Life Enrichment Assistant
Life Enrichment Assistant
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Job Description
Overview
University Place is a proud part of Franciscan Ministries. We are a vibrant senior living community located in West Lafayette Indiana. University Place is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) offering a variety of senior lifestyle options including independent living assisted living memory support assisted living sheltered care and skilled nursing/longterm care. Additionally the onsite rehabilitation clinic offers inpatient and outpatient physical occupational and speech therapies and stateoftheart programs designed to enhance the quality of life for residents and patients in the local community.
At Franciscan Ministries we believe in our associates and are committed to creating an environment that is supportive and nurturing of your career path. We offer competitive compensation and tuition reimbursement along with training continuing education and wellness programs.
Position Summary
As a valued Life Enrichment Assistant (LEA) for the Life Enrichment department you will be responsible for enhancing supporting and advocating for the quality of life for all those served in the community through fostering a culture of engagement. The LEA will be responsible for helping to develop and implement a variety of recreational activities events and therapeutic engagement opportunities that adhere to the 7 dimensions of wellness the Ministry champions through an inter and intradepartmental collaborative approach ensuring resident optimal wellbeing.
Essential Functions Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Serve as a passionate advocate to create and maintain a culture of engagement by actively promoting and championing Life Enrichment services throughout the community (internally and externally).
- Encourage motivate inspire and minimize barriers for residents to participate in daily activities and engagement opportunities
- Lead and assist with group and oneonone activity
- Assist in planning developing organizing implementing and evaluating
- Escort residents to and from
- Complete all documentation (service plan assessments progress notes activity attendance and participation and more) necessary to be compliant with state and federal regulations and Ministry
- Utilize the community engagement system LifeLoop.
- Attend and participate in meetings including care plans inservices resident council Life Enrichment department among others as needed
- Assist with volunteer
- Maintain an organized clean and neat environment for residents including activity engagement spaces.
- Ensure programs are properly setup and cleanedup before and after scheduled and unscheduled programs.
- Regularly support with setup and cleanup of appropriate seasonal celebratory and holiday community dcor.
- Complete ongoing continuing education through the Relias platform and other department/community ongoing required training.
- Help to maintain adequate department supply inventory.
- Support the training process of new associates within the department.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and procedures and any updates.
Position Requirements
Education: High School Diploma/GED
Licenses/Certifications: N/A
Experience: Up to 1 year experience working with seniors preferred; 1 years of senior activity engagement preferred
Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to consistently communicate and express joy compassion patience and professionalism toward residents resident families and loved ones third party contractors and vendors and community Associates
- Ability to generate interest excitement and enthusiasm about activities and events at the community
- Ability to use basic technology systems
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
Travel: N/A
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