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