Life Enrichment Resident Event Coordinator
Life Enrichment Resident Event Coordinator
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Company info:
Graceworks Lutheran Services is a notforprofit organization serving over 2000 older adults and adults with disabilities. We are a leader in offering services and settings that inspire and support a sense of home when people experience challenging and changing circumstances to aging and living with disabilities.
At Bethany Village we pride ourselves on providing topoftheline care to all residents. Our 100acresis centrally located in the city of Centerville OHandfeatures wellappointed living options situated on our beautifully landscaped grounds.
Graceworks Core Values:
Faithfulness to ChristAs part of the Church Graceworks Lutheran Services performs its work in response to Jesus Christ and as an extension of his ministry.
Wholeness of Life Recognizing and valuing the inherent worth of each individual Graceworks Lutheran Services helps each person experience dignity and the fullest achievable level of physical mental emotional spiritual and vocational ability.
Equality and Justice Advocating justice recognizing the equality of all persons when offering services and opportunities for service and seeking to develop and balance societal resources to serve vulnerable persons who have more intense needs.
Quality of Service Delivering the highest quality services possible by demonstrating competence compassion continuous improvement innovation and creativity.
Integrity Demonstrating honesty integrity fairness and trustworthiness ensuring that actions and relationships represent a sincere and balanced expression of organizational values.
Stewardship of Resources Exercising faithful stewardship of financial resources and physical assets and is responsible and accountable for their proper deployment in the work of ministry.
Position Summary:
Full Time
Shift: 8:30am 5:00pm(Monday Friday)
Compensation: $17.00$20.00 per hour Based on experience
Plans and provides activities for Independent Living residents. Life enrichment services are geared to stimulate residents and promote or maintain independence and increase selfesteem. Activities include physical intellectual creative social spiritual and service/volunteering opportunities.
Job Duties:
- Oversee plan and carry out special events group and individual activities and outings with residents in our Independent Living areas. This includes planning organizing and making necessary reservations. (includes holiday decorating and party planning and programrelated communication).
- Work with and communicate with the other Resident Event Coordinators when planning and implementing programs and developing monthly calendar of events.
- Build monthly newsletter using office suite programs with attention to detail. Technical/computer skills are critical to this role.
- Monthly budgeting assistance based upon calendar of events.
- Utilization and participation with volunteers (resident and non) to assist with activities.
- Shop for and gather supplies and materials necessary to implement all activities.
- Work closely with transportation to schedule bus transportation based on event needs.
- Communicate to residents and staff plans for activities and develop descriptions about upcoming activities/events for the calendar.
- Must be able to lead large and small group activities sometimes alone and sometimes in collaboration with other Bethany staff.
- Good time management organizational communication and interpersonal skills are necessary. Flexibility in timing approach and collaboration are crucial.
- Responsible for assessing resident activities preferences and interests and then providing those activities.
- Perform other duties as directed. Please note that some events happen after hours and on weekends based on schedule planning.
- Adhere to all policies and procedures of the organization and all federal and state laws regarding the privacy of protected health information and use of technology and technologybased information.
- Responsible for welcoming and onboarding new employees.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: High School diploma. Experience with older adults and/or people with dementia preferred. Time management excellent communication public speaking group management flexibility interdisciplinary collaboration and ability to work in stressful dynamic situations are necessary.
Minimum Experience: One year experience working in activity programming education or field with related skill set is required.
Top benefits:
- Tuition reimbursement options
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program and Success Coach are free resources to help you be successful in all areas of your life
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Extended Illness Benefit
We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race color sex religion sexual orientation national origin disability genetic information pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
