Activity Therapy Assistant (C.N.A. Required)

Salary: $16.41 – $20.79 Hourly

Location : Janesville, WI

Job Type: Full Time

Job Number: RC-0804229

Department: Rock Haven Recreation Therapy

Opening Date: 06/06/2023

Closing Date: 6/23/2023 5:00 PM Central

Position Summary and Job Duties
This position involves the implementation of activity programming for Rock Haven residents. While the activities are conducted within the recreational therapist’s organized plan the position does require much initiative and creativity and considerable exercise of judgment.

25% – Prepare documentation

• Review ” Assessment & Care Planning Meeting Schedules”
• Review resident’s POC
• Knowledge and understanding of individual resident’s goals and approaches
• Assist with modifications to the POC
• Interview residents at least quarterly for leisure satisfaction
• Write quarterly progress notes
• Collect and record documentation as requested (participant attendance, observation flows, behaviors flows, injury/incident reports etc)

15% – Preparation of groups

• Knowledge & understanding of resident’s needs to determine program goals
• Determine program format/content
• Gather supplies/prepare examples or samples
• Prepare requisitions for ancillary supports (food/materials/maintenance/environmental services)
• Notify/invite residents to special events
• Post unit activities calendars and/or announce groups
• Distribute and/or post program invitations or fliers
• Operate REC T equipment (home appliances, audiovisual, media, telephones, assistive/adaptive tools)
• Copy materials
• Review Monthly Special Events Calendar
• Prepare day room bulletin boards

15% – Delivery of Groups

• Transport supplies to units
• Set-up room for group
• Escort residents to/from activity locations
• Greet and guide volunteers and entertainers as assigned (escort to group location, changes in activity, reminder telephone calls)
• Implement group
• Store supplies/materials used
• Report damages or failures in equipment / submit request for supply replacement
• Provide program evaluation or feedback when requested
• Assist other facility or dept. staff with special events (decorating/food preparation/room set-up)
• Provide simple first aid and/or summon support (codes) or emergency services as needed

10% – Tasks Associated with Housekeeping• Clean-up area after activity

• Clean closets and storage areas
• Dispose of dirty linen
• Clean kitchen (cupboards, drawers, microwave, stove, refrigerator, dish washer)
• Assure that activity equipment and materials are sanitized as needed
• Dust offices
• File activity records

15% – Tasks Associated with the Delivery of Individualized Programs

• Provide 1:1 visits
• Shop for residents
• Repair damaged resident items or assist resident in repairs
• Provide materials for self-initiated in-room activities
• Assist residents in re-potting plants
• Assist with resident safety checks
• Provide w/c walks
• Prepare and distribute resident birthday stickers and cards.
• Assist residents and provide simple direct care tasks r/t ADLs and mobility (Feeding, hygiene, toilet use, transfers, ambulation)

15% – Tasks Associated with Department Operations• Answer telephones

• Review communications and report sheets (Communication Clipboard.)
• Attend meetings as scheduled and assigned.
• Complete and submit forms as needed (“Extra Time/Over Time, Mandation Order-Payroll
• Authorization”, “Request For paid Benefits” etc.)
• Maintain dept. safety equipment (eye wash stations, blood spill kits, etc.
• Assist with dept. inventory Assist with dept. annual MSDS inventor
• Read and follow operation manual plans, rules and policies (Infection Control, Hazardous Materials, MSDS Sheets, Disaster Plan, Safety Plan & Administrative Work Rules)
• Assist in facility codes as assigned

5% – Completes all other duties as assigned
Success Factors (KSA’s)

• Ability to reach out to residents with warmth, compassion and patience, to put residents at ease, to engage them quickly and establish a harmonious working relationship with residents and staff.
• Ability to clearly communicate verbally and in writing ideas and/or observations to co-workers, residents and supervisors.
• Ability in planning and organizing activities, assembling the necessary supplies and materials and managing the detail of an activity event.
• Ability and aptitude in providing a multifaceted activity program that includes recreational and leisure activities.
• Ability to adapt an activity to the resident’s functional level and need.
• Knowledge of community resources relevant to leisure programs.
• Ability to provide ADL and mobility assistance to residents including feeding, transfers, toileting and ambulation.
• Ability in moderately complex problem solving. Ability to use a common sense approach, recognize risks to resident safety and take reasonable precautions.
• Ability to document individual and group participation. Participate in activity assessments.
• Ability to guide and support volunteers and delegate appropriate tasks.
• Ability to be flexible and to work independently.
• Ability to perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Please note: The entire Rock Haven Campus is smoke free.

