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Recreation Assistant

Blakehurst
Towson, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/26/2025

Position Title: Recreation Assistant (Full-Time and Part-Time Shifts Available)

Pay: $15.75 - $18.75 / hour

Schedule:

  • Full-Time 11:00am – 7:30pm Monday – Friday, within our 20-Bed Assisted Living Unit
  • Part-Time 9:00am-5:30pm every other weekend within our Memory Care and Comprehensive Care Units

Who we are:

If you are looking for a career with a strong, supportive team doing meaningful work with an appreciative community of seniors, consider being a part of the Blakehurst team ! You’ll join others who’ve quickly found that Blakehurst is the kind of place where people decide to build a career. Blakehurst is a Life Plan Community situated on a beautiful 40-acre campus in Towson, MD, near Baltimore. Our goal is to enrich the lives of the over 300 seniors we serve. We do that by providing opportunities for residents to live life to the fullest. When you work at Blakehurst, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

What we offer:

* Indicates the benefit is available for part-time employees.

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • AD&D insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Resident sponsored educational scholarships*
  • Generous PTO and paid holidays
  • Employee assistance program
  • Free on-site parking*
  • Free transportation to and from the closest bus stop*
  • Now offering DailyPay*
  • An exceptional work environment that is both engaging and fun*

Blakehurst is recruiting for a Full-time and Part-time Recreation Assistant. In this role you will be responsible planning, scheduling, and coordinating meaningful activities appropriate to the needs and interests of residents and conducive to their physical, mental, and social well-being.

Essential Job Duties:

  • Uses independent judgement to design, plan and facilitate various structured and impromptu programs to individuals and groups in the common areas and resident rooms.
  • Escorts and ensures the safety of the residents on group trips and excursions.
  • Routinely monitors changes in the resident’s needs, abilities, and preferences to provide programs and activities appropriate for individual and group audiences.
  • Generates program supply lists, maintains supply levels and ensures safe operation and functionality of equipment.
  • Collects and records information by conducting interviews and reviewing documentation for assessments.
  • Consistently maintains proper documentation including daily attendance sheets, quarterly progress notes, assessment forms, service plans/care plans and generates the MDS documentation and assessments.
  • Participates in team discussions regarding resident programming, monthly calendars, activity and staff scheduling, and resident issues.
  • Participates in care and service conferences providing vital information to the resident and significant others regarding programming involvement.

Qualifications:

  • High school diploma or GED required
  • Associate’s degree preferred
  • Six (6) months experience working with seniors in activities/life enrichment preferred.

All new hires must be able to pass our preemployment screening process, which includes a fitness for duty physical, criminal background check, drug test and employment references

Salary : $16 - $19

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