Activity Leader

City of Pittsfield • Pittsfield, MA • 3h ago

JOB TITLE: ACTIVITY LEADER DEPARTMENT: COUNCIL ON AGING (SUPPORTIVE DAY
PROGRAM) EMPLOYMENT TYPE: PART-TIME, NON-EXEMPT UNION/NON-UNION:
NON-UNION Do you enjoy bringing joy to others, planning fun activities,
and making a positive impact in your community? The City of
Pittsfield\'s Council on Aging is looking for a caring, creative, and
energetic Activity Leader to join our team at the Senior Center. In this
role, you\'ll help seniors stay active, social, and engaged by planning
and leading programs, supporting daily activities, and assisting with
transportation and mobility needs. You\'ll also be a friendly, welcoming
presence for our participants, staff, and community visitors. We are an
affirmative action/equal opportunity employer committed to promoting a
multicultural workforce, excellence in public service, and on-going
mutual respect in our working relationships. We strongly encourage
people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals,
bilingualists, and people from other underrepresented groups to apply
for our open positions - recognizing and respecting that diverse
perspectives and experiences are valuable to our team and essential to
our public service. RESPONSIBILITIES - Greets program participants;
assists those requiring assistance walking and exiting transportation;
takes attendance; maintains participant sign in book and daily
participant progress notes. - Creation and advance planning of monthly
programs including crafts and activities. - Assist those with mobility
limitations as a guide, and assists individuals in wheelchairs. -
Implement planned recreational therapy through setting-up and carrying
out planned games and activities. Direct care with hygiene, bathroom
use, and other daily living skills. - Set-up of room space, moving
tables, chairs, adaptive equipment, serving daily refreshments and
clean-up. - Interact with participants by discussing current events,
projects and solving problems; be attentive to participant needs,
encouraging participants, and accompanying them on outings. - Will
participate in discussion with other staff members and supervisor, staff
meetings, and assists in the reviews of clients. - Requires compliance
with Council on Aging/Supportive Day Program requirements and practices,
including elders right to privacy. - Performs other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS - High school diploma or equivalent. - Experience working
with elderly population preferred. - Excellent interpersonal skills;
Ability to deal efficiently and effectively with the public and other
employees. - Ability to effectively present information in one on one
and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of
the organization. - Ability to work independently and in cooperation
with other employees; possess a willingness to learn and to
problem-solve. WORKING CONDITIONS Work is performed at the City of
Pittsfield\'s Council on Aging, a dynamic municipal building consisting
of heavy foot traffic from employees, clients, and public. The noise
level in the work environment is usually moderate. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly
required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reaching
with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl,
talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required
to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move more than 20lbs.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,
distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and
the ability to adjust focus. HOURS 19 hours per week SALARY Starting
Salary \$18.62 - \$19.76 per hour Annual increases up to \$24.29 per
hour

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