Job Requirements, Education, Training & Experience

• Graduation from a standard high school or its equivalency.
• Prior experience working with elderly clients, clients with mental illness or clients with developmental disabilities as a activity assistant or nursing assistant.
• Certified nursing assistants certification is required. Activity Assistants will be assisted to maintain that certification.
• Must attend mandatory facility in-services.
• Valid WI driver’s license.
• May need to stay past the normal shift until relieved in order to meet minimal staffing requirements.
• As of January 27th 2022, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has mandated that all employees of skilled nursing facilities are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Essential Job Functions (physical elements, equipment and working conditions)

• The ATA must be able to lift 15 pounds regularly throughout a shift.
• He/she must be able to push a resident, who may weigh up to 300 pounds 50-300 feet in a wheelchair.
• Meet other CNA requirements.
• Work in indoor in a County Nursing Home.

Rock County Employee
Facts and Benefits Highlights

• Rock County historic and cultural attractions:

Rock County is in south Central Wisconsin along the Illinois border. The County has a population of 161,188 making it the ninth largest County in Wisconsin. Janesville, Wisconsin (pop. 64,009) is the county seat. Janesville is located on the I39/90 corridor, forty miles south of Madison, seventy-six miles west of Milwaukee and about two hours from Chicago.
Rock County’s many historic and cultural attractions include the City of Evansville historic district, Beloit College (an acclaimed liberal arts institution located in the City of Beloit) and the City of Janesville’s Rotary Botanical Gardens and Tallman House (an exceptional example of Italian villa style architecture from the mid 1850’s).
The Cities of Janesville and Beloit have a combined symphony orchestra, as well as individual performing arts centers. The Rock County Fair and Riverfest are regional cultural celebrations held every summer in the Cities of Janesville and Beloit respectively. These Cities both have extensive park and open space networks, including portions of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, a Statewide trail commemorating the State’s geologic history. Additionally, the Rock River runs through these Cities, offering many recreational opportunities.

• Salary:

Employees are paid every two weeks on Friday (26 checks in a year). Paychecks are directly deposited in the employee’s bank account. There is a two-week delay between the pay period worked and the payday. New employees generally wait four weeks before they receive their first check, which is a live paper check. Direct deposit is a requirement of employment.

• Holidays (Ordinance 18.501):

Most employees receive the following holidays:
1) New Year’s Day
2) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
3) Spring Holiday to be observed the Friday immediately preceding Easter
4) Memorial Day
5) July 4th
6) Labor Day
7) Thanksgiving Day
8) Friday after Thanksgiving Day
9) Day before Christmas
10) Christmas Day
l1) One Floating Holiday of the Employee’s choice, prorated based on FTE over a .4 status. Employees hired after November 30, will have until January 31 of the following year to use their floater from the previous year.

Employees within law enforcement units should review their collective bargaining agreements.

• Vacation (Policy & Procedure Manual 5.47, Ordinance 18.506):

Employees receive vacation based upon the work group/bargaining unit their job class is assigned to. Employees within law enforcement units should review their collective bargaining agreements.
Completed Years of Service Employee Groups,
Unilateral A & B
Unilateral C Time of Hire 5 Days 7.5 Days 1 year 10 Days 15 Days 2 Years 11 Days 15 Days 3 Years 12 Days 15 Days 4 Years 13 Days 15 Days 5 Years 14 Days 20 Days 6 Years 15 Days ” 7 Years 16 Days ” 8 Years 17 Days ” 9 Years 18 Days ” 10 Years 19 Days 25 Days 11 Years 20 Days ” 12 Years 21 Days ” 13 Years 22 Days ” 14 Years 22 Days ” 15 Years 22 Days ” 16 Years 22 Days ” 17 Years 23 Days ” 18 Years 24 Days ” 19 Years 25 Days ”

• Health Insurance including our Wellness component:

Rock County offers a dual choice point of service plan. Employees will have a choice to elect coverage with either Dean Health Care or Mercy Health Care. Employees can enroll within the first 30 days of employment, after that there is an annual open enrollment period in the fall. In the case of a qualifying event (birth, marriage, FTE increase, loss of coverage, etc.), the employee will also have 30 days to enroll or make changes. No exceptions will be made. The County will pay 90% of the premium for health insurance and the Employee may earn the remaining 10% of the premium, based on the terms of participation of the Healthy Employee Incentive Program.

• Sick Leave (Ordinance 18.515):

Sick leave pay shall commence on the first day of any period of illness due to accident, injury, or disease.

All full-time employees shall earn one sick leave day per month of continuous employment. All part-time employees whose regular workweek is sixteen hours or more shall earn one sick leave day on a prorata basis directly in relation to the normal full time employment period. All part-time employees, who work less than sixteen hours per week, shall not earn sick leave. Relief, Pool, and Seasonal employees are not eligible for sick leave.

• Sick Leave Cont’d (Ordinance 18.515):

Sick leave can be accessed after it has been earned.

If additional time is required beyond the thirty-two (32) hours of annual bereavement leave, sick leave may be used for bereavement activities related to a parent, spouse, or child.

