Activities Assistant

Johns Island Post Acute is a gorgeous 132-bed skilled nursing and rehab facility in Johns Island SC, just 10 minutes away from historic downtown Charleston. Are you looking to make a difference in the lives of those we serve? At Johns Island Post Acute, we value the relationships we have in our community, with our fellow colleagues, and also with residents and family members.

Join Our Team as an Activities Assistant!

Do you love bringing smiles to others, getting creative, and making every day meaningful? Our nursing home is looking for a fun, energetic, and compassionate Activities Assistant to help create engaging experiences for our residents!

Pay: $17-22/hour

As an Activities Assistant, you'll work alongside our Activity Director to provide exciting programs and meaningful interactions that support the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of our residents. Every day is an opportunity to make a difference!

What You'll Do

Assist with planning and leading individual, small group, and large group activities

Help create a fun, creative, and interactive activities program

Encourage residents to participate in hobbies, crafts, games, reading, music, and social events

Assist with resident outings and transportation when needed

Help develop monthly activity calendars and maintain attendance records

Support care planning, resident assessments, and progress documentation

Help keep the Activity Department clean, organized, and welcoming

Communicate positively with residents, families, staff, and community members

Provide in-room activities for residents who are bed-bound or isolated ️

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent

Previous long-term care experience preferred

Friendly, patient, and compassionate personality

Strong communication and teamwork skills

Ability to follow written and verbal instructions

Creative mindset and willingness to engage residents in meaningful activities

Physical Requirements

This position requires frequent standing, walking, pushing/pulling, and lifting up to 50 pounds. Occasional bending, kneeling, crouching, and assisting with resident activities may also be required.

Why Join Us?

Make a real difference in residents' lives every day

Fun and rewarding work environment

Supportive team atmosphere

Opportunities to build meaningful relationships with residents and families

If you're ready to bring joy, laughter, and compassion to our residents, we'd love to meet you!

Apply today and become part of a team that truly cares.

General Purpose

The primary purpose of the Activity Assistant is to assist the Activity Director run a creative and interactive activities program. This must be done in accordance with current federal, state, local and corporate standards, regulations, and guidelines to assure that an on-going program of activities is designed to meet, in accordance with the comprehensive assessment, the interests and physical, mental, and psychosocial needs of each resident.

Essential Duties

• Participate in planning and conducting of individual, small and large group activities.
• Assist in providing good communication between employees of all levels, residents, their families, support personnel, government agencies/personnel, and the public to ensure the needs and best interest of the residents, community and facility are met to the extent possible.
• Participate in community planning related to the interests of the facility and the services and needs of the resident and family.
• Assist in development of monthly activity calendar and maintaining attendance records.
• Assist the Quality Assurance and Assessment Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct identified quality deficiencies as requested by Activities Director.
• Participate in discharge planning, development and implementation of activity care plans and resident assessments.
• Assist in arranging transportation for residents when necessary including, but not limited to, resident outings, to/from appointments, or for discharge.
• Assists in developing a monthly activity schedule for residents, which include resident outings, regularly scheduled group activities, and in-room activities for bed-bound or isolated residents.
• Encourage residents to participate in self-initiated activities including hobbies, crafts, and reading Provide materials as necessary including reading materials in Braille or audio books as appropriate.
• Assist with assessment documentation, quarterly progress notes as assigned by the Activity Director.
• Keep Activity Department clean, orderly and secured. Supervisory Requirements This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualification

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or equivalent.

Preferable one-year experience in a long term care facility.

Language Skills

Ability to read technical procedures.

Ability to read and comprehend policy and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems.

Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

N/A

Physical Demands

The essential functions of this position require the following physical abilities: Standing and /or walking very frequently. Sitting occasionally. Reaching with hands and arms frequently, pushing/pulling very frequently. Talking and /or hearing very frequently. Tasting and /or smelling very frequently. Lifting up to 50 pounds frequently. Climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling occasionally. Close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception in vision: ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Additional Information

Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected status.