Job Details
Job Description
Job Title: Recreation Assistant
Reports To: Director of Recreation
Status: Non-Exempt
Positions Summary:
Provides psychosocial support and therapeutic services to residents to contribute to and enhance their emotional, cognitive, social, recreational, and spiritual needs.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Assist the Director by planning and carrying out various group activity programs.
Interacts with residents in group and independent situations and engages them in sensory stimulation activities.
Motivates and encourages residents to attend provided programs.
Acquaints self with all facility's residents. Adapts recreational programs according to resident's diagnosis and suggests new and creative ideas from which the residents would benefit.
Observes and identifies resident reactions while they are engaged in group and independent situations and reports progress to Director of Therapeutic Recreation and documents when assigned.
Assists in transporting residents to and from programs and is actively involved in all activities unless medically unable.
Accurately completes daily attendance for one- on -one and groups assignments as well as other necessary paperwork as assigned.
Carries out resident feeding during Therapeutic Recreation programs.
Performs all tasks and duties in an efficient and safe manner.
Performs other related duties as assigned or as necessary. Remains flexible and adaptable in work schedules and work assignments as defined by departmental and facility needs.
Represents Vita Healthcare in a manner that conveys professionalism, confidentiality, courtesy, fairness, personal integrity, and respect for the fundamental rights, dignity, personal comfort and privacy of others.