Activities Assistant

About NEHD:

New England Homes for the Deaf, founded in 1901, is a life plan community that offers a continuum of care to Deaf, Deafblind, and hard of hearing seniors, including independent living, rest home, skilled nursing community, Deaf senior centers, short-term rehabilitation services, respite care services and hospice care. The New England Homes for the Deaf mission is to provide long term healthcare, housing, recreational activities and social support for Deaf, Deafblind and hard of hearing individuals in an accessible, barrier-free, and culturally sensitive environment with optimal communication and architectural resources.

Responsibilities:

• Available to work 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (open to other hours).
• Preferred: available to work Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and one weekend day per month.
• Create and facilitate activities for residents.
• Invite and encourage residents to attend and participate in activities.
• Explain time, place and nature of activities as needed.
• Offer activity materials for residents to peruse activities/interests in/out of room as desired.
• Assist with Sunroom activities.
• Assist residents with activities as needed.
• Properly document each resident's daily activity participation in the appropriate logs.
• Provide appropriate group and one-on-one activities for all residents.
• Provide appointment reminders to residents who have signed up for in-house activity services.
• Assist in the transport of residents to activity location.
• Copy and distribute Activities schedule to residents.
• Set up activity areas.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Participate in offsite resident Activities.
• Attend outdoor events with residents on and off property.
• Performs additional duties, as assigned by the Activities Director, in support of Activities Department.

Requirements:

• Available to work one (1) weekend day per month based on approval from the Activities Director.
• Available to work at least two (2) holiday per year based on approval from Activities Director (holidays are listed in the Employee Handbook).
• An attitude of respect and compassion towards all residents and staff.
• Willingness to work one weekend day per month and one major holiday per year based on approval from Activities Director.
• Pleasant personality and ability to maintain a calm demeanor during excitable or emergency situations.
• Ability to communicate clearly using ASL.
• All staff are required to take our free, on-site ASL and Culture classes.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to exert up to 20 pounds of force to lift, carry, pull, push, or otherwise move objects and/or residents.
• Ability to push residents in wheelchairs, with unknown limit of bodyweight.
• Ability to successfully set up activities on an independent level.
• Ability to transcribe.

Benefits:

• Sick days - In compliance with Massachusetts Mandatory Sick Time Law (2015). You will receive one hour of earned Sick time for every 30 hours worked; up to 40 hours per year. This may be less in the year of hire.

A background check report may be obtained for employment purposes. The background check may show criminal records.