Responsibilities:
- Provides comprehensive assessment, recreation therapy and socialization and coordination of 24 hour care for PACE participants as part of the PACE interdisciplinary team.
- Plans, organizes and conducts a comprehensive program of individual and group recreation to enable participants to achieve optimum levels of independent functioning and socialization.
Qualifications:
- Two years of experience in a social or recreational setting providing and coordinating service for elderly populations within the last five years, one of which was full time in a patient activities program in a health care setting.
- Bilingual candidate is highly desired
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in recreational or activities therapy, music therapy or other therapeutic activities area required.
$55,000 per year
What We Do
ArchCare is the Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York and one of the nation’s largest and most dynamic healthcare systems. ArchCare provides quality care to thousands of people of all faiths through its home and community-based and residential care programs, including long-term skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation, home care, nursing home alternatives, hospice, assisted living, an acute care specialty hospital and health and social services for people with Huntington’s disease, HIV/AIDS, developmental disabilities and other specialized care needs.
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