Life Enrichment​/Activities Coordinator

Overview

Mount Alverna Village

Life Enrichment Coordinator
- Full Time/Exempt

Must be able to work some evenings and weekends as needed but schedule is typically Monday through Friday

Mount Alverna Village is a vibrant senior living community in Parma, Ohio. Mount Alverna Village is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC), offering a variety of senior lifestyle options including independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing/long-term care. Additionally, the onsite rehabilitation clinic offers inpatient and outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapies, and state-of-the-art programs designed to enhance the quality of life for residents and patients in the local community.

We are looking for a Life Enrichment Coordinator to add to our growing team!

As a valued Life Enrichment Coordinator (LEC), you will be responsible for enhancing, supporting, and advocating for the quality of life for all those served in the community through fostering a culture of engagement. The LEC will be responsible for helping to develop and implement a variety of recreational activities, events, and therapeutic engagement opportunities that adhere to the 7 dimensions of wellness the Ministry champions through an inter and intra-departmental collaborative approach ensuring resident optimal wellbeing.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve and lead as a passionate advocate to create and maintain a culture of engagement by actively promoting and championing Life Enrichment services throughout the community(internally and externally).
• Encourage, motivate, inspire, and minimize barriers for residents to participate in daily activities and engagement opportunities (scheduled and unscheduled).
• Assist the Life Enrichment department with administrative tasks, including but not limited to copying, typing memorandum, and answering phones.
• Assist to create, manage, coordinate, implement, and evaluate life enrichment calendars and department programming, newsletter, and digital displays.
• Lead and assist with group and one-on-one activity programs.
• Escort residents to and from activities.
• Drive community bus for Life Enrichment outings and/or resident medical appointments while following proper safety operational transportation guidelines including but not limited to help on and off the vehicle, assistive device securement, proper utilization of emergency contact listbinder.
• Assist with completing all documentation (service plan assessments, progress notes, activity attendance and participation, and more) necessary to be compliant with state and federal regulations and Ministry standards.
• Utilize the community engagement system.
• Utilize community medical records system.
• Attend and participate in meetings including stand-up, care plans, in-services, resident council, Life Enrichment department, among others as needed.
• Coordinate and support the process for supply ordering and inventory based-on designated department needs.
• Assist with volunteer engagement.
• Assist with maintenance of community pet (where applicable).
• Maintain an organized, clean, and neat environment for residents including activity engagementspaces.
• Ensure programs are properly set-up and cleaned-up before and after scheduled and unscheduled programs.
• Regularly support with set-up and clean-up of appropriate seasonal, celebratory, and holiday community décor.
• Involve residents and family members in the planning of activities and community holiday and event planning and decorating.
• Complete ongoing continuing education through the Relias platform and other department/community ongoing required training.
• Help to lead the training process of new associates within the department.
• Support with hiring initiatives for the department.
• Provide training and coaching of programs and best practices for implementation to direct nondepartment associates to ensure culture of engagement is consistently present in the community.
• Create and maintain the Life Enrichment department associate work schedules.
• Support the management of performance enhancements, annual reviews, and terminations in conjunction with the department leader and Human Resources.
• Lead special department projects and…