Recreational Assistant / Full Time

Position Summary: Assists the Director of Recreational Services in designing, creating, initiating and coordinating a wide variety of multi-level, age-appropriate recreational and educational activities for the residents of the community. Reports to the Director of Recreational Services.

Essential Functions:

• Keeps supervisor informed of any route changes due to road conditions, number of residents transported, and other appropriate information.
• Maintains order on vehicle at all times.
• Escorts residents on activities away from the property as assigned.
• Supervises residents while loading, unloading, and waiting.
• Checks bus before and after each operation for mechanical defects and completes pre and post-trip checklist.
• Keeps vehicle clean.
• Obeys all traffic laws
• Assists in the surveying and interviewing of residents to determine interests, talents and resident satisfaction.
• Attends work as scheduled and follows community’s call off procedures.
• Maintains a record of residents’ daily activity participation in scheduled & unscheduled activities.
• Provides emotional and social support to residents.
• Discharges residents only at authorized stops.
• Renders first aid, as appropriate, until emergency medical personnel arrive.
• Adheres to schedule and drives assigned routes.
• Assists with the registration of residents for trips and programs.
• Observes all mandatory safety regulations for multi-passenger and single passenger vehicles.
• Encourages resident participation in programs and activities.
• Respects the dignity of and encourages the independence of all residents.
• Transports only authorized residents.
• Maintain resident store (where applicable) by adhering to store hours, conduct transactions with customers, balance cash box at closing, and track inventory for re-stocking.
• Adheres to monthly recreational calendar and conducts various activities at the director of the Director of Recreational Services.
• Reports all accidents to appropriate personnel immediately and completes required forms
• Operates vehicle in a safe and courteous manner.
• Follows departmental budget guidelines.
• Works in a clean, sanitary, safe, and organized manner, abides by all health and safety regulations.
• Loads and unloads baggage, packages, and other items.
• Delivers vehicles to auto shop for repairs and inspections.
• Maintains general observation of residents and shares appropriate information with staff.
• Notifies the supervisor of any mechanical failure.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Performs other duties as assigned
• Strives to maintain a safe working environment through the prevention of accidents, the preservation of equipment, and the achievement of safe working practices.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures of Spring Hill, LLC
• Maintains a positive and professional demeanor toward residents, visitors, families, and co-workers.
• Attends all required training, in-service, and staff meetings.

Skills:

• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Time Management - Managing one’s own time and the time of others.

Attributes:

• Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• Extent Flexibility - The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Qualifications/Skills/Educational Requirements:

An Associate’s degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; or six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Other Requirements:

• No moving violations last 3 years.
• Must be twenty-one (21) years of age.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license in the State employed
• No major accidents last 3 years.
• Must possess a valid First Aid certification

Physical Requirements:

Standing (over 2/3), walking (over 2/3), using hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2/3), reach with hands and arms (over 2/3), climb and balance (over 1/3), stoop, kneel (1/2-2/3), talk or hear (Over 2/3), taste or smell (Over 1/3). Lifting up to 10 pounds (over 2/3), Up to 25 pounds (1/3-2/3); Up to 50 pounds (under 1/3)

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion