Activities Assistant

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JOB OVERVIEW The Life Enrichment Manager is responsible for consistently engaging residents in familiar routines of daily living through personalized Life Skills that “Create Pleasant Days” for residents. Life Skills are familiar tasks that residents enjoyed doing in the past that can still bring a sense of success, meaning, and purpose in the present. The Life Enrichment Manager is responsible for designing Life Skills to reflect each resident’s past interests and for providing them with encouragement, prompts, and hands on assistance. The Life Enrichment Manager is responsible for demonstrating the Mission for Sunrise, “To champion quality of life for all seniors” in the Reminiscence neighborhood in accordance with federal, state/provincial, and local laws, standards, and regulations, and Sunrise policies to promote the highest degree of quality care and services to our residents. RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS
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:
Activities Program • Assist in maintaining a balanced resident centered activity program for the Sunrise community following the Activity Program Guidelines, Programming Guide(s), and direction from immediate supervisor. • Assist in preparing the activity calendar and newsletter with the coordination of immediate supervisor. • Conduct and/or assist with planned resident activities, programs, and services throughout the community. • Assist, invite, and encourage residents to participate in activities. • Assist residents to and from the activity areas when necessary. • Record and document resident participation if required by federal, state/provincial, and local laws and regulations. • Maintain activity areas in an orderly manner. • Assist in maintaining an inventory of activity and programming supplies, games, programs, and craft services. • Assist with the network contacts and relationships and assist with arranging for speakers from community groups/organizations to provide educational, social, and engaging activities and support for the residents. • Responsible for daily care of any animals and/or plants within the activities program and services.
Volunteer and Community Focus
• Assist with and support the networking actions for retaining a volunteer base and maintaining a relationship with local businesses, organizations, and schools under the leadership of immediate supervisor. • Assist with the volunteer orientations, volunteer training programs, and appropriate volunteer paperwork according to Sunrise and state/province specific standards. • Work with volunteers and oversees their activities as needed. • Involve families, residents, and community volunteers to participate as a regular part of the activity program as directed by immediate supervisor.
Resident Focus
• Review, read, notate, and initialize the Daily Log and Department Log to document and learn about pertinent information and any resident’s physical and behavioral changes as well as activities information. • Practice positive resident relations following our Sunrise Shared Values, responds to resident requests, and directs resident feedback and requests to immediate supervisor. • Review the Individualized Service Plan (ISP)/Individualized Care Plan (ICP) and Resident Profile and Addendums for every new resident. • Assist to ensure each resident’s Memory Box is completed within two (2) weeks of move-in. • Maintain and protect the confidentiality of resident information at all times.
Quality Assurance and Regulatory Compliance
• Understand and demonstrate proficiency with the Quality Assurance Process (QA) and essential quality service standards pertaining to enriching resident centered activities and programming and partners with community team in striving for excellent quality care and service delivery as measured in the QA process. • Partner with community team to ensure community follows all federal, state/provincial, and local laws, regulations, and Sunrise quality standards for resident care and services. • Maintain and/or exceed standards of cleanliness, hygiene, proper attire, and health.
Risk Management and General Safety
• Partner with community team to ensure community is in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)/British Columbia Workers Compensation Act, promoting Risk Management programs and policies, and adhering to safety rules and regulations. • Practice safety procedures at all times including Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), fire extinguishers, Safety Data Sheets (SDS), and Lockout Tagout procedures.
Training and Contributing to Team Success
• Participate as a member of a team and commits to working toward team goals. • Demonstrate in daily interactions with others, our Team Member Credo. • Commit to serving our residents and guests through our Principles of Service. • Contribute to the overall engagement programs and processes (customer and team member engagement) including participating in the team member engagement survey and engagement improvement planning workshops. • Attend regular meetings; Town Hall, Department Team, Cross Over, and others as directed by the Supervisor/Department Coordinator. • Maintains compliance in assigned required training and all training required by state/province or other regulating authorities as applicable to this role to ensure that Sunrise standards are always met. • Perform other duties as assigned.
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Westminster

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