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Activity Director Looking For Work (St. Peters MO, within 25 miles)
Amanda M. Fisher
St. Peters, MO 63376
Cell: 636-***-**** (Legitimate phone calls only, responses will not be sent on any email or text message inquiries received.)
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A career professional with over 19+ years of combined experience. An effective administrator, communicator and experienced leader, capable of instructing, guiding and motivating team members, who has proven abilities to manage budgets and company credit cards, coordinate logistics, and to monitor, maintain, and report expenses.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Common Office Environment: MS Office Suite
E-mail/GroupWare: MS Mail, Outlook
Internet: Internet Information Service, World Wide Web
Operating Systems: MS Windows 2000, MS Windows NT, MS Windows 95, MS Windows XP
PROJECT HISTORY
Breeze Park Retirement Community of LSSMO, St. Charles, MO, Sept 2005-May 2012
Activity Director
Primary job function consisted of acting as the manager, planner, coordinator, and facilitator of all recreational and entertainment activities for over 200 residents of the Independent Living, Assisted Living and Care Center facilities. This responsibility required the organizational skills necessary to maintain calendars and schedules, the ability to communicate with outside entities for booking various entertainment venues, and the ability to maintain and work within a $75K Activity Department expense budget.
Supervised 9 activity aides, 3 transportation workers, 200 volunteers and was also responsible for staff work schedules, training and performance reviews.
Facilitated and coordinated all travel and logistics for entertainment trips, shopping, and doctor appointments for the residences of the facility, which also included maintaining expense reports and travel logs.
Responsible for the development of Care Plans for the residents, which included meeting with family members to explain the plans in detail.
Additional responsibilities included handling public relations and administrative duties, assisting residents with problems or complaints.
Assists in recruiting new residents for the facility.
Acting manager on duty for the entire campus one weekend per month, which also entailed conducting facility tours for prospective new residents and their families.
Eden Village Retirement Community, Glen Carbon IL, Aug 2004-Sept 2005
Social Programs Coordinator-Care Center
Primary job function consisted of acting as planner, coordinator and facilitator of all recreational and entertainment activities for the 138 residents of the Care Center. This responsibility required the organizational skills necessary to maintain schedules and the ability to communicate with outside entities to book various entertainment venues.
Supervisor of four activity aides, which included responsibility for staff work schedules, their training and performance reviews.
Facilitator and coordinator of all of all activity schedules.
Responsible for the development of Care Plans for the residents, which includes meeting with family members to explain the plans in detail.
Additional responsibilities included handling public relations and administrative duties, assisting residents with problems or complaints.
Assists in recruiting New Residents for the facility.
UGN Sound Solutions, Jackson TN, March 2004-Aug 2004
Team Lead/Inspector
Supervisor and trainer of production personnel for an automotive parts manufacturer.
Inspector of components manufactured to determine compliance with Mil-Specs, company and customer standards. Additionally, tooling and manufacturing equipment were also inspected for safety reasons, to determine functionality and compliance with OSHA regulations.
Monitored processes and procedures utilized by plant personnel to ensure compliance with established quality control and quality assurance policies.
Jackson Meadow Retirement Home, Jackson TN, March 2003-March 2004
Activity Director
Primary job function consisted of acting as planner, coordinator and facilitator of all recreational and entertainment activities for the 120 residents of the home. This responsibility required the organizational skills necessary to maintain schedules and the ability to communicate with outside entities to book various entertainment venues.
Additional responsibilities included handling public relations and administrative duties when directors were out of pocket, assisting residents with problems or complaints, and functioning in a secretarial/bookkeeping role when needed.
Assisted in recruiting new residents for the facility.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
Activity Directors Association of Missouri Certification
Life Care Centers of America Certification
Creative Interventions and Activities for the Cognitive Impaired Resident Certification
Tennessee Health Care Association Elderly Care Alzheimer's Certification
Activity Coordinators of Tennessee Certification
State of Tennessee Certified Activity Director
Jackson State College
Location: St. Peters MO, within 25 miles