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