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Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging
Information and Referral
Intern/Work Study Description |
| Title: |
SeniorConnection Associate |
| Reports to: |
Director of Information & Referral Services, SeniorConnection |
| Function: |
To provide seniors, caregivers and professionals guidance and advocacy through the Central Massachusetts aging and caregiver networks. |
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Potential Duties:
Collaborate with the SeniorConnection staff to:
- Help consumers to identify their individual need(s). Research and present appropriate available community resource(s) to meet said need(s).
- Update existing and organize new resources on SeniorConnection.org, Connection for Caregivers and in the CMAA Resource Library.
- Research Internet & and print resources and gather information pertinent to Central Massachusetts seniors and their caregivers.
- Raise community awareness of SeniorConnection by distributing educational materials throughout the 61 town/city service area.
*****Work plans will be individualized in order to best accommodate each student's academic requirements, skills, interests and time availability as well as the agency's existing needs.
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| Working Relationships: |
| Internal: |
Director of Information and Referral, SeniorConnection, Coordinator of Information and Referral, Information and Referral Representative |
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Outside community agency personnel, elder service organization personnel. |
Qualifications:
- Excellent Communication skills to communicate effectively with staff and the public.
- Ability to communicate via telephone with a caller while accessing information from a personal computer.
- Sufficient hearing to understand incoming callers.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Detail oriented
- Organized
- Basic computer skills. Specific training provided.
- Sufficient manual dexterity to input data via PC keyboard
- Ability to sit for long periods of time while performing tasks
- Ability to grasp and lift materials (brochures/books) weighing up to 20 pounds
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