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Are you a good communicator, have a fun-loving attitude and enjoy planning events?

As an Activities Assistant at The The Laurels of Defiance, you will join other creative individuals in coordinating and delivering enrichment programs on a daily basis for facility guests. Planning field trips, games, crafts and holiday celebrations are all part of your daily responsibilities!

You will assist the Director of Activities in the implementation of the activities program.

The Laurel Health Care Company offers one of the leading employee benefit packages in the industry. This includes:

• Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental and vision
• 401K with matching funds
• DailyPay, a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
• Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness
• Free CNA/STNA certification
• Zero cost uniforms

• Legacy,our new virtual community and rewards & recognitions program

When you work with Laurel Health Care Company, you will join an experienced, hard-working team that values communication and collaboration.

Why just work when you can help shape a legacy?

Responsibilities

• Implement activity programs to meet the functional levels, needs and interests of each guest.
• Assist guests to and from activity programs and on outings as scheduled.
• Maintain good rapport with family members of guests and encourage family support in programs.
• Complete appropriate records indicating guest attendance and participation in individual and group activities in a timely manner.
• Support guests in meeting individual needs, preferences, routines and choices.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.

About Laurel Health Care Company

Laurel Health Care Company (The Laurels) is a national provider of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative and assisted living services dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care.

At The Laurels, caring is more than providing excellent medical and guest services. It's also being a companion, and treating each guest with the utmost dignity, respect and compassion. It's what we call "The Laurel Way of Caring", and it comes from within each one of us.

The Laurels was named a Great Place to Work for 2020 based on approximately 3,500 employee surveys that evaluated more than 60 elements of employee experience on the job, including employee pride in community impact, belief that their work makes a difference, and feeling their work has special meaning.