Activity Supervisor Full-Time Service Worker Western Nebraska Veterans' Home Scottsbluff (son)

Job Description

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Hiring Agency:

Veterans Affairs - Agency 28

Location:

Scottsbluff, NE

Hiring Rate:

$21.204

Job Posting:

JR2025-00015344 Activity Supervisor Full-Time Service Worker Western Nebraska Veterans' Home Scottsbluff (Open)

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Job Description:

Under limited supervision, performs work involved in the organizing, delivery, and supervision of therapy services to members at a 24 hour State Veterans' Home. Incumbents supervise non-professional, para-professional, and other professional therapy personnel regarding day to day operations, and coordinate therapy services with other departments; performs related work as assigned.

Work Schedule: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday (Exempt Position)

 

Requirements / Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in recreation management, recreation therapy, occupational therapy, vocational rehabilitation or related field and more than a year of experience in a therapy or activity setting. Experience working in a therapy or activity program can be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

 

Job Duties: Plans, organizes, conducts, and supervises all activities within a therapeutic activity program. Supervises and trains subordinate personnel in carrying out activities. Coordinates with other professional staff to evaluate the resident's, member's, or patient's level of functioning to reflect social needs, abilities, and interests for placement in activity therapy programs. Confers with medical and interdisciplinary treatment of staff to integrate activity participation in a member's total treatment program. Attends and actively participates in treatment team meetings to discuss and provide input to member progress and therapy programs; may act as treatment plan coordinator for particular members. Documents member behavior, compiles progress reports, and maintains necessary records. Escorts and supervises members in activities off of the campus grounds. Oversees the use and care of equipment and supplies used for therapy activities; may perform minor maintenance on equipment. Maintains the inventory of equipment and supplies used for therapy activities; makes recommendations on major equipment purchases and oversees the purchase of daily supplies and other materials as needed. Maintain contact with community organizations to stimulate interest and participation in the activity therapy program.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES : (These are needed to perform the work assigned.)  Knowledge of: methods for planning and conducting therapeutic activities; the principles and methods of therapeutic interventions; the fundamentals and rules of various games, sports, and related activities; swimming pool operations; the general nature of intellectual or other developmental disabilities; gerontology; treatment and behavioral documentation standards; the methods, techniques, and goals of individual and group therapy services; the principles and techniques of supervision. Skill in: delivering therapy services; working cooperatively with facility personnel; utilizing therapy methods and techniques in carrying out therapeutic activities; communicating with residents, members, or patients and understanding their problems and needs; deterring deviant resident, member or patient behavior. Ability to: form effective therapeutic relationships with residents, members, or patients; obtain and maintain resident, member, or patient interest and participation in activities; instruct residents, members, or patients how to perform an activity; teach the principles, practices, and techniques of activity therapy to subordinate staff and volunteers; observe and document resident, member, or patient behavior; plan, organize, lead, and adapt activities to resident, member, or patient needs; coordinate therapeutic activities with the functions of other facility departments; develop, analyze, and assess therapeutic activity programs and recommended changes; keep records and compile reports; supervise subordinates

 

Benefits

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