Activity Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

Schedule: Double Weekend.

*Benefits available for Full Time employee’s*

Job type: Part-time

Your Job:

Westside Nursing Home is a FANTASTIC Long-Term Care Facility.

We are looking for FANTASTIC people like  YOU to join our TEAM!

What does success in Long-Term Care look like?

YOU!

Come join our Team of successful care givers!

If you have what it takes to care for our individuals.

Join our Westside Nursing Center!

We serve our Residents daily with a Spirit of Excellence!

Don’t be a stranger come apply! We accept walk-in interviews.

1950 S Las Vegas Trail, White Settlement, TX 76108, USA, or call at View phone number on ziprecruiter.com

Benefits:

• 401(k) 
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Your Job Summary

Responsible for supporting the efforts of the Activity Director in the assessing, selecting, organizing, and implementing of activity/recreational services to address the individualized needs and interests of the residents.

Principal Responsibilities

• Assists in the development and delivery of activity/recreational programs to promote the residents’ opportunities for engaging in normal life enhancement pursuits and to increase and/or maintain functioning levels.

• Encourages resident participation in group and individual activities including arts/crafts, community outings, religious activities, intellectual/educational activities, community/center service activities, recreational activities, etc.

• Assists in completing activity documentation, when needed, if trained and in conjunction with regulatory requirements and company policies.

• Submits supplies list to Activity/Recreation Director and submits receipts for activity expenditures.

• Maintains precautions/limitations list on each resident.

• Assists Activity/Recreation Director in the organization and supervision of the volunteer program including recruiting and training volunteers.

• Assists with Resident Council Meetings when necessary.

• Assists in planning community activities that jointly include the community, staff, families and residents.

• Assists in the completion of a monthly calendar of available activity/recreational programs and posts it in the center.

• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or assigned at any time with or without notice.

General Responsibilities

• Attends and participates in scheduled training, educational classes, and meetings to maintain current certification as applicable; Attends and participates in in-service training as mandated by regulatory agencies and company policy.

• Adheres to work schedules in completing and performing assigned tasks; completes all assigned tasks in a timely manner as instructed by the direct supervisor.

• Meets acceptable center attendance requirements; notifies facility before late arrival to or absence from work according to established center policy.

• Cooperates with other facility personnel to ensure that services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of residents; creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment.

• Adheres to established employee policies.

• Adheres to established dress code.

Westside Campus of Care provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.