Program Worker

2 weeks ago


Scarborough, Canada Carefirst Seniors and Community Services Association Full time

**Carefirst Seniors & Community Services Association** is a non-profit charitable community services agency established since 1976. Our spectrum of services has grown from the delivery of Chinese meals-on-wheels service to a full range of community support services, covering the whole Greater Toronto Area.

With a staff of 500 members (including full-time and part-time staff) and the help of a pool of 850 active volunteers, we serve over 15,000 clients a year, including seniors, adults, youth with physical, social, emotional and health challenges. 3,000 of whom are "home-bound" and frail.

We are currently seeking a **Program Worker**to join our Adult Day Program.

**Term**: Full-Time Permanent

**Location**:705 Progress Avenue, Scarborough

**Responsibilities**:

- Support clients with social, educational, recreational, and daily living activities
- Assist in planning and organizing activities based on clients’ cognitive and physical capabilities
- Assist in program preparation including purchasing of program supplies, creating flyers, developing activity calendar, and producing education material, etc.
- Maintain a safe program environment by ensuring cleanliness, equipment upkeep and inventory management
- Provide administrative and clerical support, including client’s scheduling, transportation arrangement, billing, data entry, filing, responding to inquiries and order supplies, etc.
- Perform food preparation and meal planning
- Facilitate both onsite and virtual social and exercise program to the participants
- Organized records and maintain an efficient filing system
- Perform other duties as assigned

**Requirements**:

- Post-secondary education in Leisure and Activation Studies, Gerontology or other related healthcare studies
- Experience in delivering exercise program for seniors is an asset
- Strong sensitivity and awareness of the aging process and the physical needs of elderly clients
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Compassionate with strong interpersonal and communication skills
- High degree of judgment and capacity to maintain confidentiality
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Possess valid Ontario driver’s license and access to a reliable vehicle for work
- Fluent in English and a second language that reflects the community served, e.g. Cantonese, Mandarin
- Available to work on weekends and evenings as required
- Current certification in First Aid & CPR and Food Handling
- Valid vulnerable sector police record check completed within one year

**Benefits**:

- Dental Care
- Extended Health Care
- RRSP match
- Comprehensive Orientation Program
- Training and Education Subsidy

**Application Deadline : 2025-02-23**
- Carefirst is an equal opportunity employer. We are also committed to an environment that is barrier free. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please inform us in advance to arrange a reasonable and appropriate accommodation._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Language**:

- Cantonese (preferred)
- Mandarin (preferred)

Work Location: In person

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Work Location: In person


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