Sick leave shall accrue to a maximum of one hundred thirty days

• Dental Plan:

The County offers a dental plan through Delta Dental and will pay 60% of the applicable
premium for the lowest cost plan. Employees can enroll within the first 30 days of
employment, after that there is an annual open enrollment period in the fall. In the case of a qualifying event (birth, marriage, FTE increase, loss of coverage, etc.), the employee will also have 30 days to enroll or make changes. No exceptions will be made.
Newly enrolled employees will likely see a double deduction on their first paycheck; premiums are paid one month in advance.

• Vision Plan:

The County offers a vision plan which employees can enroll in at their own cost. Employees
can enroll within the first 30 days of employment, after that there is an annual open enrollment
period in the fall. In the case of a qualifying event (birth, marriage, FTE increase, loss of coverage, etc.), the employee will also have 30 days to enroll or make changes. No exceptions will be made.
Newly enrolled employees will likely see a double deduction on their first paycheck; premiums are paid one month in advance.

• Life Insurance:

The County provides term life insurance through the State of Wisconsin Plan. Employees can purchase insurance in increments based on their salary, up to five times their salary. The County will contribute 20% of the cost for the first increment only – one times the employee’s salary. Employees can also purchase coverage for their spouse and/or children.
*Eligibility for this benefit is tied to whether the employee is eligible for retirement benefits. (You must be expected to work for at least 12 months and 1200 hours, or have previously qualified for the WRS)

• Voluntary Benefits:

The County offers voluntary benefits which employees can enroll in at their own cost. Employees
can enroll within the first 30 days of employment, after that there is an annual open enrollment
period in the fall. Voluntary benefits may include: Disability, Hospital indemnity, Supplemental Life, Critical Illness, and Accident Insurance. Employees are responsible for 100% of the premiums for any voluntary benefits elected. Deductions are taken post tax. Please visit the Human Resources intranet page for more information.

• Deferred Compensation:

Employees can participate in one of the identified deferred compensation plans (Nationwide, Wisconsin Deferred Comp, and Security Benefits) at their own cost.

• Flexible Spending Account (Medical and Dependent Care):

Employees can elect to put an annually IRS established amount into a flexible spending account through (EBC) to pay for their own non-reimbursed medical care expenses. Employees can also put in up to $5,000 for dependent care accounts.
If you leave County employment, you have ninety (90) days to submit expenses incurred prior to your last day.

• Retirement:

Rock County participates in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). Eligible employees are required to participate. What an employee receives at retirement is dependent upon several factors – age, length of service, salary.

Rock County and the employee make equal contributions to the Wisconsin Retirement System on behalf of the employer. The contribution rate is addressed in the employment letter.

Employees in protective status have the percentage contributions defined in their respective collective bargaining units.

Employees who have questions about their retirement benefits should contact WRS.

• Bereavement Leave (Ordinance 18.509):

In the event of a death an employee may be excused from work without loss of pay for up to a maximum of thirty-two (32) hours annually for the purpose of attending a person’s wake, visitation, memorial service, funeral, or make necessary arrangements regarding the person’s death, within a reasonable time after the occurrence.

If additional time is required beyond the thirty-two (32) hours annually, an employee may request to use accumulated vacation, holiday, or comp-time. Sick leave can be used for a parent, spouse, or child only.

Bereavement leave cannot be accrued from one year to the next.
Bereavement leave can be used in increments of quarter hours.

All leaves under this section shall be prorated based upon the employee’s FTE. Personnel Ordinance 18.509.

*Collective bargaining language may supersede this ordinance language.

• EAP:

The County provides an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees to use for all kinds of personal and professional assistance. In the case of counseling, professional counselors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An employee can establish a relationship with a counselor over the phone or set up an in-person appointment with a counselor in the area. As of March 1, 2022, the EAP program will pay for up to six visits.

• Parking:

The County provides free parking at all its facilities.

• Workplace Attire (Policy & Procedures 5.52):

All Rock County employees are expected to present a professional, businesslike image to clients, visitors, customers, and the public. Employees are required to maintain a neat and clean appearance that is appropriate for the workplace or virtual setting and for the work being performed. Please note, your department work rules may specific additional dress code details and may supersede the above.

• Employee Identification Badge (Policy & Procedure 5.08)

All Rock County employees shall have and display, an identification badge while conducting official County business. Minimal exceptions, for safety reasons, may be approved by Department Heads.

• Smoking:

All County buildings are smoke free. By County Ordinance anyone visiting or working in any County building is prohibited from smoking closer than 30 feet from any building entrance. The Ordinance also makes the entire Rock Haven Nursing Home a smoke free “campus.”

Prior to new hire orientation, please access policy documents here: https://www.co.rock.wi.us/hr

Active Employees: For full policy documents, please visit the Human Resources Intranet page, “Personnel Ordinance” and “Policy & Procedure Manual”. https://www.co.rock.wi.us/rchr/

Please note, you may also be subject to department specific work rules.

Still have questions? Call us! Human Resources: 608-757-5520