Location: Berkeley Heights,NJ, USA
QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Graduate or Equivalency. Experience with elderly, physically challenged and residents with Dementia preferred.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Responsible for documentation of resident participation in group activities and one-on-one visits. Leads select group activities for residents in a variety of recreational pursuits. Facilitates activity needs of residents. Ensure that residents on each unit have the opportunity to participate in activity programs of choice through on-going contact and escort as needed.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND STANDARDS
· Document all activities timely and appropriately in Pro-Activity attendance.
· Reviews individual resident attendance and participation records with the therapist. Meets with Recreation Therapist for input and guidance regularly.
· Leads group activities for residents in a variety of recreational pursuits. i.e. parties, sing-a-longs, bingo, exercises, cooking, crafts, church activities, food related socials and Sensory Programs.
· Adequately determines and accommodates resident needs, abilities and interests regarding leisure involvement.
· Invites and escorts residents to appropriate unit programs.
· Regularly provides and documents meaningful 1:1 in- room resident visits if indicated.
· Posts a written monthly activities schedule on assigned wing, near the nurses' station and in Resident rooms.
· Implements, in coordination with Program Director and Administrator, policies and procedures as they relate to the Therapeutic Recreation Department.
· Preparation for specialized Recreation programs.
· Completes holiday facility decorations (balloons, streamers, birthday signs for resident rooms, etc.)
· Assists volunteers in recreational program as needed
· Maintains and cleans department supplies and materials as assigned.
· Any other task requested by Program Director.