Life Enrichment Coordinator - Assisted Living

Location: Shoreline, WA | Employment Status: Full Time | Compensation: $23 – $28 per hour, DOE

Benefits: Health Insurance, Retirement Plans with CRISTA match, Family Care, Paid Holidays, PTO, Tuition Discount at King’s Schools.

Company Overview

CRISTA Ministries is a Christian church community whose mission is to fearlessly declare the Gospel with Biblical truth and love, leading generations to follow Jesus. The organization operates five ministries: CRISTA Camps, CRISTA Media, CRISTA Senior Living, King’s Schools, and World Concern. Core values include being Christ‑Centered, Servanthood, Uncompromising Integrity, Holy Stewardship, Excellence, and Unified Team. CRISTA Senior Living’s purpose is “Declaring the love of Jesus into the next season of life.” Employees must affirm CRISTA’s Statement of Faith and Christian Community Representative Commitment.

Position Summary

The Life Enrichment Coordinator provides an ongoing program of activities designed to meet residents’ interests and help them attain and maintain their highest level of physical, mental, psychosocial, and spiritual well‑being, in accordance with comprehensive assessments. The role includes running activities in the memory care unit, performing assessments, care planning, and evaluation, and serving as the primary facilitator to enlist participation of residents, families, and staff in meaningful activities that provide joy and purpose.

Essential Functions

Resident Support

• Provide orientation to programs and facility services/activities.
• Maintain former community ties and sustain life roles.
• Implement all aspects of the therapeutic process: resident assessment, care planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Utilize Life Enrichment services based on individual comprehensive assessments and create care plans reflecting each resident’s needs.
• Promote physical, cognitive, emotional, and mental health through activities; support each resident’s self‑respect, self‑expression, and choice.

Compliance

• Maintain compliance with State and Federal regulations for meaningful activities, individual care, and resident rights.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident protected health information per HIPAA and facility policies.

Documentation

• Document activities, resident responses, and outcomes in progress notes.
• Document activities in MDS.
• Maintain flow sheets with updated information and print in neighborhood LEC books.

Activities

• Offer Life Enrichment services at hours convenient to residents (morning, afternoon, some evenings and weekends).
• Provide a variety of activities appealing to both men and women and all age groups in the Nursing Center.
• Interact with families to determine interests.

Calendar and Events

• Create and publish a monthly activities calendar.
• Prepare, distribute, and post notices of regular and special events.

Interdisciplinary Team

• Communicate changes in residents’ ability to participate to appropriate team members.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team for a holistic approach (e.g., diet texture for swallow issues, mobility needs).
• Supervise neighborhood volunteers as requested by LEC II.
• Conduct reflecting CRISTA Ministries’ mission, vision, Statement of Faith, and Christian Community Representative Commitment.

Essential Qualifications

Christ Centered

• Belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.
• Committed Christian dedicated to continued spiritual growth (daily prayer, fellowship, Bible study, etc.).
• Prayerfully seeks God’s will in personal life and ministry at CRISTA.
• Engages ministry through prayer, spiritual practices, leading devotionals.
• Affirms, aligns with, and supports CRISTA’s Statement of Faith and Christian Community Representative Statement (CCC).
• Conducts self in a manner reflecting well on CRISTA and aligning with its mission, vision, Statement of Faith, and CCC.
• Demonstrates the values of a CRISTA leader.

Education

• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Licensure / Certification

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Other Considerations

• Demonstrated knowledge of planning, developing, and implementing social recreational programs addressing residents’ abilities and interests.
• Meet all regulatory requirements.
• Complete required documentation accurately and timely.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Attend in‑service education as required.
• Read, write, communicate in, and interpret English at a functional level.
• Available to work on‑site, in‑person during regular business hours and as needed.
• Able to multi‑task and quickly shift priorities in emergency situations.
• Able to work collaboratively.
• Ability to pass background checks per DSHS Secretary’s List of Crimes and Negative Actions (WAC 388‑113).

Preferred Qualifications

Education

• College degree in recreational therapy or related field from an accredited U.S. Department of Education recognized institution (or equivalent).

Experience

• Working with the geriatric population in recreational therapy or related field.
• Qualified therapeutic recreation specialist or activities professional who:
  • Is eligible for certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist or activities professional by a recognized accrediting body on or after October 1, 1990; or
  • Has 2 years’ experience in a social or recreational program within the last 5 years, one of which was full‑time in a patient activities program in a health care setting; or
  • Has completed a State‑approved training course.

Licensure / Certification

• Qualified therapeutic recreation specialist or activities professional licensed or registered by the State (if applicable), with experience as listed above.

Other Considerations

• Available to work flexible hours including one evening per week, rotating Saturdays, and rotating holidays.