Activities Coordinator

Position Title: Activities Coordinator

Reports to:  Director of Program Development

Physical requirements form: 

Medium Work – Lifting 50 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.

About CESI

At Cooperative Elder Services, Inc. (CESI), our goal is to empower seniors and adults with medical or cognitive challenges to age-in-place by serving their health and socialization needs and providing support for families.

Our Purpose:

• Healthy aging is for everyone.

Our Mission:

• Through our trusted delivery of services, we empower our community to age on their terms.

Our Core Values:

• Mission first: We prioritize the well-being of clients, staff and community.
• Service to others: We lead with compassion and accountability.
• Caregiver wellness: We provide peace of mind for caregivers daily.
• Healthy communities: We help communities thrive by ensuring everyone ages well together.
• Respect for all: Transparency, and empathy guide our actions.
• Challenge the status quo: We take calculated risks to innovate while prioritizing safety.
• Be an advocate: We are enthusiastic champions of our mission and impact.

Expected Behaviors

Our expectation is that all employees embrace these guiding principles and seek ways to demonstrate behaviors that support our purpose, mission and core values each and every day.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a culturally diverse population of clients, other care providers, family and community members as a member of the client’s multidisciplinary care team.
• Ability to function under pressure in a fast-paced human service environment.
• Ability to be flexible, open and responsive to ongoing industry changes.
• Ability to articulate and communicate CESI’s purpose, mission and core values in a consistent and enthusiastic manner, internally with staff and externally to clients, families, and community partner.
• Ability to identify opportunities within obstacles, and develop effective, creative solutions.

Role specific behaviors expected: 

• Mission first: We prioritize the well-being of clients, staff and community.    

• Reaffirming client’s inherent dignity as an adult by providing age-appropriate activities tailored to their unique needs and capabilities; assessing each as an individual to understand their preferred activities, and assess needed modifications to ensure these activities are enjoyed in a failure-free environment.  

• Service to others: We lead with compassion and accountability.    

• Continually reviewing activities programming to ensure there is variety within the structure of the daily routines; recognizing that varied, engaging programming is a cornerstone of providing high quality care for our clients. 

• Caregiver wellness: We provide peace of mind for caregivers daily.    

• Coordinate and lead special community programs that educate and support our caregivers. 

• Healthy communities: We help communities thrive by ensuring everyone ages well together.   

• Lead efforts in creating activities programming that is engaging, current, and person-centered. 

• Respect for all: Transparency, and empathy guide our actions.   

• Works in tandem with programmatic staff to develop, write and disseminate the monthly activities calendars; maintains electronic copies of each calendar for ease of auditing and internal review.  

• Challenge the status quo: We take calculated risks to innovate while prioritizing safety.     

• Create opportunities for self-directed education on the latest activities and programming for engaged older adults; lead internal efforts to ensure these are modified to be failure-free. 

• Be an advocate: We are enthusiastic champions of our mission and impact.   

• Espouse the benefits of CESI through clear, confident use of our elevator pitch; be a health advocate for our clients, particularly those unable to do so themselves. 

Job Overview:

The Activities Coordinator is Responsible for developing, planning, and implementing activity and recreation programs to meet participants’ needs while ensuring compliance with regulatory documentation. Collaborates with staff to create monthly activity calendars, facilitates activities across CESI sites, and fosters community partnerships to enhance programming through donations and resources.

Primary functions in this role:

• Develop, plan, and implement the activity and recreation programs to meet the goals and needs of individual participants, and the group needs of all participants.
• Complete all regulatory documentation, such as quarterly activities notes, and care plans, on all participants, in a timely manner.
• Works in tandem with programmatic staff to develop, write and disseminate the monthly activities calendars. Responsible for keeping electronic copies of each calendar for DPH review.
• Contributes to agency-wide projects to expand services and community partnerships; assists the Chief Strategy Director in strategic planning initiatives.
• Works collaboratively with the Director of Philanthropic Investment, by seeking out community partnerships and collaborations that maximize resources for the activities programming, including through free and reduced costs services, donations, or scholarships.
• Responsible for leading and facilitating activities at all CESI sites in collaboration with program aides.
• Responsible for creating monthly activities calendars for all CESI sites.
• Responsible for daily data entry in electronic records, ensuring documentation is accurate and complete
• Other duties as assigned by supervisory staff.

Equipment:

• Medical and participant care equipment as needed to meet the needs of Adult Day Health Center’s participants.

Working Conditions:

• Indoors
• Extensive participant contact.
• Possible exposure to infection, blood and blood borne pathogens.
• May work with hazardous/infectious waste.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, may be waived in lieu of experience
• Minimum 2 years’ experience working with the aging population
• Therapeutic recreation specialist or activity professional certification required.
• Computer proficiency required

To apply: send your resume to Gaby Justus, Director of Program Development: g.justus@elderdayservices.org