If you’re looking for hands-on work where your presence, patience, and creativity truly matter, Galileo Place at YoloCares may be the place for you. This role supports older adults living with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and related cognitive challenges through meaningful activities, compassionate care, and community connection.

About YoloCares

YoloCares is the region’s oldest and most reputable nonprofit hospice provider, consistently ranking in the top 1 % of hospice providers for quality nationally and in California. Guided by our mission to ensure that every patient, every family, every time receives world-class end-of-life care, YoloCares delivers compassionate, high-quality services to individuals and families across the region.

About Galileo Place

Galileo Place is YoloCares’ adult day program, providing a welcoming, engaging, and supportive environment for older adults and individuals living with cognitive or physical challenges. The program offers meaningful activities, social connection, and therapeutic engagement that promote dignity, well-being, and quality of life, while also providing vital support and respite for families and caregivers.

Position Summary

The Activity Assistant is a vital part of our direct care team at Galileo Place, supporting participants through meaningful engagement and direct care. This role leads group and individual activities, implements the monthly activity calendar, and helps maintain a safe, welcoming space. In addition to facilitating person-centered programming, the Activity Assistant provides hands-on support with daily needs, such as mobility assistance, prompting, and redirection. They work closely with participants and caregivers offering compassionate service while modeling dignity, empathy, and professionalism for volunteers and staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and actively engage participants in group activities, such as exercise, current events, discussion groups, art & music classes, gardening, and table games. As the face of the activity program, ensure its successful implementation by creating a dynamic, inclusive, and engaging environment that aligns with Person-Centered Care (PCC) principles.
• Encourage and facilitate socialization among participants by creating opportunities for meaningful connections and conversations. Create an environment that supports positive peer interactions and reduces feelings of isolation.
• Adapt activities using creativity and intuition to meet the varying interests, abilities, and moods of participants.
• Provide direct support to participants, including assistance with toileting, transfers, safely getting in and out of chairs, and medication reminders, while ensuring awareness of dietary restrictions and allergies to promote participants’ safety and well-being.
• Welcome participants each morning with a warm, friendly greeting to support a smooth transition into the day’s program. At departure, offer thoughtful farewells to both participants and their loved ones, helping to end the day with care and connection.
• Demonstrate proficiency in incontinence care training to ensure participants' dignity, comfort, and hygiene.
• Collaborate with activities coordinator to manage complex client care needs, ensuring appropriate support, resources, and interventions are in place to enhance client well-being.
• Model a positive customer service attitude.
• Perform essential opening and closing tasks that ensure the smooth operation of the program.
• Accurately record participants' progress and document daily observations in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system at the end of each day, ensuring timely and detailed reporting of engagement, participation, and any notable changes.
• Take ownership in problem-solving, proactively addressing challenges, and demonstrating initiative to improve participant experiences, and overall team operations.
• Effectively and promptly communicate with direct supervisor about notable or unusual behaviors.
• Effectively multi-task while prioritizing high-impact tasks, ensuring urgent needs are met without compromising program quality or participant engagement.
• Set a high standard for volunteers by demonstrating professionalism, strong work ethic, and leadership, serving as a role model for excellence within the program.
• Consistently meets all standards of conduct delineated in the Yolo Hospice, Inc. Integrity Program: Standards of Conduct: A Guide to Compliance and Ethics.

Note: The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by the incumbent of this job. The incumbent may, from time to time, be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated.

• One year of experience in a social, recreation, or educational program within the past five years, one of which was full time; and a minimum of one-year experiential knowledge in meeting the physical, mental and social needs of the elderly and or disabled adult population required.
• Ability to successfully meet agency background screening requirements.
• Certification in CPR or willingness to obtain one in the first 90 days of employment.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to manage details accurately.
• Capacity to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Understanding of the social, mental, and physical needs of elderly individuals as they relate to recreation.
• Ability to perform effectively under stress and when confronted with critical or unexpected events.
• Physical ability to perform repetitive, detailed tasks; walk and/or stand continuously for 8 hours (with exception of break periods); and demonstrate good manual dexterity, visual acuity, and auditory acuity.
• Ability to hear, speak, read, write, and type well enough to perform required job duties.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds without physical problems.
• Maintain valid California driver’s license and state-required automobile insurance if driving on YoloCares business.
• Willingness to work flexible hours to meet legitimate program requirements.

Schedule: Monday - Friday (8:30 AM to 5:00 PM)