CERTIFIED ACTIVITY DIRECTOR

Position: Activities Director (with Activity Director Certification)

Compensation: $25 - $30 per hour depending on education, experience, and other factors

Employment type: full-time

Work Location: In person.

Chaparral House – a non-profit skilled nursing facility

Chaparral House is a Bay Area leader in providing person-centered care. We are the only independent, non-sectarian, community based, nonprofit, skilled nursing eldercare community in the Berkeley area. Our compensation is among the highest in East Bay, and we offer one of the best benefit packages in the entire Bay Area.

We provide care for up to forty-nine elders in a dynamic, life-affirming, homelike environment.

Activities Director

This position establishes a program of activities that is stimulating and that fosters a positive atmosphere through leisure activities that meet the spiritual, cultural, physical, intellectual, and social needs of residents both inside and outside the Community.

Essential duties and responsibilities of Activities Director:

• Plan, schedule, and implement a program of individual and group activities based on resident schedules which address the needs and limitations of residents.
• Develop, organize, plan, implement and evaluate a well-rounded and stimulating holistic activity program, which addresses the needs and limitations of residents.
• Assess and complete the sections of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assigned completely, timely and accurately.
• Use the Care Area Assessments (CAAs) to determine whether to care plans for concerns related to a resident’s activity needs.
• Gather data and documents required ancillary assessments including but not limited to Care Area Assessment summary documentation.
• Identify and document in the resident’s care plan the activity interests, needs, and concerns of the resident. Care plans are reviewed and updated as needed but at least quarterly.
• Design and post creative monthly bulletin boards and activities calendar.
• Document all interaction with residents and/or families in the assessment, care plan, and progress notes as required by federal and state regulations.
• Participate as an active member of the interdisciplinary team and attend all resident care conferences.
• Lead large group activities, e.g., discussion groups, sing-a-longs, and exercise classes.
• Help manage the facilities volunteer program.
• Maintain an activity attendance record for each resident.
• Plan and conduct Resident Council meetings.
• Manage staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs.
• Adhering to the approved budgets

Entry Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.
• Proficient in the use of personal computers.
• You must have 2 to 3 years of activities experience.
• Activities Director Certification
• Skilled Nursing Experience required.
• Some Point Click Care experience preferred.

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person.

Pay: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 403(b)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person