Therapy Aide (Recreational)

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<div class="isg-job-description“>Title: Therapy Aide (Recreational)
Job Mode: On-Site
Duration: 6 months
Location: Garden Grove, CA 92843
Pay Rate: $38.80/hr on W2
Shift: Monday to Friday (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
 
Role & Responsibilities:

• 95% – Program Support
• Participates in a mission-driven culture of high-quality performance, with a member focus on customer service, consistency, dignity and accountability.
• Assists the team in carrying out department responsibilities and collaborates with others to support short- and long-term goals/priorities for the department.
• Assists in the coordination of the day center’s social programming and activities, communicates current events and PACE organizational issues to participants in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner.
• Facilitates recreational programming in accordance with individual treatment plans and participates in social and recreational activities with participants.
• Supports with coordinating and facilitating participant outings, special events and activity ideas and collaborates with other departments.
• Supports supervision of the participant’s level of engagement and involvement and provides feedback to the Activity Coordinator; documents activity services provided (e.g., charge tickets).
• Reports observed changes in the participant’s conditions to the supervisor and other Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) members as appropriate.
• Maintains and ensures activity supplies are consistently available for participant use.
• Demonstrates safe practices with participants utilizing proper body mechanics as needed and complies with universal precautions.
• Assists with care plan assessments as needed.
• 5% – Other
• Completes other projects and duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent PLUS 1 year of experience with the frail or elderly population within the last 3 years required, preferably in a social or recreational program setting; an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the position such as those listed above may also be qualifying.
• 1 year of experience with people with dementia required.
• CPR and First-Aid Certification required or must be obtained within six (6) months of the date of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or related field.
• Experience in event planning or activity coordination.
• Experience designing engaging activities for diverse groups with different interests and abilities
• Bilingual in English and in one of client’s Health’s defined threshold languages (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese).

Knowledge & Abilities:

• Develop rapport and establish and maintain effective working relationships with CalOptima Health’s leadership and staff and external contacts at all levels and with diverse backgrounds.
• Work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Work a flexible schedule; available to participate in evening and weekend events.
• Organize, be analytical, problem-solve and possess project management skills.
• Work in a fast-paced environment and in an efficient manner.
• Manage multiple projects and identify opportunities for internal and external collaboration.
• Motivate and lead multi-program teams and external committees/coalitions.
• Utilize computer and appropriate software (e.g., Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and job specific applications/systems to produce correspondence, charts, spreadsheets, and/or other information applicable to the position assignment. 

About our Company: –
22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.
Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer” and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.”
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.