Memory Care Support Specialist
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** Memory Care Support Specialist**

**Job Category****:** Clinical Services **Requisition Number****:** MEMOR027697 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**Memory Care Support Specialist**

***Bring your heart to work!*** ***Caring people make the difference at American Senior Communities!***

***Compassion, Accountability, Relationships and Excellence*** are the core values for American Senior Communities. These words not only form an acronym for C.A.R.E., they are our guiding principles and create the framework for all our relationships with customers, team members and community at large.

American Senior Communities has proudly delivered patient centered care since the year 2000, with a long history of excellent outcomes. Each of our 80+ American Senior Community is part of the neighborhood in which it exists. Our leaders and staff live in surrounding areas and know the community well. We value the same things in life that you do. The foundation of our senior living communities is based on the knowledge that well be part of your neighborhood for many, many years. We take great pride in our hospitality and it is ingrained in everything we do. As partners in senior care, we are not just doing a job, but following a calling.

***Our commitment to our team members:***

* PayActiv Hourly employees have immediate access up to 50% of your earned pay

* Medical/Dental/Vision insurance available Plans starting as low as $20 a week

* Grow your clinical career thru the O2NE program that offers fully paid LPN or RN higher education and training

* Employees can access convenient telehealth services

* 401k

* PTO and holiday pay for full time staff

* Tuition assistance and up to $500 for certifications

* Generous Education Reimbursement for New Nursing Graduates

* Workforce Chaplains: Confidential, non-denomination resources available for employees and household family members of employees.

* Employee Referral Program get paid to refer a friend to join our team

* Pathogen Reducing Air purification devices in corridors and common areas to help combat COVID-19

* Making a difference in the lives of the patients we serve by providing them care and compassion

* Acting as a positive teammate to fellow employees by helping onboard new teammates.

* You will have the satisfaction of ensuring the delivery of compassionate quality of care approach to residents.

* Acts as role model for the Center staff by protecting and promoting residents rights in all interactions with residents and families.

* You will participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team in the development and maintenance of the social service and activity portions of the plan of care for each resident.

***Requirements:***

* Demonstrates C.A.R.E. values to our residents, family members, customers and staff.

* High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

* Bachelors degree in a related field required (psychology, social work, sociology, recreational therapy).

* Minimum of three years human services experience with two years working with dementia or Alzheimers care/patients preferred.

* Successful completion of a state approved or a Nursing Assistant training and competency evaluation program, or a CNA competency evaluation program approved by the State.

*We are committed to the safety and health of our team members, residents and families we serve. As such, ASC is proud to have implemented a mandatory vaccination policy, requiring COVID-19 vaccination(s) for all employees and new hires. In accordance with our mission to compassionately serve every resident with quality care and excellence, we firmly believe that vaccinating all employees is essential for our customers safety and health. New hires, including rehires, will need to show evidence of full vaccination on or before start or receive their first dose or one dose vaccine prior to start date.*

*As such, we are asking those candidates who wish to request an exemption from being required to be vaccinated, submit a request for their exemption through the process outlined in the electronic onboarding paperwork. Should you have any questions regarding this, please speak with your recruiting contact directly.*

We are Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran and other protected categories.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)