Lifestyle Director (Senior Living Activities Director)

Lifestyle Director (Senior Living Activities Director)

Job Category : Management

Location : Maplewood at Danbury

Employment Type : Full-Time (Tuesday-Saturday)

Department : Programming

About Us : Maplewood Senior Living, is a leading operator of premier senior living communities across 5 states and Washington, D.C., featuring two distinguished brands : Maplewood and Insp?r. Known nationally for innovation in the senior living space, Maplewood is a growing company dedicated to excellence in care, offering personalized and thoughtful services in independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

Our success is built on a foundation of personalized, compassionate care and communities designed to enrich the quality of life for our residents. We foster a dynamic and supportive work environment that empowers our teams to excel, inspire, and make a meaningful impact every day. If you are passionate about driving growth and innovation in senior living, Maplewood offers the opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking organization that values your expertise. Join us and help shape the future of senior living!

Position Summary : The Lifestyle Director is responsible for the development, coordination, and implementation of all programs and ensuring that it is therapeutic to the residents and maximizes their quality of life.

Key Responsibilities :

• Development, coordination, and implementation of all programs and ensuring that programs are therapeutic to the residents and maximizes their quality of life. Maplewood Senior Living offers a full range of social, physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual, and purposeful programs to meet the overall well-being of our residents.
• Plans, schedules, leads, and monitors recreational programs to meet the needs of all of our residents.
• Coordinates transportation for outings and events outside of the community, which may include driving a community motor vehicle.
• Successfully work within Lifestyle budgetary guidelines regarding entertainment, supplies, and labor hours.
• Plan and implementation of special events.
• Implement volunteer program which includes recruitment, interviewing, training, and annual recognition.
• Hire, train, schedule, supervise, direct, and evaluate the performance of all Lifestyle program associates.
• Ensure therapeutic recreation programming meets all state, federal, and other regulations.
• Must possess a passion for working with the senior population and improving their quality of life.
• Provide outstanding customer service to all residents, family members, responsible persons, and visitors of residents in the community.
• Personable, reliable, great communicator, and team player.
• Creative, energetic, enthusiastic, patient, flexible, encouraging, and team-oriented.
• Create a positive atmosphere with an engaging variety of activities.
• Designed and implemented a diverse program calendar based on resident's interests & abilities.

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Why You'll Love Working for Us :

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities