Santa Cruz Healthcare Center- Activities Assistant- Full Time Im - (US-CA-Santa Cruz - 95067)

Minimum Education: None
Jobcode: 59790961
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At Kindred Healthcare, our mission is to promote healing, provide hope, preserve dignity and produce value for each patient, resident, family member, customer, employee and shareholder we serve. Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:KND) is a healthcare services company, based in Louisville, Kentucky, with annual revenues of over $4 billion. At March 31, 2008, Kindred through its subsidiaries provided healthcare services in 646 locations in 40 states. Kindred’s 52,900 employees are committed to providing high quality patient care and outstanding customer service to become the most trusted and respected provider of healthcare services in every community we serve. For more information, go to www.kindredhealthcare.com.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. Drug Free Workplace.

About the Opportunity
Resident Activity Assistant organizes and participates in person-specific activity programming, including one to one interventions, small group facilitation and large group presentations and assists the resident activity director as needed.



Experience: Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelors in Recreational Therapy or Occupational Therapy or
Bachelor's degree in relevant human service field, 20 hrs CEU's within 1 year of hire* or state specific training to be initiated at first offering or
Certification as Occupational Therapy Assistant or
Associate degree in human service field, 20 hrs CEU's within 1 year of hire* or
NCCAP Certified as Activity Assistant Certified*
High School Diploma or GED AND minimum of 6 college credits*(as required by NCCAP) or
State-specific certification as an Activity Assistant
 
Licenses/Certification: 
Certified Recreation Therapist, Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant or Activity Assistant Certified (NCCAP or state-specific) preferred
 
Experience:
Prefer minimum of 500 hours of experience in activity programming in any setting prior to hire.
For high school/GED educated applicants, college courses must include one English course in composition, report or technical writing, and one course in areas of Art/Recreation Programming, Sciences, or Management with a passing grade.

 
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Capable of documenting individual participation and value of approaches in medical record.
Demonstrated willingness to learn new modalities and approaches.
Good listener.
Builds rapport easily.
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines.
Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Able to work with residents/families facing end of life issues.
 
*Kindred Healthcare proudly supports Affirmative Action. Drug-free work environment.

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