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Sunshine Retirement Living

Activity Director

Sunshine Retirement Living, Lake Charles, Louisiana, us, 70612

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Base pay range $19.00/hr - $22.00/hr

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Join Our Vibrant Team at The Verandah Memory Care! Are you ready to bring your creativity, energy, and passion for helping others to a role that truly makes a difference? Our Memory Care community is looking for an enthusiastic and fun-loving Activity Director to lead our residents through exciting and meaningful activities that enrich their lives every single day!

What You’ll Be Doing: As a Life Enrichment Director, you’ll have the opportunity to bring joy to our residents through a variety of fun and engaging activities. You’ll lead everything from fitness classes to arts and crafts, all while building meaningful relationships with our residents and making a lasting impact in their lives.

Lead Awesome Activities: You’ll lead at least three activities a day, including fitness classes, arts and crafts, and more! It’s all about keeping our residents engaged and excited.

Engage with Residents: Spend 80% of your time interacting with residents, ensuring they’re having fun and feeling connected. The other 20% is for organizing and planning more activities.

Create a Fun Program: You’ll be in charge of a full activities program, spanning seven days a week, including nights and weekends. No two days will ever be the same!

Personalized Fun: For those who can’t join group activities, you’ll create one-on-one programs that bring joy directly to them.

Wellness Seminars: You’ll organize monthly seminars for families and the community to learn about wellness and how to support our residents in living their best lives.

Train and Inspire: You’ll help train your team on how to make life even better for our residents, sharing your expertise on life enrichment and quality of life.

The Qualities That Set You Apart: We’re looking for someone who brings not only skills, but heart and creativity. The ideal candidate embodies:

Empathy and Compassion

Creativity and Innovation

Adaptability and Flexibility

Relationship Building

Communication Skills

Leadership and Teamwork

Patience and Positivity

Organizational Skills

Initiative and Drive

Cultural Sensitivity and Inclusivity

Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) certification is a plus!

Required:

Must be at least 21 years old

Love of cooking and arts and crafts, this is your creative outlet!

Strong time management and organizational skills

Willingness to drive a bus and assist with outings

Flexibility to work some weekends

High school diploma (or equivalent)

A medical card and transportation lift training may be required, as well as a commercial driver’s license for this position; if so, a CDL must be obtained within 90 days of your hire.

Previous experience with Memory Care.

Seniority level Entry level

Employment type Full-time

Job function Administrative

Industries Hospitality

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