Activities Assistant

Company: Mayflower Place Nursing and Rehabilitati
Location: Orleans
Posted on: June 12, 2021

Job Description:

Activities/Program (Lifestyle Assistant – Skilled Nursing Center)

Maplewood Senior Living, an innovative, forward-thinking senior living provider, strives to inspire our associates to learn, develop, and succeed. As we continue to grow, we are seeking devoted and caring Activities Assistants to become part of our family.

Maplewood Senior Living’s Maplewood at Mayflower Place Campus is Cape Cod’s only full service continuing care retirement community. We offer independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing & rehab.

Mayflower Place Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in West Yarmouth, is hiring both a Full-Time and Part-Time Activities Assistant, Evenings and weekends.

Join our community, offering paid training, competitive wages, bonus & incentive programs, growth opportunities and more.  Maplewood also offers a comprehensive benefits package for full time employees including medical, dental, vision, voluntary Aflac insurance, paid time-off, a 401K plan.

Maplewood at Mayflower Nursing & Rehab Center, 579 Buck Island Rd, West Yarmouth, MA

The Activities Assistant will work hand in hand with the Activities Director to execute as organized and diversified program of individual and group activities. Our Activities Assistants facilitate daily programs to engage residents in culture, spiritual, physical, political, social, and intellectual activities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate daily programs and activities for residents
• Collaborate with other departments to engage everyone in resident programming
• Provide an excellent customer experience for residents and families
• Ensure resident involvement/engagement through one on one, small group, and large group activities

Education/Experience/Licensure/Certification

• Experience in activity planning with older adults preferred
• Experience working in a Skilled Nursing facility preferred - CNA experience helpful
• Knowledge of dementia and related issues
• Experience and interest in working with older adults
• Evidence in creativity
• Highly organized
• Mature, pleasant, friendly, and cheerful personality

Maplewood Senior Living conducts pre-employment screening including background check, drug screening and reference checks.

INDPRO

Licenses & Certifications

• Driver's License

Skills

• Planning/Organizing
• Communication Skills
• Flexibility
• Computer/Technical Literacy

Behaviors

• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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 contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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