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Career Oppportunities
"At Plymouth Place, Person-Centered
Care Includes Our Employees"
Plymouth Place’s reputation has
been earned on our commitment to Person-Centered Care.
Person-Centered Care is an approach that celebrates
personhood, and enhances, recognizes, promotes and encourages
resident and staff choice, capability, and creativity
toward the goal of well-being. This philosophy guides
what we do.
Unique to our definition of Person-Centered
Care is the employee. We know that each staff
member brings his or her unique characteristics and
talent to work every day. While excellence in performance
on the job is the expected "norm" for employees
at Plymouth Place, our employees are afforded opportunities
to bring their individualism to the workplace.
Here’s an example:
John, one of our maintenance men,
expressed an interest in learning about tending
the Rose Garden outside the Dining Room window.
Long cherished and cared for by a resident who could
no longer physically tend the garden, its glory
had faded. Upon learning of John’s interest,
and seeing an opportunity to honor the resident’s
personhood, John was introduced to Mr. G., the resident
whose eyesight and physical limitations no longer
permitted his once meticulous gardening. The two
struck up a relationship, and the garden flourished.
Last Spring, John and Mr. G. entered
two roses in the local Rose Show, and came away
with a ribbon. Never mind that Mr. G. couldn’t
see the roses, as he instructed John on the selection
of the perfect rose!
As Mr. G. and his wife of 60 years
enjoyed dinner that evening, the rose and it’s
ribbon between them on the dinner table, Mr. G.
was overheard by staff to say "Wasn’t
it a nice thing for that young man to win a ribbon
first year out?" John still remembers, with
pride, how good it felt when Mr. G. thanked him,
saying I never thought I’d get to a Rose Show
again…much less come home with a prize."
More flourishes at Plymouth Place than
the Rose Garden. Bring your unique talents and interests
to your job. Call us about employment opportunities,
and take home more than a paycheck.
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