JOB SUMMARY

This contractual position assists with day-to-day activities associated with Senior Centers and the Nutrition Program throughout the County and provides general assistance to senior citizens as assigned. This position works 20 hours per week Monday - Friday between the hours of 9:00-1:00. Hours may vary for special events although the contract hours will never go over twenty per week.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Provides cordial, responsive and accurate customer service. Answers | | phones and greets people as they enter the senior center ensuring | | everyone signs-in. | | | | Serve as manager-on-duty during staff lunch breaks. | | | | Ability to handle money, give change, and manage cash accurately. | | | | Coordinates with Senior Center Manager regarding the daily | | programming schedule and special events. | | | | Assists with the Congregate Meal Program including taking food | | temperatures, maintaining food temperatures and serving meals. Senior | | Center Aides must uphold food safety policies. | | | | Leads and assists seniors in daily programs for educational and | | entertainment activities. | | | | Enters daily information into the data management system. | | | | Periodically assigned to deliver meals to the elderly through the | | Home Delivered Meals program. | | | | Provides information to clients in written and verbal form. | | | | Maintains required reports, files, statistics, logs and other | | materials. | | | | Must be in compliance with all department and county policies at all | | times, and ensure attendees are in compliance with all policies. | | | | Performs other duties as assigned. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Senior Aide- | | | | High School diploma or general education degree; and additional one | | to three months related experience and/or training. | | | | CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: | | | | Possession of a Class C Maryland Motor Vehicle Operators license (or | | equivalent for another state) or the ability to acquire such a | | license within thirty (30) days of employment. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The physical demands described here are representative of those that | | must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential | | functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to | | enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential | | functions. | | | | While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to | | stand; walk; sit; use hands and finger, handle, feel objects, tools | | or controls; reach with hand and arms and talk and hear. | | | | Frequently required to sit in vehicles walk from vehicle to client | | homes. Occasionally required to stand, stoop or lean. Frequently lift | | and/or carry up to 60 lbs. Occasionally pull or use necessary force | | to push/move clients in wheelchairs at more than 100 lbs. Work for | | sustained periods of time maintaining concentrated attention to | | detail. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close | | vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth | | perception, and the ability to adjust focus. | | | | WORKING CONDITIONS | | | | The work environment characteristics described here are | | representative of those an employee encounters while performing the | | essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be | | made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential | | functions. | | | | While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently | | exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee occasionally | | works in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to | | toxic or caustic chemicals. | | | | The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+