Activities Director

Do you have a passion for working with seniors? Are you a good communicator, have a fun-loving attitude, and enjoy planning events?

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When you join us as the Activities Director at The Laurels of Gahanna, you’ll manage an ongoing program of activities designed to meet the interests and physical, mental, and psychological wellbeing of each guest.

The Laurel Health Care Company offers one of the leading employee benefit packages in the industry. This includes :

• Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental, and vision.
• 401K with matching funds.
• DailyPay, a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
• Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness.

When you work with Laurel Health Care Company, you will join an experienced, hard-working team that values communication and collaboration.

Why just work when you can help shape a legacy?

Responsibilities

• Complete assessments and develop care plans to design activities that are multi-faceted, meet guests’ functional levels, and reflect the needs and interests of each guest.
• Offer activities that engage and involve facility staff, volunteers, and visitors.
• Assist with escorting guests to and from activities.
• Post monthly activity calendars.
• Manage Activities Assistants in facilitating guest engagement in activities.

Qualifications

• Licensed or registered, if applicable, by the State in which practicing; and
• Is eligible for certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist or as an activities professional OR
• Has two years of experience in a social or recreational program in the last 5 years OR
• Is a qualified occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant; or
• Has completed a training course approved by the State.
• High school diploma required.

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care in five states including Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them.

If you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way. #IND123

It is the policy of this facility to recruit, hire, train, compensate and in all ways treat all staff members without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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