Ridgeview Gardens is looking for a fun, creative, hard working individual to join our caregiving team as our new Activity Director!
This is a full time position, however, the days and hours may vary from time to time.
Benefits:
- Flexible schedules
- Opportunities for advancement
- Fun and rewarding environment
- Exceptional management who truly care about their residents and staff
- Our "WOW" culture
- Paid Time Off
- We all love what we do
- Health, Dental, and Vision available for all full time employees
- We have the best residents
Responsibilities:
- Planning and executing life enrichment activities for our memory care residents
- Encouraging residents to participate in group activities
- Spending time with residents one on one to optimize their full potential for independent living
- Produce a monthly resident activity calendar
- Coordinate and work with community members, volunteers, families, schools, and home health organizations to provide fun and diverse activities for our residents
- Conducting or overseeing the scheduled activities and ensuring they have all supplies needed for each activity
- Tracking attendance of residents at activities
- Training caregiving staff to assist with scheduled activities
- Purchase food and supplies for activities while sticking within the designated budget for the building
- Maintaining a scrapbook and Facebook page of new and happening activities
Requirements:
- Possessing the ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with families, residents, the community, administration, and outside services is crucial
- Experience working with seniors
- Be a self-starter
- Possess a love for the elderly
- Be creative in their planning and executing of activities
- Have a positive and compassionate attitude
- Clean driving record - must be comfortable driving the community bus
- Perform all duties given them as assigned by the Administrator
- Experience with dementia is preferred but not required
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