• Job Description

  Req#: 72348

  Job Details

  Level: Entry

  Job Location: Kidron Bethel Village - North Newton, KS

  Position Type: Part Time

  Education Level: High School

  Salary Range: Undisclosed

  Travel Percentage: Minimal

  Job Shift: Any

  Job Category: Health Care

  Position Overview

  The Activities Assistant assists the Activities Director in developing, implementing, and coordinating a resident-centered Activity Program designed to meet the physical, mental and psycho-social needs of the residents. This position is responsible for assisting in the execution of the activities within the community. Activities Assistant must be able to facilitate a variety of activities in a professional, friendly manner that enhances the lifestyle of the residents and community.

  Essential Job Functions

  
  

  Essential Job Functions:
  Assists in developing, implementing and coordinating a resident-centered Activity Program
  • Assists in scheduling movies, planning parties, outings, and providing games/activities for residents, families and staff
  • Supervises activities as needed
  • Maintains and posts a monthly Activity Calendar

  Assists in the coordination of the volunteer Program
  • Assists in orienting, training, supporting, and supervising volunteers
  • Assists in planning, special events designed to recognize volunteers for their service

  Assists in the coordination of Social Services
  • Provides social support for the residents and helps with Activities of Daily Living
  • Maintains close contact with residents, visiting when necessary, to ensure that their social, emotional, and spiritual needs are being met.
  • Answers questions and offers information to meet residents’ needs
  • Assists residents with crafts or other projects as needed
  • Recognized residents’ birthdays and other special events
  • Assists in mealtime activities, including escorting residents to the dining room and serving food trays

  Promotes KBRS and assists in admissions, dismissals and transfers
  • Distributes requested facility information, such as brochures and informational packets and gives fours to interested persons
  • Sorts and delivers mail
  • Assists residents in the move-in, move-out, or transfer process by notifying appropriate parties, distributing keys, and assisting residents with change of address forms.

  Assists Activities Director in Managing the Department
  • Contributes to the planning and decision-making in the Department
  • Stays informed about current federal, state and professional regulations, standards, also assists in developing polices and procedures when necessary
  • Assists in maintaining an ongoing Quality Assurance program for the department
  • Recommends needed equipment and supplies to the Coordinator, adheres to the department budget and monitors spending

  Performs administrative duties
  • Assists in completing required paperwork for each resident and maintaining records as required by State and Federal regulations
  • Maintains daily and monthly evaluations of residents’ participation in activities
  • Reads and follows Care Plans used in providing daily activities for the residents
  • Participates in the Resident Council meetings as required
  

• About the company

  Bluestem Communities is a non-profit organization made up of retirement communities, programs and services dedicated to serving seniors in a close-knit community.

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