Activities Assistant - Willow Springs at Willow Springs Healthcare Center in Palm Desert, California

Job Description:

Willow Springs Healthcare Center is hiring!

Pay: $18 per hour

Purpose: To enrich our patrons' lives by encouraging socialization, providing entertainment, and relaxation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out individual and group activities that meet the functional levels, needs and interests (including cultural and religious interests) of each resident.


• Seek and identify ways to support resident's individual needs and preferences, customary routines, concerns and choices.


• Communicates information to immediate supervisor and other caregivers as appropriate.


• Provide activities to bed-bound residents and other residents confined to their rooms that reflect life-long interests (such as music, reading, visits with people of shared interests and in-room projects) that are appropriate to the individual's functional abilities and level of participation.


• Assist residents with these activities as needed.


• Adapt activities to match the cognitive and physical functional levels of the residents through the use of task segmentation, verbal prompts, set-up assistance, physical assists and demonstrations.


• Assists Activity Director in development of activity calendars. Posts calendar on resident units and distribute to residents


• Monitor physical environment for safety or fire hazards and corrects or reports potential problems immediately to supervisor or charge nurse.


• Promptly reports housekeeping and maintenance problems to supervisor or charge nurse.


• Keep activity equipment and supplies in the proper storage areas.


• Maintain activity space in clean and orderly manner that appears "homelike" and is safe for residents, including proper placement of furniture and orderly storage of equipment and supplies in drawers, cupboards, closets, etc.


• Performs additional tasks as assigned

• High school diploma or equivalent


• Prior experience within a skilled nursing facility a plus


• Prior experience as activity aide or director a plus


• CPR certification a plus