Activities Director (Healthcare)

The Grove at New Castle is looking to hire a caring and compassionate Activities Director to join our team!

Our mission at The Grove at New Castle is to offer quality care to our residents, and to provide for them a loving and compassionate environment, attending carefully to their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs.

The primary purpose of the job position is to plan, organize, implement, evaluate and direct the Activity Programs in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards governing the facility and as directed by Administrator, to ensure that the emotional, recreational, and social needs of the residents are met and maintained on an individual basis.

Job Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate and direct the Activity Programs facility.

• Plan and schedule movies, parties, games, projects, crafts, resources, and field trips for residents at least one month in advance

• Assist and supervise residents with activities;

• Assist bed patients with writing letters, running errands, making appointments, etc.;

• Identify and monitor spiritual, social, recreational, and emotions needs of residents through routine interviews, visits, and consultations with residents and their families

• Encourage residents to develop physical and educational skill through participation in activities

• Develop and maintain rapport with all services to ensure that a team effort is achieved in developing activities for all residents

• Consultant with residents and their families

• Promptly report to nursing personnel any noticeable changes in residents' conditions

• Ensure nursing supervisors assist residents with the selection of activities in compliance with physicians’ orders.

• Meet with personnel on a regularly scheduled basis and solicit advice from inter-department supervisors concerning activity programs

• Assist in standardizing methods in which work will be accomplished

• Monitors activities to ensure that resident’s emotional, recreational and social needs are met

• Assures physician’s approval for involvement in recreational services.

• Maintains a precautions/limitations list on each resident

• Encourages resident participation in group and individual activities, including recreational activities, arts/crafts. community outings, religious activities, intellectual/educational activities, etc.

Education and Qualifications:

• A graduate of an accredited high school or GED preferred.

• Post-secondary education in a related field is desirable.

• Previous long-term care experience is desirable.

• Two (2) years’ experience as a Supervisor or long-term care Activity director or previous work experience under a Certified Activity Consultant

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

• Day shift with one day a week working split shift.

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Long term care: 1 year

• Supervisor: 2 years

• Activities Aide: 1 year