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Career Center
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Posted: 31-Jul-22
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
Salary: Open
Categories:
Internal Number: 22027273
Description
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
- Benefits
- Paid Days Off
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Career Development
- Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
- Mental Health Resources and Support
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Days
Location: 6501 W. 75th St., Overland Park, KS 66204
The community you’ll be caring for: AdventHealth Care Center Overland Park
The role you’ll contribute:
The Activities Director plans, organizes, and participates in therapeutic activity programming to promote opportunities for engaging in normal pursuits, including religious, social, educational, and recreational.
The value you’ll bring to the team:
- Plans, organizes, and directs a program of activities in accordance with State and Federal regulations and facility policies. The programs are coordinated in a team effort with related facility services and staff.
- The program must meet the needs and interest of the residents regardless of their physical or psychological limitations.
- Provides for an ongoing program of activities designed to meet the needs of the residents, in accordance with the comprehensive assessment, interests, needs, and the physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being.
- Hires, trains, schedules, supervises, directs and evaluates the performance of activity support staff or activity assistants.
- Develops activity programs to allow residents to participate within their capabilities and to reach their highest practicable level of functioning.
- Inform the residents & staff of the current schedule of planned activities.
- Completes a comprehensive assessment on each resident according to his/her background, past and present leisure interests, abilities, physical and mental limitations, and activity related needs as required.
Qualifications
The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Ability to read, write, and speak English
- Possess leadership ability to direct and evaluate activity staff
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Must be 18 years of age or older
- Qualified therapeutic recreation specialist or an Activity Professional who is licensed, registered, or certified
- Have 2 years’ experience in a social/recreational program within the past 5 years and 1 full time in Activities
- Qualified Occupational Therapist (OT) or Occupational Therapist Assistant (COTA)
- Complete a training course approved by the State
- Additional qualifications may be required per current State regulations
- Oversees all Activities Assistants and/or Activities CNA’s
- Proficient in the use of a computer
