Center Assistant

CareLink Mission:

To connect older people and their families with resources to meet the opportunities and challenges of aging.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED; or
• One to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Current and valid Arkansas driver’s license
• Aging services experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure
• Ability to compute, rate, ratio, percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to regularly stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 25lbs and occasionally up to 50lbs
• Skill in adequate level of proficiency in data entry
• Occasional required to sit, climb, and balance
• Arkansas driver’s license may require “P” endorsement

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with recruitment of participants
• Assist with recruitment and training of volunteers
• Certify and/or recertify client eligibility
• Perform HDMA home visits
• Assist with Center programs and providing Center activities
• Provide information to program participants
• Assist with home-delivered meal program
• Arrange transportation for clients, and transport clients to and from the community center and other facilities
• Participate and assist in CareLink fundraising activities
• Maintain center areas, grounds and vehicles in clean condition.
• Assist in maintaining safe, healthy, organized environment
• Uses word processor to type correspondence, memos, forms, reports, etc.
• Assist supervisor by answering telephone, making bank deposits, and placing grocery orders
• Wash and sterilize serving trays, dishes, silverware, and cooking utensils.
• Clean sinks, equipment, appliances, cooking, and serving areas.
• Serve meals
• Schedule appointments
• Performs all tasks with limited or no supervision
• Attend staff meeting, training, and conferences
• Keep up-to-date and knowledgeable about applicable policies, procedures, and regulations of specific programs, as assigned
• Trains others as necessary or directed
• Coordinates with other staff and community partners to fulfill job responsibilities
• Proposes process changes or other improvement recommendations as needed
• Assists Community Services and Saline County and Center Operations as required, by generating spreadsheets for analysis and by entering data and generating reports from a variety of software applications for analysis
• Develop and generate reports to summarize and quantify activities, services and clients served
• Produces schedules, timelines, and organizational structure to ensure tasks are completed in a timely accurate manner.
• Keep required documentation concerning daily activities and services
• Make copies, file correspondence, and other records
• Demonstrate the ability to multi-task by handling multiple projects
• Primary position responsible for monitoring data entry integrity across multiple software platforms, databases, and shared electronic resources
• Keeps information current and provides updates to other staff as needed
• Tracks and maintains waitlist for senior services when needed

Location: Bryant, AR

Pay: $13.50 per hour

CareLink does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.