Community Life Assistant/Activity Assistant at Trails of Orono Assisted Living

Job Description

Job Description

Trails of Orono, a Lifespark Senior Living Community, is looking for a Community Life Assistant/Activity Assistant to join our team!

Trails of Orono Senior Living , is located in Orono, MN. We are in a serene wooded setting just west of Minneapolis and next to the Luce Line Trail.  We help seniors Age Magnificently in our apartment-style community providing Assisted Living and Memory Care services. Trails of Orono is an established community with a fun, caring, and passionate team. Join our team today! 

Position: Community Life Assistant/Activity Assistant

Hourly: $17.50 - $22.50 hourly, depending on experience

Service Area: 875 Wayzata Boulevard, Wayzata, MN 55391

Schedule: FTE options below.

Option 1, 0.8 FTE AM 9am-330pm - Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday / Week 2: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Friday

Option 2, 0.6 FTE PM 1230pm-7pm - Week 1: Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday / Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday

Lifespark Benefits Include:    

• Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable} 
• Paid Time Off – Vacation Time 
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires 
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance 
• Life Insurances 
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees 
• Referral bonuses 
• Career path to other positions within our growing company! 

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Duties & Responsibilities:

As a Community Life Assistant , you will be responsible to assist the Community Life Department Supervisor in the development, organization, coordination and implementation of comprehensive community life and wellness services and programs that meet the needs and interests of each tenant. Duties include:

• Facilitate group programs (large group and small group) as assigned in a timely and efficient manner.
• Promote and integrate the wellness dimensions into the community life programs.
• Communicate programs and develop positive relations with residents, family, and volunteers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in Assisted Living and Memory Care is strongly preferred.
• Must be able to relate professionally, positively, and cooperatively with residents, resident’s families, and employees.
• Must possess advanced computer skills, including email use.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. 

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