Activity Aide/Coordinator

Responsibilities

Skywood Recovery Center is a residential treatment facility offering integrated treatment for addiction and mental health conditions. Skywood Recovery provides individual and group therapy, experiential therapy, equine and art therapy, and yoga. Located in Augusta, MI, a convenient drive from Kalamazoo and Lansing, MI, the campus offers a restorative environment with opportunity to enjoy the outdoors.

For more information, please visit: www.skywoodrecovery.com

Skywood is part of one the nation's largest and most respected hospital management companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. UHS is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $11.4 billion in 2019. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America's Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 90,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 328 behavioral health facilities, 42 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

For additional information on the Company, visit our web site: http://www.uhsinc.com.

Qualifications

Position Summary

This position provides oversight of patient activities while providing support maintaining milieu according to the program schedule. Monitors and provides care for patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides oversight of residential activities, adventure program activities, proposes, develops and implements plans for enhancing the activities program towards increasing the clinical benefits of the adventure experience with the facility.
• Ensures program schedule is maintained while on shift.
• Collaborates with RA Manager and Clinical Director to confirm activities and scheduling and the balance for both quality and efficiency of coverage.
• Encourage patients to participate in activities, administer surveys to gather data on successful events as well as recommendations for future activities.
• Planning and organizing recreational and social activities for patients in various settings.
• Provides empathic, supportive approach to all patient interactions by acting as a sounding board for the individual.
• Insures appropriate documentation of all activities.
• Must have an understanding and sensitivity to diverse cultures.
• Responsible for providing transportation services as needed and/or directed (airport pickups and drop offs, and outside appointments).
• Utilizes motivational interviewing and patient-centered techniques when assisting patients.
• Performs all other duties as required or assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be able to orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Can quickly find common ground and solve problems; can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups; can solve problems with peers with a minimum of conflict; is seen as a team player and is cooperative; easily gains trust and support of peers; encourages collaboration.
• Must have strong knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Proven ability to handle multiple projects under pressure.
• Ability to pay continual attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Ability to develop and maintain professional working relationships with all internal/external interface points.
• Ability to build relationships with diverse individuals and groups.
• General familiarity with the budgeting process related to adventure activities.
• Demonstrates ability to manage people which includes planning, decision making and facilitating process improvements; takes responsibility for subordinates' activities; makes self available to staff and provides regular performance feedback.
• Understands need for and maintains appropriate confidentiality at all times when interacting with patients, residents, families, visitors, referral sources and all other contacts.
• Must have general knowledge of a variety of computer software applications in word processing and spreadsheets (MS Word, Excel).

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma required; bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of previous adventure program facilitation, residential programming, and work with the co-occurring population preferred.
• Minimum 2 years experience in a residential setting preferred.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Sits, stands, bends, kneels, lifts and moves intermittently during work hours.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Ability to be physically mobile, climb stairs, traverse the campus on uneven, hilly terrain.
• Ability to work outdoors in possible extreme weather conditions.
• A current, valid driver's license and a clean driving record is required for use of company vehicles.
• Due to the 24/7 operational demands, must be available after normal working hours and on holidays to manage events/activities that may arise.