Life Enrichment Assistant I- Behavioral

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

This position provides purposeful and meaningful
activities to residents by interacting with residents on a daily basis,
providing workshop and sensory groups along with providing social,
cognitive, emotional, community and spiritual interactions and
stimulation which provide active treatment per regulations. This
position also assists with personal cares. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - Guides
residents to participate in recreational activities, is the lead person
in workshop and delegates staff assisting with tasks, assists with
sensory programs, exercise programs and projects to best meet
residents' person-centered life enrichment needs along with providing
active treatment per regulations.

- Arranges and provides transportation
for community group/individual outings, social activities, plans special
meals, and plans/schedules/organizes special events and entertainment
for the IID household along with assisting with whole house
events/activities. Develops monthly calendars for activities planned and
for Sensory Group.

- Transports residents to and from activities and
other functions as required.

- Decorates household to assist with
resident reality orientation/holidays/seasons and assists with
researching/purchasing approved items for household.

- Gathers,
prepares, organizes, facilitates the needed items for workshop (gathers
work in building and organizes it with staff to get for out of
building), sensory groups or any other activities planned and is the
lead person in workshop. Assists with Sensory group as well.

- Assists
residents with purchasing/researching getting items that they need/wish
to have.

- Makes routine contact with residents by visiting with them,
assisting them with making cards/letters for families and needed online
shopping, etc.

- Schedules movies in house, planning parties, and
providing games/activities for residents.

- Encourages residents to
participate in available programs.

- Works with individuals on goals in
their Individualized Program Plan for workshop/sensory/mealtime and
other ADL goals and reports progress so charting can be completed.

- Maintains documentation of resident attendance at workshop, estimated
amount of time each resident worked/was productive each day and
documents info in Matrixcare which is used when tallied to determine the
reward for each resident. Maintains documentation of other activity
participation as well.

- Assists and promotes independence with cares
(including personal hygiene); ambulation and accessing the community.

- Functions as an integral member of the team providing appropriate
interventions during medical, behavioral, and/or facility emergencies.

- Provides personal hygiene including bathing (tub, shower, bed bath),
oral care, skin and nail care and hand washing.

- Completes resident
grooming including hair care, shaving, dressing and weighing. Encourages
residents toward independent personal care.

- Assists with toileting
including bowel and bladder retraining and perinea care.

- Performs and
assists with mobility, transferring, ambulation, positioning, and range
of motion per the care plan.

- Reports accurately all cares given,
including dietary intake and output, temperature, weight, blood pressure
pulse and respiration, using approved abbreviations and descriptive
terms.

- Serves residents their meals; motivates and assists them with
intake of nourishment and fluids.

- Participates in the planning of
resident care through shift reports and resident care staffing meetings
when assigned. Completes designated section of Comprehensive Skills
Review for residents yearly.

- Informs verbally and/or submit in writing
any observations and changes in a resident for the licensed nurse or
supervisor to evaluate, including dietary intake.

- Encourages/assist,
residents in keeping their rooms clean and orderly.

- Maintains
household in a clean and orderly manner along with the IID workshop.

- Keeps all residents' personal belongings and equipment clean.

- Ensures
all residents' possessions are properly labeled.

- Responds to resident
emergency including bleeding, falls, seizures, and performance of CPR
and Heimlich maneuver.

- Performs housekeeping and laundry
responsibilities as needed.

- Assists with the training and orientation
of new Household Assistants.

- Provides backup assistance to Household
Assistants and other department personnel as needed.

- Other duties as
assigned. OTHER

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Previous
volunteer or work experience with geriatric, chronic mentally ill,
and/or developmental disabilities populations. Equivalent combination of
Education And Experience Which Provides Necessary Knowledge, Skills, And abilities may be considered.