Freedom Square of Seminole is an upscale Senior Living Community located in beautiful Seminole, Florida. Designed like a quaint town square with paved brick streets and a welcoming gazebo, Freedom Square retirement community in Seminole, Florida offers a wide variety of elegantly appointed residential options, a wealth of exceptional services and amenities and a full calendar of fun, engaging activities – all just a short drive from Lake Seminole and the beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast! Situated on 15 acres with two ponds, we offer a beautiful garden-like setting for retirement living.

As a life care community, Freedom Square makes aging in place simple. Residents are able to seamlessly transition from independent living to assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing care, as their healthcare needs change.

What makes us stand out against the others?

• We provide a fun workplace culture – including monthly luncheons and campus-wide events
• Our community and facilities are clean
• Our patients are low acuity
• We have good staffing ratios
• Benefits for Full and Part Time Staff
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Paid Training
• Revised Wage and Bonus Structure
• Tuition Assistance

Freedom Square of Seminole is looking for their next Director of Life Enrichment for our Upscale Skilled Nursing Facility. The Director of Life Enrichment is responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing of a wide and varied scope of activities and programming which meet the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, vocational, social, physical, and environmental needs of the residents. The programming is designed to meet the needs and to develop future programs to help meet the wellness needs of the residents (including but not limited to intellectual, occupational, social, environmental, spiritual, emotional, nutritional, and physical.) The development of the programming must meet the requirements of the LCS Lifestyles and Health Services. The Director must support and illustrate the LCS Cares Program and Hospitality Promises.

DUTIES:

• Supervise the Life Enrichment Department (less than two full time/equivalent staff members) to include interviewing, hiring (with approval from the Executive Director), training, evaluating, and counseling within established policies and procedures.
• Supervise all volunteers to include interviewing, orientation, and coordinating appropriate activities for volunteers to conduct with residents.
• Promote a health community culture for all residents and employees. This is a whole-person approach to health and wellness which includes eight dimensions of wellness: Emotional, Environmental, Health Services, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Vocational. Ensure and exceed resident’s wellness needs relating to their mind, body and soul, which may also have a positive effect on the employees, as a result.
• Plan and coordinate volunteer and/or pay-per-service entertainments for special events, seasonal events, and educational speakers related to wellness topics that meet the needs and interests of the residents.
• Responsible for activity-related program training for all staff.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate all resident activities, including special events following the Community’s Life Enrichment programs (i.e. Lifestyles and Health Services, Embrace the World and Heartfelt Connections Memory Care Program) on a monthly basis. Ensure active facilitation and successful implementation of the LCS Extraordinary Impressions Program and the Lifestyle & Healthy Services Program.
• Plan, coordinate and direct a balanced program of spiritual, emotional, intellectual, vocational, social, physical and environmental activities with the intent of including all residents in some area of lifestyle activity.
• Provide Individual and group educational opportunities for residents and staff in the area of disease prevention and management in the holistic spirit of Lifestyle and Health Services Wellness Program.
• Lead daily resident activities per the Company’s standards.
• Tracking of activity participation for all residents.
• Communication of information the Health Services department regarding activity participation and activity ability changes in status that may require resident Care Plan updates.
• Participate in resident Plan of Care and evaluation team meetings.
• Gather each resident’s interest at round table through the Social Spiritual History Assessment for planning person-center approach activities.
• Ensure the Community Experience Training Standards Manual is completed timely and in accordance to the standards practice.
• Create annual plan, goals, budgets, pricing and performance Standards, maintain appropriate records pertaining to the department budget; monitors and controls cost expenditures, providing justifications/explanations for variances as appropriate. Submit all appropriate billings for services provided by department.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate or Bachelors degree in recretional activities/life enrichment or the equivalent of working experience in the field
• Three years working experience in the activities/life enrichment with seniors
• Two years experience working with memory care residents
• Two year supervisory experience preferred

What We Offer:

• Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay ! Freedom Square of Seminole now offers DailyPay – a program that allows employees to access their earned income on-demand, as it’s earned.
• Benefits for full and part time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!
• Fun, caring, inclusive work environment!
• Monthly company luncheons and employee appreciation events!

Freedom Square of Seminole fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises as a guide for our interpersonal interactions with residents, co-workers and guests:

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