POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for carrying out the activities during specified duty hours,  thereby ensuring quality of care and assisting with ameliorating to improve deficit areas.

JOB SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

•    Demonstrates ability to assist and evaluate in patient admission process.

•    Facilitates groups to meet facility and patient needs.

•    Demonstrates knowledge of individual resident’s histories, current progress and personal issues or difficulties.

•    Demonstrates ability to interact effectively with residents including ability to de-escalate residents with verbal interventions.

•    Assists residents in promptly following through with programming issues, and medical and community appointments. 

•    Demonstrates ability to interact appropriately with residents during programming by role modeling for them and encouraging them to complete assigned projects.

•    Demonstrates ability to oversee exams.

•    Reads all staff memos, staff communication notes, resident case management notes, and physician notes and summaries.

•    Community Involvement: Demonstrates knowledge of community resources and coordinates community volunteer projects.

•    Initiates assignments without hesitation and when completed seeks out other assignments.

•    Demonstrates ability to accomplish assigned tasks with minimal supervision.

•    Displays willingness to work additional hours when necessary.

•    Assists residents in purchasing appropriate amounts and types of food items as outlined by weekly menus.

•    Monitors and assists residents in preparing meals that have been planned.

•    Ensuring that appropriate curriculum is facilitated to residents.

•    Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate classroom management.

•    Demonstrates knowledge of resident’s deficits as it applies to group function.

•    Ensures that residents participate appropriately in group setting.

•    Delegating appropriate staff to assist in working with residents.

•    Reports daily progress to Program Directors.

•    Documents on resident’s progress daily and services provided.

•    Demonstrates ability to adequately evaluate resident’s performance and deficits.

•    ADL’s Assistance: Assists residents in performing and completing ADLs as needed.

•    Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION:

•    Minimum of high-school degree or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE:

•    Minimum of one-year experience facilitating group activities preferred. 

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:

•    Must be certified in BLS and SAMA.

•    Must have a valid Texas Driver’s License and good driving record.