Activity Aide at Skilled Nursing Facility

Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY:
Assist the Activity Manager in providing social, recreational, religious, therapeutic, and educational programs for the benefit of all residents.

FUNCTIONS:

• Carry out individual and group activities as planned by the Activity Manager.
• Invite residents to participate in the activities offered.
• Assist residents coming to, participating in, and exiting from the activities programs in all ways possible with the exception of duties expressly reserved for the nursing staff such as transferring and assisting with gait.
• Serve daily snacks to the residents following directions regarding the specific diets of each resident.
• Be responsible for keeping the activity room and activity kitchen neat.
• Assist with record keeping.
• Search for new activities for the residents.

QUALIFICATION:

• General education sufficient to follow written directions for activities, diets, etc., and for record keeping.
• Ability to speak to a group to give directions, lead devotions, etc.
• Willingness to work with nursing home residents to enable them to function at the highest physical, mental and psychosocial level possible.

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