Fieldstone at Chester Springs Memory Care Program Assistant - Fieldstone at Chester Springs
Chester Springs, PA 19425
About the Job
Are you a compassionate senior living professional dedicated to ensuring memory care residents’ days are purposeful and engaging? Fieldstone at Chester Springs is seeking a Memory Care Program Assistant who is committed to helping provide an exceptional life for residents in our Compass Memory Care Neighborhood.
As Program Assistant, you will assist in the development and oversight of resident programs, including planning, and coordinating opportunities for residents that promote a level of health, wellbeing, engagement, and growth. You will model New Directions ™, Vantage Point Retirement Living’s exclusive memory care program. New Directions™ focuses on evidence and research-based programming that is backed by an understanding and supportive team.
The responsibilities, characteristics, and skillsets below are just a glimpse into the role, and we hope you’ll apply to learn more if you believe you’re a great fit!
General day to day responsibilities will include…
A successful addition to the team will be an individual who treats others with respect, is dependable and reliable, volunteers readily, creatively solves problems, and contributes to building a positive team spirit.
While we support continued learning and enrichment, and celebrate a culture that encourages learning new skills, there are base level requirements for this position that include but are not limited to:
The Perks of Working with Us
Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, Vantage Point Retirement Living is a senior living development and management company that has been ensuring area seniors enjoy vibrant, carefree, and healthy lifestyles since 1995. Widely recognized for our hands-on, personal involvement, we have decades of experience creating incredible communities. We are a local family-run organization backed by big-business experience, but regionally focused. Our family-oriented company is invested in our senior living communities because we live here, too. We do senior living…better. And it all starts with our team.
Our Mission is to create best-in-class communities for seniors built on a foundation of trust, compassion, and responsibility to better the lives of those who live in them. To fulfill our mission, we rely on our corporate and community teams to deliver those core values of trust, teamwork, respect, and integrity. We can’t ask of our team what we aren’t willing to deliver ourselves, which is why each employee in our organization knows the Vantage Point Leadership personally. We treat our team with the greatest respect, emphasizing the importance of team culture. When our employees are happy, our residents are happy, our business thrives, and our mission is fulfilled.
Fieldstone at Chester Springs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our community’s philosophy is our commitment to non-discriminatory practices for our residents, staff, and business partners. Through our cultural awareness, we celebrate the diversity of residents and staff by supporting various celebrations, history, and means of acknowledgement of all cultures we served. #CSSL
As Program Assistant, you will assist in the development and oversight of resident programs, including planning, and coordinating opportunities for residents that promote a level of health, wellbeing, engagement, and growth. You will model New Directions ™, Vantage Point Retirement Living’s exclusive memory care program. New Directions™ focuses on evidence and research-based programming that is backed by an understanding and supportive team.
The responsibilities, characteristics, and skillsets below are just a glimpse into the role, and we hope you’ll apply to learn more if you believe you’re a great fit!
General day to day responsibilities will include…
- Assisting in planning, scheduling, and conducting programs that provide physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual opportunities for the residents.
- Assisting, inviting, and encouraging residents to participate in activities.
- Assessing and planning the facilitation of a comprehensive activities program.
- You will be required to assist at community planned functions including coordinating events from beginning to end including set-up, running, and breaking down for the event.
- Helping plan appropriate programs for holidays and special events.
- Assisting with holiday decorations for the community.
- Coordinating with other departments to ensure that all equipment and supplies are available for activities and special events.
- Planning, coordinating, and facilitating appropriate mixed groups.
- Facilitating regularly scheduled and specialized activities.
- Maintaining activity areas in an orderly manner.
- Assisting in maintaining an inventory of activity and programming supplies, games, programs, and craft services.
- Overseeing daily care of any animals and/or plants within the activities program and services.
- Assisting in preparing and organizing a calendar of events. Submitting the calendar to the Program Director for final approval. Posting the calendar in appropriate area.
- Distributing community newsletter.
- Assisting the Director in implementing the New Directions ™ program.
- Performing other related duties as assigned by management.
A successful addition to the team will be an individual who treats others with respect, is dependable and reliable, volunteers readily, creatively solves problems, and contributes to building a positive team spirit.
While we support continued learning and enrichment, and celebrate a culture that encourages learning new skills, there are base level requirements for this position that include but are not limited to:
- Associate degree (AA) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, or six months to one-year related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Other skills required:
- One to three years’ experience preferred in memory care or experience/exposure to the senior population.
- Ability to use software to design calendars and signs; use email and the Internet.
- Responds promptly to resident needs.
- Supports organization's goals and values.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities.
- Competent in organizational and time management skills. The ability to coordinate and plan events.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule.
- Ability to work semi-independently without direct supervision.
The Perks of Working with Us
- Competitive pay plus comprehensive benefits (available day one of your first full month of employment)
- Generous PTO package, including your birthday as a paid holiday!
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401k with company match
- Employee assistance program
- … And so much more! We’d love to chat with you about all the perks that specifically relate to what YOU are looking for in an employer.
- A beautiful place to work every day
- Family-owned and operated management company
- Team approach to work
- Smaller by design – Vantage Point is not a big national chain and that means more corporate involvement and support of the team
- Make a difference in the lives of those who live with us
Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, Vantage Point Retirement Living is a senior living development and management company that has been ensuring area seniors enjoy vibrant, carefree, and healthy lifestyles since 1995. Widely recognized for our hands-on, personal involvement, we have decades of experience creating incredible communities. We are a local family-run organization backed by big-business experience, but regionally focused. Our family-oriented company is invested in our senior living communities because we live here, too. We do senior living…better. And it all starts with our team.
Our Mission is to create best-in-class communities for seniors built on a foundation of trust, compassion, and responsibility to better the lives of those who live in them. To fulfill our mission, we rely on our corporate and community teams to deliver those core values of trust, teamwork, respect, and integrity. We can’t ask of our team what we aren’t willing to deliver ourselves, which is why each employee in our organization knows the Vantage Point Leadership personally. We treat our team with the greatest respect, emphasizing the importance of team culture. When our employees are happy, our residents are happy, our business thrives, and our mission is fulfilled.
Fieldstone at Chester Springs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our community’s philosophy is our commitment to non-discriminatory practices for our residents, staff, and business partners. Through our cultural awareness, we celebrate the diversity of residents and staff by supporting various celebrations, history, and means of acknowledgement of all cultures we served. #CSSL
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