Department of Aging Human Services Assistant - Center Connection Specialist

Responsibilities

• Advocates for Center Connection clients by providing a range of appropriate activities, offering information to the public and professionals to promote the Center Connection program, and assisting with the senior center's operations.
• Identifies potential participants and assesses these individuals for program eligibility.
• Works with each participant to develop an individualized activity schedule based on their strengths and interests.
• Counsels participants on how to remain active and independent in the community and at the senior center.
• Coordinates transportation, class registration, eating together sign-up, and assists with other center activities as needed.
• Serves as a liaison between participants and their case managers, caregivers, and others as needed.
• Maintains individual case records, attendance records, and other required documentation.
• Maintains a positive relationship with participants and ensures their social integration into the center.
• Promotes the Center Connection program in the community.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with an Associate in Arts degree in a social or behavioral science.
• Experience in individual, group, or family counseling or in intake and referral work may be substituted on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of two years for the required education.
• Case Management Skills, Intake and Assessment Skills, Program Planning Skills, Computer Skills, Knowledge of the elderly population and available resources, Documentation of client records, ServSafe and Crowd Control Certified, CPR/AED/First Aid Training.

Skills

• Case Management Skills
• Intake and Assessment Skills
• Program Planning Skills
• Computer Skills

Benefits

• Salary Annual Salary review - Step increases may be granted on anniversary date based on satisfactory job performance
• General Increases - Cost of living increases and adjustments may be granted as legislated
• Longevity Increases - In accordance with the specific pay schedule, a full-time merit or classified employee may receive a longevity increase, equivalent to one step, upon completion of a certain number of years of classified service with the County.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Insurance Benefits
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Life Insurance
• Retirement
• Paid Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Jury Leave
• Military Leave
• Education Assistance
• Deferred Compensation