martin Luther Care Center was named Top Nursing Home and Transitional Care Center by US News and World Reports the past two years.