Job Description

About The Role
1. Reporting to the Group Supervisor, the Community Connector (CC) is to connect with the seniors, the community and partners to empower seniors to age in their community.

• Plan and conduct outreach to raise awareness about centre programmes and services and to enrol new seniors as centre members
• Conduct basic assessment to identify socially isolated seniors and those with needs
• Collaborate with grassroots, community partners and service providers to build up community network, which includes initiating and coordinating community engagement efforts

A. Active Ageing to encourage active living and empower seniors

• Organise activities at Eldercare centre and off-site locations
• Co-create activities with volunteers
• Empower seniors to be volunteers

B. Befriending and Buddying to prevent social isolation

• Manage volunteers to provide befriending or buddying services
• Befriend seniors

C. Care and Support to ensure seniors with needs are supported

• Provide information and referral service and follow-up with referrals made
• Participate in discussion with case management team to ensure clients are served holistically

2. Others

• Support in volunteer management processes e.g. keep track of volunteering activities and hours, maintain volunteer database
• Administrative duties which include data collection and reporting for reporting and evaluation purposes
• Other work projects assigned by supervisor or management

Candidate Requirements Technical Competencies:

• Minimum GCE O levels, up to Diploma graduates
• IT literate

Core Competencies:

• Good communication and social skills to work with different people
• Pleasant personality
• Team player, yet independent to carry out most functions
• Strong interest in empowering and preserving the dignity of seniors

Preferred achievements / characteristics:

• Able to speak dialects will be an advantage

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.