Activities Aide w​/TRT-SNF

Job Details

Job Location:

Rocky Mountain Care-Maple Dell - Payson, UT 84651

Position Type:
Full-Time/Part-Time

Education Level: High School

Salary Range: $16.00 - $16.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage:
None

Job Category:
Health Care

The Therapeutic Recreation Therapist Assistant supports the Therapeutic Recreation/Activities Department in providing meaningful, engaging, and therapeutic programs designed to enhance residents' quality of life, socialization, physical functioning, cognitive stimulation, emotional well-being, and sense of purpose.

The assistant works under the direction and supervision of the Activities Director and/or appropriately licensed therapeutic recreation professional. The position assists with planning, preparing, facilitating, and documenting activities based on residents' individual interests, abilities, needs, and care plans.

• Assist with planning and implementing a variety of therapeutic recreation and activity programs for residents.
• Facilitate individual and group activities appropriate to residents' physical, cognitive, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
• Assist with activities such as:
  • Exercise and physical fitness
  • Music and entertainment
  • Games and trivia
  • Arts and crafts
  • Reminiscence and memory programs
  • Cognitive stimulation
  • Social and community activities
  • Holiday and cultural programs
  • Outdoor and leisure activities
  • Spiritual and meaningful-purpose activities
• Encourage resident participation while respecting each resident's choices, preferences, abilities, and right to decline participation.
• Provide appropriate adaptations to activities for residents with dementia, physical limitations, sensory impairments, or other disabilities.
• Assist residents with safely accessing and participating in activities, including wheelchair-accessible and room-based programs.
• Develop positive relationships with residents and encourage socialization and peer interaction.
• Assist with one-on-one visits and individualized leisure opportunities for residents who are unable or unwilling to attend group activities.
• Help prepare activity supplies, equipment, calendars, flyers, decorations, and program materials.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe activity environment.
• Observe residents during activities and communicate significant changes in mood, behavior, participation, or functioning to the appropriate supervisor or nursing staff.
• Assist with documenting resident participation and responses to activities according to facility policies.
• Assist with maintaining activity attendance records and other required department documentation.
• Participate in resident-centered care planning and provide information regarding residents' activity interests, strengths, preferences, and participation.
• Assist with special events, resident celebrations, community outings, and volunteer programs.
• Encourage family and community involvement in facility activities when appropriate.
• Follow all facility policies and procedures, including infection control, emergency procedures, resident rights, abuse prevention, and safety requirements.
• Maintain resident confidentiality and comply with HIPAA and applicable federal and Utah regulations.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Activities Director or appropriate supervisor.

The Therapeutic Recreation Therapist Assistant should use a person-centered approach, recognizing that meaningful activity can promote social connection, independence, self-expression, cognitive engagement, physical movement, emotional well-being, and overall quality of life.

Activities should be adapted to meet residents where they are rather than expecting residents to conform to a single activity format.

• High school diploma or…