Assistant - Community Care

Role & Responsibilities  1.      Programme Co-ordination: Provide logistic support for activities and wellness programmes that focus on building the elderly’s self-help capacity including: • On-site active ageing programmes which may be recreational/social and cognitive in nature, sometimes in collaboration with external providers • Organising and participating in community events, outings and outreach events, such as door-knocking to engage community seniors 2.      Administrative Duties -         Maintain a daily register of seniors who participate in activities and programmes at the Centre, for submission if necessary -         Assist with money collection, issue receipts, maintenance of petty cash and requisition of Centre supplies -         Provide support to the Centre cleaner to promote and maintain cleanliness of the Centre -         Ensure Centre maintenance tasks are done regularly, e.g. aircon servicing, LEW reviews, etc. 3.      Volunteer Engagement -         Encourage senior participation and volunteerism through promotion of senior initiation and implementation of ideas and activities -         Assist Volunteer Management Executive to engage volunteers to run programmes and activities 4.      Outreach and Befriending Services -         Conduct wellness assessments of seniors -         Assign befrienders to provide befriending services to socially isolated seniors -         Onward referrals to case management executive for service linkage and care coordination, when required Qualifications, Competencies &Experience ·      Any relevant Diploma in social services ·      Good interpersonal and communications skills ·      Team player ·      Proficient in Microsoft Office