Memory Center Educator

Marlin & Doris Thomas Memory Center | Willow Valley Communities

Make a Meaningful Impact Every Day

At Willow Valley Communities, we believe memory care is deeply personal. As a Memory Center Educator working at our new Marlin & Doris Thomas Memory Center, you’ll play a vital role in shaping how our team, partners, and visitors understand and support people living with dementia—through education grounded in compassion, dignity, and best practices.

In this role, you’ll design and deliver engaging training experiences that bring our person-directed philosophy to life, ensuring everyone who enters the Marlin & Doris Thomas Memory Center is equipped to provide respectful, relationship-centered support.

Learn more about our new Memory Center here!

Why You’ll Love Working Here

We’re committed to supporting our Team Members—professionally and personally.

• Excellent benefits with competitive premiums (medical, dental, vision)
• Generous paid time off
• Career growth and development opportunities
• Resort-style, on-campus amenities, including fitness center, pools, spa, and cafés
• A mission-driven, Resident-first culture
• Team Member recognition events and celebrations

What You’ll Do

As a Memory Center Educator, you will:

• Creates, revises, and teaches dementia training that promotes best practices in dementia care.
• Is knowledgeable about brain-healthy habits and demonstrates the ability to effectively convey this knowledge, implementing and applying this information where appropriate.
• Offers role-specific dementia training/education to various audiences – Team Members, Visitors, Vendors, Residents, volunteers, carepartners, and others under the guidance of the Lifestyle Integration Leader.
• Schedules, monitors, and ensures compliance with all required educational components.
• Routinely rounds to provide mentoring, education, and “hands-on” guidance at the MDTMC. Makes daily observations to create opportunities to offer real-time interventions and support.
• Collaborates with the Education Department as they provide dementia training for all of Willow Valley Communities to promote consistency of best practice content.
• Maintains excellent relationships with Team Members, Residents, volunteers, and guests.
• Assists with support groups and community outreach as needed.
• Serves as a resource to the interdisciplinary team and participates in support plan meetings as requested.
• Models exemplary customer service and the MORE (Make a Difference, Own Excellence, Respect Relationships, Enhance Well-Being) values toward Team Members, Residents and guests.
• Creates a positive and encouraging learning environment for those receiving education.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively convey person-directed culture of the MDTMC while utilizing varying teaching methods to meet the needs of the learner.
• Models person-first language to uphold the principles of the MDTMC.
• Acts as a cultural steward of the "This is Personal" philosophy, modeling empathy, respect, and relationship-centered Support.

Your Commitment to Memory Care

You’ll champion a thoughtful, compassionate approach to aging by:

• Reinforcing and exercising a person-directed approach to aging.
• Working from a strengths-based perspective to seek moments of joy and embrace the possibilities of a "Life Lived Forward."
• Directs others to adopt a habilitative approach to care.
• Providing comfort care to residents living with advanced memory issues that are aligned with the values of autonomy, ownership, and supporting a life lived forward-even in its final stages.

What You Bring

We’re looking for someone who is passionate about education and dementia care, with:

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Therapeutic Recreation, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• At least 1 year of providing education
• Experience working with people living with dementia
• Background in holistic wellness, healthcare principles, and department management
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office
• A collaborative, empathetic teaching style and strong communication skills

Schedule & Location

• 40 hours/week
• Monday–Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm
• Marlin & Doris Thomas Memory Center
  Willow Valley Communities – Willow Street, PA 17584