What are the responsibilities and job description for the Therapeutic Recreation Assistant position at Masonic Village at Elizabethtown?
Therapeutic Recreation Assistant
Part Time Day/Evenings working 3pm-7pm Monday-Friday
Masonic Villages of Pennsylvania - Elizabethtown Campus - is immediately hiring for a Therapeutic Recreation Assistant.
With over 145 years of providing award-winning care and services across the state of PA, Masonic Villages is driven by our Mission of Love to assist individuals in realizing their potential and enjoying the highest possible quality of life.
Why Choose Masonic Villages:
Each campus is supported by corporate leaders who are fully invested in our Mission of Love and hiring like-minded individuals who are committed to providing heartfelt customer service and contributing to our team environment. When you join our team you can expect:
- Industry-leading benefits that start day one such as $0 cost medical coverage option ***
- Vacation Time/Flex Time and Paid Holidays ***
- Pay on-demand. Access up to $500 of your earned wages in real-time.
- Discounted Grocery gift cards
- Tuition and Educational Reimbursement ***
- Discounts for onsite Daycare
- Free Gym and Pool Membership ***
- Paid Lunch ***
- Discounted tickets for movies, theme parks, hotels, and MORE!
- Shoe discounts
- Cell phone discounts
- Weekend differentials and additional shift differentials!
- Employer matched Retirement Savings with free financial planning ***
- A commitment to growing our leaders with leadership & mentorship programs available
Key: *** = Full Time & Part Time Regular Staff Only
As a Therapeutic Recreation Assistant, you will carry out our Mission of Love by providing a comprehensive recreation program designed to eliminate boredom, helplessness, loneliness, and meet the individual interests of the residents who reside on the memory care neighborhoods in the Masonic Health Care Center. Assure that the approach and implementation of the service will meet the mission of the department, organization, and established standards or regulations.
Our Therapeutic Recreation Assistant is responsible for the following:
- Demonstrating knowledge of DHS state regulations.
- Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the Recreation Service/Leisure Ability Model
- Demonstrating knowledge and displaying the ability to develop, implement, and evaluate programming to maintain the resident's physical, social, cognitive, emotional and spiritual functioning.
- Providing services ranging from diversional activities to therapeutic activities and individual visits; all focused on meeting the residents' needs, their recreation interests and preferences.
- Assisting residents to engage in their leisure interests and preferences.
- Demonstrating and displaying the ability to use both verbal and written communication skills to share their evaluation of a resident via assessment and participation records.
- Demonstrating and displaying the ability to work with Recreation Therapist to create and maintain a monthly neighborhood calendar.
- Managing and balancing a neighborhood Therapeutic Recreation budget for programming and crafts.
What You Have:
- At least 1 year of experience with recreation programming in long term care.
- At least 1 year of experience working with residents who have dementia.
- Strong written, oral, organization and basic computer skills.
- Valid Pennsylvania driver's license.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.