Activities Coordinator - Behavioral Health Unit

The work location for this position is Lewiston, Idaho

Full-Time: 80-hrs per pay period

Hours:  8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Benefits May Include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k w/ employer match
• Short & Long-term disabilities
• Life & AD&D insurances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• and more…

Position Summary:

As Activities Coordinator, you will develop and implement programs that provide opportunities for residents to participate in events that maintain optimal levels of mental, physical, and social well-being.

Primary (Essential) Duties:

• Personally, and through recreation of staff members, evaluates the interest and abilities of residents and plans appropriate activities in terms of interest, needs and available personnel.
  
• Evaluates programming on an ongoing basis through surveys and direct interaction with residents and families. Encourages participation in resident council.
  
• Administers the department’s Interest Survey.
  
• Communicates with the AL staff and SNF Activity Director on a regular basis to inform, exchange ideas, coordinate services and discuss format for individual and group programming. Also shares insight, information and reports responses and/or progress regarding residents, maintaining confidentiality when appropriate.
  
• Carries out large, small, and one-to-one events for the purpose of providing any and all of the following: a friendly visitor; sensory stimulation; reality orientation; cognitive stimulation. Informs residents and staff to changes in scheduled programming in a timely manner. Arranges transportation for events.
  
• Maintain member attendance records.
  
• Recognizes signs and symptoms which signify a change in condition that require nursing intervention and reports these changes to the appropriate channels.
• Shares resident information with staff on a need-to-know basis.  Remains alert for conditions that threaten the safety and well-being of staff and residents.
• Reports hazardous conditions to appropriate channels.
  
• Provides training for staff regarding Activities and volunteer services.
  
• Shares pertinent information with staff and volunteers on need-to-know basis.

Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position.  While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.

Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

Required:

• Certification in Non-Violent De-Escalation & Crisis Intervention Training within 90-days of hire

• BLS on first day or to be assigned by the Learning Center

• National Certification for Recreational or Activity Professionals; Music Therapy; Occupational Therapy; or Horticultural Therapy