Job Description
Job Description
Sinai Residences seeks an Activity Assistant to Work Weekend and Flexible Hours
Who we are:
Step into a senior living community where the feel of an opulent resort is infused into every detail. Sinai Residences is the premier, five star senior living facility in Boca Raton, FL, located on the secure, gated, 100-acre Jewish Federation campus. This luxury senior living facility offers sophisticated independent living and assisted living options in a multi-generational setting with innovative amenities and programs where no detail has been compromised.
Why Sinai:
Sinai Residences is an extraordinary place to work. Here at Sinai Residences you will find yourself as a vital member of our exceptional team committed to providing superior service, compassioned care, and creating a beautiful community. Join a hospitality team committed to making a difference in the way our seniors live their lives every day! Everything we do is based off of our Hospitality Promises. We promise to maintain a well-trained workforce and a safe, modern facility in order to render our residents the best possible care and to provide our employees a secure future.
We offer an outstanding benefits and compensation plan, including medical, dental, vision, insurance, and short and long term disability. Other benefits include 401k, paid personal time off, paid holidays, and opportunities for growth and advancement.
We need you to join our team as an Activities Assistant:
Sinai Residences is seeking a caring and compassionate Activities Assistant who will help with the overall planning and implementation of a varied activity program designed to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of Health Center residents.
What an Activities Assistant does:
- Assists with planning, coordinating activities: reality orientation, current events, discussion groups, sensory stimulation, cultural activities, religious services, special entertainment, outside trips, special events, and one-to-one visits, as indicated.
- Assists with preparing and distributing the monthly calendar and newsletter.
- Assists with purchasing supplies for activities as needed.
- Distributes mail daily to residents.
- Performs and directs the movement of residents to and from recreational areas.
- Announces scheduled activities over the intercom at least fifteen minutes prior to the activity.
- Directs volunteer activities, enlists their support and coordinates their efforts; provides training and supervision of volunteers.
- Maintains accurate documentation of resident’s activity attendance.
- Plans and coordinates activities in the absence of the Activity Coordinator.
QUALIFICATIONS:
High School diploma required. One year experience in a social or recreational program in a licensed health care setting preferred. Background in music, art, drama, and dance therapy also preferred.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
Frequent standing, stooping, bending, stretching, squatting for approximately 60% of workday. Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. occasionally. Must be able to push residents weighing up to 250 lbs. in gerichairs and/or wheelchairs. Must be able to read and speak English, hear, and be able to sit and walk intermittently throughout the day. May be exposed to communicable diseases, HIV and Hepatitis B viruses, industrial and household chemicals, offensive odors and combative behavior.