A Pathway to Personal Growth by Serving Others
In today’s fast moving world, many of us do not feel connected to our communities and yearn for rewarding work. Giving back and serving others is one way to make us feel more connected and allow us to make a real difference in someone’s life.
As the author of The Hidden Gifts of Helping, and professor of preventative medicine at Stony Brook University, Stephen G. Post says a part of our brain lights up when we help others and sends out feel-good chemicals like dopamine, and possibly serotonin. Post explains, "These chemicals help us feel joy and delight -- helper's high.” Common reactions include feelings of tranquility, peacefulness, serenity as well as a sense of trust and warmth.
Throughout time great thinkers and religious leaders have praised the merits of helping others. In addition, evidence-based research has found that “giving is a powerful pathway to personal growth and lasting happiness.” Studies also show that it is not so much about how much we give, but whether we give it with love.
The MorningStar senior living communities in Sparks, NV; West Des Moines, IA; Beaverton and Happy Valley, OR; and Billings, MT are seeking extraordinary individuals with a felt calling to serve to fill a variety of rewarding assisted living jobs. Our positions include care managers, cooks, medication care managers/QMAPs, bus drivers, concierges, dining room servers and housekeepers. As our homes are 24/7 operations, our openings include evening and weekend shifts, and all of our positions offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits.
Along with a generous compensation and insurance benefit package, MorningStar wants all of our team members to be equipped with the knowledge required to do their jobs well and take pride in their work. To that end, we invest in employee training programs such as: O2 (Orientation & Onboarding); Lavender Sky (Dementia Care); Radiance (Culture, Customer Service); Inhabit (for the Community Relations team); Brain Boosts (for the Reflections care team); and Relias Video Courses (paid to view from home). This training enables our team to be the best at what they do, and do each job with confidence.
Our communities are not only beautiful designed and decorated but filled with kindness, love and the utmost respect for our remarkable residents. To learn more about our career opportunities, please visit our website’s Career page and follow the link “Search Open Positions.”
MorningStar Senior Living’s unique mission statement: “to honor, to serve, to invest,” sets us apart from other senior living communities. We are committed to a foundation built upon honoring God and valuing all seniors, and are currently recruiting staff with a felt calling to serve seniors. Visit MorningStar’s Career page to see openings for assisted living jobs in Beaverton OR, Billings MT, Happy Valley OR, West Des Moines IA, Sparks NV, and other MorningStar communities.
Source: huffpost.com/entry/volunteering7-reasons-why_b_6302770