Schowalter Villa is looking for a full-time Life Enrichment Coordinator to join our team!
Join our team and enjoy outstanding benefits!
At Bluestem Communities, we value our full-time team members and offer a benefits package designed to support both your personal and professional well-being. As a full-time employee you can enjoy the following benefits:
Health and insurance
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (medical & childcare available)
- AFLAC products
- Voluntary life insurance
Financial wellness
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Gradifi student loan payment program
- Payactiv: Early access to earned wages
Company-paid benefits
- Group term life and AD&D insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Time off and perks
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and six (6) paid holidays
- Bluestem Wellness Center membership
- Meal discounts at our dining locations
Our benefits are designed to help you thrive both personally and professionally. Explore the full range of benefits and learn more about how Bluestem Communities can be the right fit for you—visit our Careers page today!
Position Overview:
The primary responsibility of the Life Enrichment Coordinator is to assist the Life Enrichment Director/Manager with developing, implementing, and coordinating a resident-centered activity program designed to meet the mental, physical, and psychosocial need of the residents. The Life Enrichment Coordinator is responsible for assisting with the execution of activities within the community. Additionally, the Life Enrichment Coordinator must be able to facilitate a variety of activities in a professional and friendly manner that enhances the lifestyle of residents and community.
Essential Job Functions:
Perform administrative duties
- Assist with completion of required paperwork for each resident, maintaining records according to state and federal regulations
- Complete Minimum Data Sets (MDS) and Care Area Assessments (CAA) as directed
- Assist with development and maintenance of care plans for assigned residents
- Read and follow Care Plan used in providing daily activities for residents
- Prepare and maintain a daily and monthly evaluation of residents’ participation in activities
- Ensure lifestyle assessments are completed
- Maintain supplies for individual and group activities
- Participate in the Resident Council meeting as required
Develop, implement and coordinate resident-centered activity Program
- Assist with scheduling movies, planning parties, arranging outings, and providing games/activities for residents, families and staff
- Supervise activities as needed
- Maintain and post a monthly Activity Calendar
Coordinate volunteer program
- Assist with orienting, training, supporting, and supervising volunteers
- Assist with planning, special events designed to recognize volunteers for their service
Coordinate Social Services
- Provide social support for residents and helps with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- Maintain regular contact with residents, visiting when necessary, to ensure their social, emotional, and spiritual needs are being met
- Answer questions and offer information to meet residents’ needs
- Assist residents with crafts or other projects as needed
- Recognize residents’ birthday and other special events
- Assist with mealtime activities, including escorting residents to the dining room and serving food trays
Promote facility and assist with admissions, dismissals and transfers
- Distribute requested facility information such as brochures and information packets and conduct tours with interested persons
- Assist residents with move-in, move-out, or transfer process, notify appropriate parties, distribute keys, and assist residents with change of address forms
- Sort and deliver mail
Assist Activities Director/Manager with managing department
- Contribute to the planning and decision-making in the department
- Stay informed of federal, state and professional regulations or standards, and assist with development of department policies and procedures as needed
- Assist with maintenance and updates to the Quality Assurance program for the department
- Recommend equipment and supplies to LE Director when needed, monitor spending, and adhere to department budget
Qualifications and Experience:
- Must be eighteen [18] years of age
- Prefer Social Service Designee certificate or be willing to obtain within 6-months of hire date
- Must be willing to obtain Certified Nurse Aide certificate within 12-months of hire date
- Must be able to work morning, afternoon and evening hours as well as weekends and holidays
- Must be able to work with residents that have various levels of physical and cognitive functioning demonstrating patience and grace whenever necessary
Physical Requirements:
Medium Work – Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly.
Skills Required
- Must be at least 18 years old
- Must be willing to obtain a Certified Nurse Aide certificate within 12 months of hire
- Must be able to work mornings, afternoons, evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Must be able to work with residents with varying physical and cognitive abilities while demonstrating patience and grace
- Social Service Designee certificate or willingness to obtain it within six months of hire
What We Do
Bluestem Communities is a non-profit organization that operates a family of retirement communities, programs, and services dedicated to serving seniors. Its mission is to positively impact quality of life by promoting lifelong wellness, purpose, choice, genuine connection, and personalized care with Christian compassion.
