Chicago Methodist Senior Services (CMSS) is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization providing an array of programs and services to older adults across Chicagoland.
Demonstrate excellent customer service skills by maintaining harmonious relationships and providing timely follow-up with residents, families, visitors, co-workers, volunteers, and all other persons associated with Hartwell Place.
Develop and implement stimulating social programs to meet individual needs by utilizing variety of programs and best practices; monitors resident responses to them and uses motivational techniques to encourage participation.
Assists with planning the monthly activity calendar; ensures that there are day and evening activities that span 8 hours daily, 1 or 2 activities per hour.
Schedules entertainment for various events. Fills out necessary check requests, catering requests as needed.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the aging process, including dementia and other related conditions, by adapting programs accordingly to meet the functional level of each individual, provides training, support and direction to RA staff to ensure quality ability centered programming that meets each resident’s needs.
Conduct and assist with individual and group social programs to promote optimal levels of functioning.
Demonstrate knowledge of each resident’s functional level and provide for safety needs.
Provide leadership by working with other staff members to ensure individual resident needs are being met through a variety of person-centered programs.
Create an atmosphere of mutual trust, acceptance and respect with consistent displays of genuineness and caring in dealing with others.
Consistently promotes dignity and respect by encouraging independence and self-care to the best of each individual’s ability.
Ensures resident rights are preserved and protected at all times and all residents are free from abuse, neglect, mistreatment and/or misappropriation of property.
Attend and participate in all required trainings and in-services, including Corporate In-Services, actively participates in assigned committee meetings and carries our functions as designated.
Attends appropriate meetings, seminars, workshops, professional association meetings to stay current in the field.
Collaborates with Director to maintain annual departmental budget, purchase and maintains needed supplies and equipment for the Department.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
