Activity Therapy Aide​/Cook

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 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, plans/schedules/organizes special events and entertainment for the household. Develops monthly calendars for activities planned. 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. 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 Individual Service Plan (ISP) and reports progress for charting. Maintains documentation of resident attendance at activities, estimated amount of time each participated.

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. Informs verbally and/or submit in writing any observations and changes in a resident for the supervisor to evaluate, including dietary intake. Encourages/assist, residents in keeping their rooms clean and orderly. Maintains household in a clean and orderly manner. Keeps all residents' personal belongings and equipment clean.

Ensures all residents' possessions are properly labeled as needed. 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. Additional duties when assigned Cook duties in a Household:
Prepares and portions food on menu in appropriate quantities and according to resident diets and preferences. Tracks/updates resident diet changes for accuracy of food production. Maintains high standards of food production and sanitation. Keeps work a eas and equipment clean and in compliance with regulatory codes. Assists with prepping future meals as needed. REQUIRED JOB COMPETENCIES Knowledge of PPE and its proper use for personal safety measures.

Ability to maintain confidentiality of all resident care information and assure resident rights and privacy are protected at all times per HIPAA. Knowledge of chemicals used in housekeeping and laundry services including hazardous laundry chemicals and isolation procedures. Ability to create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth and personal interest as…