Lifestyle Coordinator - Memory Support

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY

The Lifestyle Coordinator is an important position at The Buckingham as it provides engaging life enrichment opportunities for the community’s residents. This position acts to bring joy and purposeful living to senior residents accomplished through development and oversight of resident programs, clubs, scheduled outings, community involvement and personalized engagement of Memory Support residents of The Buckingham. Residents depend on this position performing at a high level with professionalism and an enthusiastic nature and expect intriguing and well-rounded programming with a connection to community and attention to inviting purposeful living to residents. To be successful in this position requires a compassionate individual with a strong customer service focus, creativity, patience, the ability to work well with fellow staff and vendors, organization skills, a friendly and positive demeanor and the ability and wiliness to learn. The position of Lifestyle Coordinator reports directly to the Lifestyle Supervisor and plays an essential role in the effective and efficient operations of The Buckingham’s Lifestyle Department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following list is intended to identify the usual and customary duties and responsibilities of this position. While the list identifies this position’s primary duties and responsibilities it should not be viewed as a complete list. The Buckingham is a complex organization and there may be situations, issues and / or circumstances that arise requiring this position to provide help and support outside of the normal duties. In those situations, issues or circumstances, other duties may be required and assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops and implements life enrichment programs that provide social, emotional, educational, spiritual, physical and interest-based opportunities for Memory Support residents to maintain a healthy engaged and purposeful lifestyle.
• Prepares, organizes and coordinates with Lifestyle Supervisor, holiday events, special occasions, variety of club organizations and community outings that meet the needs of residents.
• Welcome new residents to the community and establish them into clubs and life enrichment opportunities.
• Provides ongoing communication with residents, family and employees as necessary electronically, verbally and other communications as appropriate.
• Set-up, running and breakdown of events, programs and activities.
• Coordinates and participates in holiday decorations.
• Meets routinely with Lifestyle Supervisor, co-workers and other department leaders to review operations.
• Creates, prints and distributes monthly calendar of events and activities and community newsletter for Memory Support residents and their families.
• Creates, prints and distributes advertorial information promoting upcoming events, clubs, etc as appropriates.
• Complete and maintain lifestyle assessments and participate in care planning for life enrichment needs.
• Maintains an organized and visually appropriate appearance of the common spaces and activity areas to ensure safety, professionalism, cleanliness and functionality of programming.
• Assists Lifestyle Supervisor in leadership of wellness program including but not limited to the Aspyre Lifestyle philosophy.
• Addresses resident groups on subjects of interest.
• Assists residents to and from events and programs.
• Maintains database of resident interest groups, resident assessments, participation and satisfaction as required.
• Interacts with residents, guests and staff in an atmosphere of hospitality.
• Brings life into the community through a fun, festive and personal daily enrichment to include all senses : sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.
• Ensures all levels of resident ability for life enrichment have meaningful appropriate programming scheduled.
• Protects privacy and physical / mental safety of the resident.
• Keeps Lifestyle Manager informed of supply needs.
• Proactively interacts with residents to seek input on lifestyle programs.
• Participate in community employee in-services and required training.
• Follows and supports the policies and procedures of The Buckingham overall and the Lifestyle Department to meet departmental goals.
• Is a strong advocate for customer service and fulfills the requirements of The Buckingham Commitment and The Buckingham Standards of Excellence.
• Position has no supervisory duties related to Buckingham team members. Position does have delegation tasks and communication tasks to ensure resident life enrichment needs are met.
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor / Lifestyle Manager.