Activities Assistant

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Lafayette Center is seeking a creative Activities Assistant to assist with Planning, organizing, and directing a program of activities, which provides opportunity for entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression and fulfills basic psychological, social, and spiritual needs, to be available to all residents of the facility.

• Assistthe Activities Director in creating a monthly calendar of activities written in large print and posted in a prominent location that is visible to residents and visitors.
• Ensure that a copy of the monthly calendar of activities in placed in a prominent spot in each resident’s room.
• Will interviewresidents or family members to obtain activity preferences.
• Will coordinate and assist residents in getting to activity locations within the facility.
• Will assist in conducting scheduled activities to promote the physical, social, and mental well-being of residents.
• Will document resident activity program attendance and ensure that all charted activity progress notes are informative, descriptive of the services provided, and indicate the resident’s response to the service.
• Observe resident mood, behavior, and degree of involvement in facility activities and report any changes or concerns to the Activities Director.
• Involve residents and families in planning activities program when possible.
• Assist with conducting in room activities programs for those residents who benefit from one-on-one visits.
• Will coordinate activities needs and requests with other departments in a courteous and timely mannerto assure that daily activities can be performed without interruption.
• Will assist with Resident/Family Council meetings as indicated.
• Assist the physically, emotionally, and cognitively impaired individual and family to explore appropriate avocation/leisure pursuits.