Activities Assistant

Job Overview

As an Activities Assistant, you’ll help create engaging, welcoming experiences for residents in a senior living or long-term care setting. You’ll plan and coordinate activities that reflect residents’ interests and abilities, build meaningful connections, and support well-being. Your impact: By offering inclusive programs and building resident rapport, you help residents feel connected, involved, and valued.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate resident events, group activities, and individual recreation, adapting programs for different abilities and interests.
• Support program development and schedule management, using Microsoft Office to organize calendars, materials, and activity records.
• Build rapport with residents and communicate with clients, families, and care teams about participation and preferences.
• Encourage involvement while respecting individual needs, including those related to memory care, dementia, Alzheimer’s care, and other aging issues.
• Collaborate with team members and contribute to team leadership in daily activity planning and delivery.

Experience

• Experience working with seniors, geriatric patients, or individuals with disabilities; senior care, caregiving, or geriatrics experience is relevant.
• Assisted living, nursing home, senior living facility, long-term care, or home and community care experience is valuable.
• Knowledge of recreational therapy, memory care, dementia care, Alzheimer’s care, and aging issues counseling is preferred.
• Event planning, coordinating resident events, program development, schedule management, and Microsoft Office skills are helpful.
• Strong communication and client communication skills, with the ability to build resident rapport and work collaboratively.

Pay: $22.00 - $25.00 per hour

Work Location: In person