Life Enrichment Coordinator (CS) - Full Time

This is a Full Time position at Crista Shores Retirement Community in Silverdale.
Compensation: $19.00 - $22.00 per hour, depending on experience  
Benefits: Competitive package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, 403(b) matching, Life and Disability benefits, PTO, Holiday Pay, Parental Leave, up to 85% King’s school discount for dependent child(ren) (K-12)

• Mission Statement: To fearlessly declare the Gospel, with Biblical truth and love, leading generations to follow Jesus.
• Vision Statement: Until All Know Jesus.

• Christ-Centered: We approach our work by faith, prayerfully believing God will do the miraculous. 
• Servanthood: We serve our world by meeting needs practically and spiritually.
• Uncompromising Integrity: We are honest, transparent, and trustworthy – reflecting Jesus in all we do.
• Holy Stewardship: We honor and maximize the potential of the resources, assets, and people God has entrusted to us.
• Unified Team: We are One CRISTA, united in the vision to transform lives with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
• Excellence: We serve with excellence knowing that we represent God in our work, words, and actions. 

• Mission Statement: To spread the gospel through service to seniors — cultivating safe and thriving communities where our residents experience grace, encounter Christ’s love and discover renewed purpose. 
• Vision Statement: To transform the lives of those we serve by meeting their physical, emotional and spiritual needs with innovative and personalized solutions, working with mission-driven partners and empowered by a heart of service and the gospel of Jesus Christ.   

Provide support to residents regarding: 

• Orientation to programs offered in the facility and use of facility services/activities.
• Maintaining former community ties and sustaining life roles.
• Implementing all aspects of the therapeutic process including resident assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.
• Program planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Life Enrichment services within the context of individual residents’ comprehensive assessment and care plan that reflects each individual resident’s needs.
• Life Enrichment services that are multi-faceted and provide stimulation or solace; promote physical, cognitive and/or emotional health; enhance, to the extent practical, each resident’s physical and mental status; and promote each resident’s self-respect by providing services that support self-expression and choice. 

Compliance: 

• Maintain compliance with State and Federal regulations relative to the provision of meaningful and purposeful activities, individual care and resident rights.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident protected health information in accordance with HIPAA and facility policies.  

Documentation: 

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

Activities: 

• Offer Life Enrichment services/activities which are planned and offered at hours convenient to the residents (i.e. morning, afternoon, some evenings and weekends).
• Offer a variety of activities that appeal to both men and women and all age groups living in the Nursing Center.
• Interact with families to determine interests. 

Calendar and events: 

• Assure the creation and publication of an activities calendar for each month.
• Prepare, distribute, and post notices of regular and special events. 

Interdisciplinary team: 

• Communicate changes in residents’ ability to participate in activities programs to appropriate members of interdisciplinary team.
• Work together with interdisciplinary team to ensure a wholistic approach to Life Enrichment (e.g., diet texture for swallow issues, mobility needs, etc.). 

Supervise neighborhood volunteers as requested by LEC II. 

Perform other related duties as assigned. 

• Belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior
• Is a committed Christian who is dedicated to continued spiritual growth and development as evidenced through a growing personal walk with God (e.g. daily spiritual rhythms of prayer, fellowship, Bible study, etc.).
• Prayerfully seeks God’s will in their own lives and in their ministry at CRISTA.
• Engages our ministry including staff and colleagues through prayer, participation in spiritual practices, leading devotionals and other spiritual practices.
• Affirms, aligns with and supports CRISTA’s Statement of Faith and Christian Community Representative Statement (CCC).
• Conducts themselves in a manner which reflects well on CRISTA Ministries and aligns with its mission, vision, Statement of Faith and Christian Community Representative Commitment (CCC).
• Demonstrates the values of a CRISTA leader.  

• Demonstrates knowledge of planning, developing and implementing social recreational programs that address the abilities and interests of the residents in an area of responsibility.
• Meet all regulatory requirements.
• Required documentation is completed in an accurate and timely manner.
• Demonstrates excellent time management skills.
• Attends in-service education.
• Read, write, communicate in and interpret English at a functional level.

• Working with the geriatric population in recreational therapy or related field.
• Experience working with Seniors and Dementia.
• Memory Care Experience/  Senior Living Experience.
• Qualified therapeutic recreation specialist, or an activities professional who:

1. Is eligible for certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist or as an activities professional by a recognized accrediting body on or after October 1, 1990;
2. 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;
3. Or has completed a training course approved by the State.

Salary : $19 - $22