Resident Experience Assistant (Resident Activities Assistant)

Summary/Objective

The Resident Experience Assistants (Activities Assistant), assist in planning, implementing, and monitoring wellness and recreation programs to meet the specific needs of residents. S(he) helps to ensure we are enhancing our residents' lives through activities and programs that enrich their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being from the time they wake up until the time they go to sleep.

Essential Functions

1. Assists in planning and implementing creative and exciting programming to meet the individual needs and interests of the residents within the Community with large and small group programs; provides one-to-one programming for residents who cannot participate in group settings

2. Facilitates scheduled activities such as exercises, games, musical/cultural programs, and lectures

3. Assist in the dining rooms during all mealtimes including serving food, providing refreshments, taking orders, and cleaning up.

4. Ensures the Standards of Excellence for Resident Programs are being met

5. Assists and participates in outside trips and events for the residents while ensuring their safety and wellbeing

6. Promotes independence of resident(s) decisions

7. Maintains confidentiality and privacy of resident care, procedures and documentation, communicating with the resident on an adult and mature basis with dignity and respect for the resident's rights and wishes

8. Participates in the review of individual resident service plans and regularly documents resident program progress

9. Ensures the Community environment, including equipment and supplies, supports a safe and engaged environment

10. Actively supports and contributes to the Community through the execution of responsibilities and assignments, which at times, may overlap with other positions and departments

11. Performs other duties as assigned by management

Work Environment

Works in a well-lighted area that is ventilated and as physically, physiologically and psychologically innocuous as possible under the conditions which exist at any particular time. On occasion, there may be exposure to outdoor spaces, which will, by their nature, have variances in air quality, temperature, walking surfaces, lighting, and other physical aspects. Because the essential functions may require exposure to bodily functions and infectious waste, diseases, odors and other situations Associated with health care, including but not limited to exposure to AIDS, HIV and Hepatitis B viruses involving Risk Classification Categories 2 and 3**, environmental and safety conditions will fluctuate. S(he) will need to possess the ability to work in an environment conducive to caring for residents without posing a substantial safety or health threat to oneself or others.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the Associate is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active, requiring standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing throughout shifts. The Associate must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Certifications, Licenses, Education and Experience and other Special Requirements

The Resident Experience Assistant will have a High School Diploma or equivalent.