Life Enrichment Specialist
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Byron Wellness Community
Fort Wayne, IN, US
Summary
The specialist will help plan and organize parties and activities while promoting a healthy lifestyle for residents, including organizing road trips to various destinations. Responsibilities also involve encouraging resident participation in recreational activities, games, crafts, and spiritual activities.
Job Description
Description
Who We Are
At Byron Wellness Community, our mission is to foster purpose-filled lives by focusing on the individualized strengths of our residents and team members. We believe in serving residents with compassion, dignity, respect, and kindness while creating a community where people truly belong.
Our team members are guided by six core values:
- Commitment
- Communication
- Compassion
- Integrity
- Passion
- Respect
These values aren't just words on a wall. They shape how we care for residents and how we treat one another every day.
Why Team Members Love Working Here
Our employees often describe Byron as a place with:
- Strong commitment to the residents
- Strong peer relationships
- Pride in Byron
- Improved staffing and operations
- Belief in the vision of "One Team, One Standard"
Others mention teamwork, approachable leadership, and culture of helping one another.
If you're looking for a workplace where people genuinely care, you'll find that here.
What Kind of Person Thrives Here?
Our most successful Life Enrichment Specialists are:
- Friendly
- Dependable
- Positive
- Patient
- Team-oriented
- Service-minded
- Compassionate
- Willing to help wherever needed
- Able to create a welcoming experience for residents and families
Benefits
Eligible team members may receive:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Vacation
- Wellness
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Incentives and bonuses
- Relaxed dress code
A Message from Our Team
If you're looking for a place where residents know your name, coworkers support one another, and your work has a meaningful impact every day, you'll find that opportunity here.
If you're compassionate, eager to learn, and committed to serving others, we'd love to meet you.
Join Byron Wellness Community and help us create purpose-filled lives, one meaningful moment at a time.
Create Joy. Build Connections. Change Someone's Day.
At Byron Wellness Community, we believe every person deserves purpose, connection, and meaningful experiences.
This is more than an activities position. It's an opportunity to create moments that matter, build relationships, and help residents live lives filled with meaning, engagement, and enjoyment.
If you're energetic, creative, and passionate about helping others, this may be the perfect role for you.
What You'll Do
As a Life Enrichment Specialist, you'll help create meaningful experiences that support emotional, social, spiritual, cognitive, and physical well-being.
Responsibilities include:
- Planning and facilitating activities and events
- Encouraging resident participation and engagement
- Supporting residents during outings and community events
- Organizing parties, celebrations, and special events
- Assisting with resident assessments and care planning
- Promoting independence and resident choice
- Building relationships with residents and families
- Collaborating with interdisciplinary team members
- Supporting Byron's mission of fostering purpose-filled lives
Most importantly, you'll help residents continue living lives filled with meaning, connection, and enjoyment.
Job Type
Full time and part time available
Every other weekend and rotating holidays required
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or its equivalent.
- Must possess a valid Indiana State Drivers License with at least three years driving experience, and be comfortable driving residents in 15 passenger bus
- Must be at least 18 years old
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred experience in a life enrichment / activities role
- Experience working with individuals living with dementia, behavioral health challenges, developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, or other specialized populations.
Byron Health Center is a non-profit, QAPI certified facility that provides long term health care, memory care, skilled nursing with physical and occupational therapy and, at sister community: Miller’s Place, assisted living for adults.
Both Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place concentrate on serving a protected and vulnerable population who have multiple diagnoses. These diagnoses will vary by individual but usually include psychiatric and developmental disorders coupled with medical conditions, dementia or even physical disabilities. The common psychiatric and developmental disorders include, but are not limited to, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Mental Illness (MI), Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) or Huntington’s Disease (HD). In conjunction with medical conditions, dementia or even physical disabilities, these psychiatric, neurological and developmental disorders can lead to challenging behaviors.
Due to these challenges involved with serving this protected and vulnerable population, some individuals may not have ‘fit in’ well at other communities. Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place emphasize creating an intentional community of inclusion and acceptance. Boasting a staff of compassionate team members with literally hundreds of years of combined care experience, each resident is looked at for their abilities, not for their disabilities, and is encouraged to thrive ‘where they are’ helping to reach their optimal potential. Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place residents are people who, just like many others, face a unique set of challenges but are not judged by their limitations, but only on their abilities. Each team member helps residents live up to their optimal potential and only see residents by for what they CAN do, not for what they cannot do. Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place implement a generous staffing strategy to care for residents maintaining one of the highest nursing staff to resident ratio in the area.
Founded
1966
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Byron Health Center is a non-profit, QAPI certified facility that provides long term health care, memory care, skilled nursing with physical and occupational therapy and, at sister community: Miller’s Place, assisted living for adults.
Both Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place concentrate on serving a protected and vulnerable population who have multiple diagnoses. These diagnoses will vary by individual but usually include psychiatric and developmental disorders coupled with medical conditions, dementia or even physical disabilities. The common psychiatric and developmental disorders include, but are not limited to, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Mental Illness (MI), Intellectual Developmental Disability (IDD) or Huntington’s Disease (HD). In conjunction with medical conditions, dementia or even physical disabilities, these psychiatric, neurological and developmental disorders can lead to challenging behaviors.
Due to these challenges involved with serving this protected and vulnerable population, some individuals may not have ‘fit in’ well at other communities. Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place emphasize creating an intentional community of inclusion and acceptance. Boasting a staff of compassionate team members with literally hundreds of years of combined care experience, each resident is looked at for their abilities, not for their disabilities, and is encouraged to thrive ‘where they are’ helping to reach their optimal potential. Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place residents are people who, just like many others, face a unique set of challenges but are not judged by their limitations, but only on their abilities. Each team member helps residents live up to their optimal potential and only see residents by for what they CAN do, not for what they cannot do. Byron Health Center and Miller’s Place implement a generous staffing strategy to care for residents maintaining one of the highest nursing staff to resident ratio in the area.
Founded
1966
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Fort Wayne, Indiana
