Activities Assistant

Avista Senior Living Tucson, a beautiful senior living community in beautiful Tucson, AZ is seeking a dynamic and creative team member who can join our team as an ACTIVITY ASSISTANT.

Benefits:

• Competitive Pay with bonus structure
• Health, dental, and life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• PTO & sick leave
• Fabulous co-workers who respect and honor one another
• Professional development opportunities

Responsibilities:

• Assists in maintaining a balanced resident centered activity program for the community

• Reviews, reads, notates and initializes the Daily Log and Department Log to document and learn about pertinent information and any resident’s physical and behavioral changes as well as activities information

• Demonstrates proficiency and understands the QA (Quality Assurance Process) & essential quality service standards pertaining to enriching resident centered activities and programming; partners with community team in striving for excellent quality care & service delivery as measured in the QA process

• Partners with community team to ensure community follows all federal, state, local laws & regulations & quality standards for resident care and services

• Actively participates as a member of a team and committed to working toward team goals

Qualifications:

• One (1) year job related experience preferred in senior living communities, preferably in memory care.with dementia care training. 

• Ability to lead activities and motivate volunteers and fellow team members for their involvement in the social events and various scheduled social activities

• Ability to handle multiple priorities

• Possess written and verbal skills for effective communication and the ability to facilitate small group presentations

• Competent in organizational, time management skills

• Demonstrates good judgment, problem solving and decision making skills

• Ability to make responsible choices and decisions and act in a resident’s best interest

• Ability to work semi-independently without direct supervision by following community procedures and guidelines and have the ability to follow through on assigned tasks

• Demonstration of proficiency in computer skills