What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Vitality Assistant position at National Health Corps?
Position Status
Open
Site
San Francisco
NHC Position Type
Outreach Coordinator
Position Summary
Start Date: August 18th, 2025
End Date: July 6th, 2026
About the Position: The purpose of the NHC member service as Senior Vitality Assistant is to support the work of a health and technology wellness program. This program trains older adults on the use of technology, with the overall goal of using technology to improve their health and wellness and reduce their isolation. The member will work with both individual older adults and groups.
Participation in Curry’s Senior Vitality program aligns with NHC’s focus area of increasing older adults (adults 50 or older) ability to remain living in their own home with the same quality of life for as long as possible. We have focus group feedback from participants about how this program has improved their quality of life through: enhancing / reinforcing connections to peers, their doctors and family, in addition to the improvements in their physical and mental health through attendance at regular classes, learning how to track their activity, improving their steps, monitoring their sleep and weight, providing a supportive community of peers and program staff, etc.
About the Organization: Curry's mission is Promoting Wellness, Dignity and Independence for Seniors. At Curry Senior Center we strive to ensure our clients stay in their homes and their communities as long as they can, independently. Curry offers integrated health care, housing, case management support, social programs, wellness programs, free meals and community activities for all older adults, especially our most vulnerable, low income or unhoused.
Note: This position desires applicants with proficiency in Cantonese, Spanish, or Mandarin, but language proficiency is not required. If this position is of interest to you, we highly encourage you to apply!
Major Duties and Responsibilities
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Site
Curry Senior Center
333 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Open
Site
San Francisco
NHC Position Type
Outreach Coordinator
Position Summary
Start Date: August 18th, 2025
End Date: July 6th, 2026
About the Position: The purpose of the NHC member service as Senior Vitality Assistant is to support the work of a health and technology wellness program. This program trains older adults on the use of technology, with the overall goal of using technology to improve their health and wellness and reduce their isolation. The member will work with both individual older adults and groups.
Participation in Curry’s Senior Vitality program aligns with NHC’s focus area of increasing older adults (adults 50 or older) ability to remain living in their own home with the same quality of life for as long as possible. We have focus group feedback from participants about how this program has improved their quality of life through: enhancing / reinforcing connections to peers, their doctors and family, in addition to the improvements in their physical and mental health through attendance at regular classes, learning how to track their activity, improving their steps, monitoring their sleep and weight, providing a supportive community of peers and program staff, etc.
About the Organization: Curry's mission is Promoting Wellness, Dignity and Independence for Seniors. At Curry Senior Center we strive to ensure our clients stay in their homes and their communities as long as they can, independently. Curry offers integrated health care, housing, case management support, social programs, wellness programs, free meals and community activities for all older adults, especially our most vulnerable, low income or unhoused.
Note: This position desires applicants with proficiency in Cantonese, Spanish, or Mandarin, but language proficiency is not required. If this position is of interest to you, we highly encourage you to apply!
Major Duties and Responsibilities
- Creating and developing communications related to outreach campaigns
- Developing and providing health education for the community
- Collecting, recording, and evaluating data to inform education on health issues
- Providing education to clients and referring them to providers
- Creating basic curriculum and revisiting and revising it
- Team-Oriented
- Multi-Tasker; Ability to Balance
- Comfort speaking with others, individually or in groups
- Community Engagement/Outreach Skills
- Patient with clients
- Very organized
- Excellent follow-up on tasks and deadlines
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- Professional and friendly.
- Knowledge of AmeriCorps/Health Corps member requirements.
- Skill with Apple iOS and Microsoft OS is a plus, and will help with the position's responsibilities.
- The supervisor assigns service activities in terms of project objectives and basic priorities and is available for consultation in resolving controversial issues.
- Assignments are discussed weekly and tweaked if necessary.
- Members are encouraged to propose ideas and projects that would benefit the clients.
- The service activities are reviewed for accuracy through spot checks, through complaints from customers, and through observation of the member at service.
- Completed projects are reviewed very generally to determine that objectives have been met and are in compliance with policies and regulations.
- The member and Host Site Supervisor work as a team and provide feedback to one another throughout each project.
- Written and oral guides provide specific instructions for doing service
- Detailed guidelines exist, including regulations and directives, handbooks, precedents, industry standards, and files of previous projects
- Guidelines are generally applicable, but the member independently makes adaptations in dealing with problems and unusual situations
- Most project have written processes and procedures in place. When the member must make administrative decisions on their own, they are provided with guidance by the supervisor and other managing staff.
- The facts or conditions of the service position are clear cut, predictable, and apply directly to the assignment.
- Curry Senior Center provides clear instructions for all tasks and encourages members to make suggestions to improve the organization's methods as they learn more about their clients and their needs.
- Schedule:
- Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm In-Person (Approximately 37.5 hours/week)
- One remote day per week is available upon request.
- Dress Code:
- Business Casual: professional demeanor and appearance, clean, neat, comfortable, including jeans, t-shirts, tennis shoes/sneakers. Please do not wear fragrances.
- Clothing considered not appropriate: exercise clothing, including leggings and sweatpants, shorts or short skirts, spaghetti strap, halter, tank, or midriff-baring tops, T-shirts with potentially offensive or inappropriate words, terms or pictures, slippers or flip-flops.
- The following items are not recommended because of potential safety risk: open-toed shoes, sandals, high heels, excessive jewelry.
- Personal vehicles are not required for this position. The clinics are accessible via public transportation.
- A Cantonese or Spanish speaker is highly desired for this role, but candidates are not required to speak any other language than English.
- If you are interested in this role, but do not speak any of the indicated languages, we highly encourage you to apply!
- Upon Conditional Acceptance of an NHC AmeriCorps Position, all AmeriCorps members must complete TrueScreen Background Checks to be formally placed in the AmeriCorps Program.
- No Background Checks or Health Exams required beyond what is required of NHC AmeriCorps Members.
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Curry Senior Center
333 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
