Activity Coordinator - Assisted Living in DALLAS, Texas at Presbyterian Village North
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Job Description
Join our Activities Team!
Presbyterian Village North is looking at candidates for Community Life - Activity Coordinator positions in Assisted Living/Memory Care environments! Engage the lives of our residents and join our team - we are growing!
AL schedule - 5 days a week with rotating Saturdays for a weekday off; 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
With a shared legacy in business and healthcare innovation, our family of care-oriented organizations blends values built on compassion and faith with high-quality senior care - long-term care, Alzheimer's and memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation therapies, hospice, and palliative care.
These senior care services, along with the celebration of independent living at our senior lifestyle communities, combine to bring deeper meaning to every phase of life for people of all faiths, regardless of race, gender, color, religion, national origin, or disability. We're the not-for-profit, faith-based parent of Presbyterian Village North, Faith Presbyterian Hospice, and the T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Models a servant attitude towards others
Takes ownership in solving problems and takes the initiative to make things better
Is friendly and courteous to residents, patients, and co-workers
Ensure resident/patient, visitor, and co-worker safety by remaining aware of and reporting any new or existing safety hazards
Assist with the development of activity programs that meet the social, emotional, physical, and other therapeutic needs of the residents within specified budget
Ensure bulletin boards are current and attractively decorated with seasonal and appropriate dcor
Complete admission quality activities assessments as scheduled/needed
Lead activities, book entertainment, speakers, and coordinate volunteers for your floor
Provide group or one-on-one activities as required per residents needs
Encourage all residents, including Memory Care, to attend activities and participate
Deliver activity calendars to designated areas
Coordinate activity events (i.e., set-up, food) with other departments
Maintain all pets and pet environments, as assigned
Assist with transportation (in-house and outside) during activities
Assist with purchasing supplies for your residents as needed for events
Enhance and develop regular programming, including music programming, on specific floors as assigned by Life Enrichment Manager
Follow expectations of the dementia training program, in partnership with the cooperation of the nursing staff and Patient Care Coordinator
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
High School diploma or GED required
Bachelors Degree preferred
Preferred: activity certification from an approved course as required by State of Texas
Preferred: one or more years working with the elderly in providing group activities
Preferred: a working knowledge of activities for senior adults
Preferred: experience working in memory care
Ability to lead therapeutic activities for varying resident levels
Ability to organize, document and implement detailed programs
Outstanding interpersonal skills with high level of energy and enthusiasm
Ability to read and write the English language
Ability to follow State and Federal regulations pertaining to activities