Reminiscence Supervisor

When you join Sunrise Senior Living, you will be able to use your unique skills to empower residents to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only will you build meaningful relationships with residents, their families, and team members alike, you will also gain joy in serving others and deep fulfillment in your work. Explore how you can follow your passions and shed light on meaningful ways to serve, grow, and shine together.

Sunrise Senior Living was again certified as a Great Place to Work® by Activated Insights. This is the 8th time Sunrise has received this top culture and workplace designation, highlighting the special place Sunrise is to be a part of.

The Reminiscence Supervisor is responsible for providing leadership support of the reminiscence neighborhood. The Reminiscence Supervisor is a working leader in the day to day operations directly supervising and assisting the reminiscence team, championing the designated care manager concept and providing resident care and services. Responsible for assisting in the recruiting, selection and training of team members as well as staffing and scheduling.

Assists in promoting excellence in resident care and programming, assists with the outreach to families with an understanding of the evolving information on Alzheimer’s disease. The Reminiscence Supervisor is responsible for assisting the community in maintaining high quality standards throughout the community.

As a part of the Sunrise team, supporting our Mission, Principles of Service and Core Values is a fundamental part of this job. Our foundational belief is the sacred value of human life. The unique responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the essential functions listed as follows:

• Provide supervision to the reminiscence team and support and assist the Reminiscence Coordinator and/or Resident Care Coordinator.
• Assist with scheduling and assigning daily tasks to the reminiscence team.
• Assist with staffing and scheduling according to operational and budgetary guidelines and federal, state/provincial, and local laws.
• Assist in daily review of timekeeping practices and payroll reports to ensure all hours worked are recorded and appropriately paid.
• Take an active role in Crossover meetings to remain informed; brief incoming reminiscence team regarding resident updates and community news and concerns.
• Maintain visibility throughout the reminiscence neighborhoods and take initiative to assist team members.

• Review clinical alerts to document and learn about pertinent information and any resident’s physical and behavioral changes.
• Recognize resident changes in condition and take appropriate action.
• Assist with the monthly family support group meetings and necessary preparations.
• Assist with monthly and quarterly in-house social and family events.
• Assist with the network contacts and relationships and provide assistance in arranging for speakers from community groups/organizations to provide educational support for families of the residents.
• Assist with the inventorying, tracking, and ordering of necessary resident care supplies.

• Supervise and assist the reminiscence team as well as providing direct resident care and services.
• Support the leadership activities of planning, organizing, facilitating, and assisting in the overall reminiscence operations and/or directly supervises assigned reminiscence neighborhoods as directed by supervisor in accordance with federal, state/provincial, and local laws and Sunrise quality service standards.
• Support the all-embracing quality delivery of the Resident Centered model.
• Demonstrate competence and lead/assist programming with partnership of the Activities and Volunteer Coordinator for the reminiscence neighborhood(s) according to the Reminiscence Guidelines policy and Sunrise quality service standards.
• Assist in the designing, scheduling, and facilitating of the reminiscence programs incorporating Life Skills and focusing on creating pleasant days, including a variety of dementia appropriate…