Activities Director

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Unmatched Benefits & Perks:

• Tuition Reimbursement and Professional License Renewal Reimbursement

• Free CEUs

• 401k Plan

• Rewards and Recognition via CareHeroes Program (Gift Cards for Great Performance)

• Flexible Scheduling

• Professional Career Growth

• Get Paid with More Flexibility Take advantage of our advance pay benefit, giving you greater flexibility to access pay when you need it.

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Position Summary

The primary duty is the directing, managing, and administering of the residents’ leisure, recreational and social activities and programs, as well as the management and direction of the assigned team members within the department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate and coordinate a wide variety of activities to meet the leisure, psycho-social, spiritual, intellectual and recreational needs of SNF customers and ALF residents

• Design and implement a monthly calendar for each of the two sides to reflect the Leisure activities

• Market the Daily Activities via Kanvas Control TV and Daily Flyers

• Maintain monthly budget needs and accounting of purchases

• Motivate and encourage patients and residents to participate in activities and volunteer experiences

• Ensure timely Customer Service Survey is conducted and recorded on new customers

• Supervises volunteer coordination

• Assign appropriate Care Plans based on the Leisure desires of the patients

• Establish ongoing relations between patients and outside community

• Acquire knowledge of all patients to ensure that they are participating in activities of their choice and abilities

• Travel with residents on trips

• Ensures vendor transactions and outside services are properly completed and/or supervised in accordance with contracts

• Establish and maintain acceptable record keeping systems

• Advise the Administrator of major situations affecting the Community

• Submit timely verbal and written reports

• Monitor time records reports for department and submit proper paperwork to payroll

• Coach, counsel and write performance evaluations for team members

• Responsible to complete, and ensure departmental staff have completed, all state and federal compliance, education and training requirements

Competencies

• Hosts and/or participates actively in meetings; makes meaningful contributions

  • Takes charge of people/events; assumes leadership in a positive way and treats all team members with fairness and respect

  • Provides clear, objective and timely feedback to employees

  • Creates enthusiasm for team effort; is an effective team builder; sets a model for teamwork that encourages common goals

  • Uses all available and appropriate resources, including team members

  • Interacts frequently with customers; takes initiative to inquire about customer needs and opinions and effectively manages concerns

  • Encourages and develops customer service skills in employees

  • Able to prioritize work. Sets realistic deadlines for self and others and ensures deadlines are met; delegates as needed

  • Presents ideas and information in a concise, well organized manner

  • Manages as if it were his/her own business, keeps up to date with best practices and new developments. Makes informed decisions within the scope of responsibility

  • Sets precise, measurable goals that are realistic, challenging and compatible with company goals; demonstrates actions to meet those goals

• Is progressive in outlook; initiates new approaches and ideas; offers creative and effective solutions

• Receptive and open to new ideas; Empowers and supports employees to make decisions

• Takes responsibility for his/her own training and development; follows up and integrates training when appropriate

• Listens; concentrates on information presented; takes actio