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Wellness Coordinator for Elder Services
 
 
 
The Wellness Coordinator for Elder Services will develop, implement and evaluate systems designed to increase access to a robust array of meaningful activities in order to support their health, wellness, and community engagement. These include preventative health screening services, group exercise activities, and wellness seminars, such as nutrition or gardening. Systems seek to increase access to affordable, healthy, and traditional foods for Elders, to facilitate the transfer of cultural practices for traditional foods from Elders to other Native community members, and to seek a comprehensive approach to the decrease of health issues (e.g. diabetes and obesity) to Elders of the Portland Metropolitan Area's Native American community. Member Objectives include: 1) Analyze the current calendar of activities provided to Elders with respect to the type and balance of activities available, the quality of communication about such activities to Elders, and performance of a needs assessment to identify areas with potentially unmet wellness needs (e.g. health screenings, group exercise classes, and wellness seminars). 2) Develop both a short-term plan (spanning the remainder of the service year) and long-term strategy for “wraparound” services plan for Elders that includes goals, specific strategies, and a timeline to improve the quality and integration of wellness service offerings (e.g. access to healthy food and housing stability) to ensure that the wellness needs of Native Elders are addressed in a holistic manner. 3) Develop an engagement plan for joint Youth & Elder activities in order to promote the passing on of cultural traditions and strengthen the overall sense of community in alignment with the agency’s vision to be “Elder guided”.
 
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Member Duties : The Wellness Coordinator for Elder Services will develop and implement systems designed to increase access to a robust array of meaningful activities in order to support their health, wellness, and community involvement. These include preventative health screening services, group exercise activities, and wellness seminars (e.g. nutrition or gardening), and increased access to affordable, healthy, and traditional foods for Elders, facilitation of cultural practices transfer for traditional foods from Elders to other Native community members, and an overall decrease of health issues that plague Elders of the Portland Metropolitan Area Native American community (e.g. diabetes and obesity).
 
Program Benefits : Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Health Coverage* ,  Stipend ,  Relocation Allowance ,  Living Allowance ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Training ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Education ,  Health ,  Neighborhood Revitalization ,  Housing ,  Hunger ,  Community and Economic Development ,  Public Safety ,  Community Outreach ,  Homelessness ,  Children/Youth ,  Environment ,  Elder Care ,  Entrepreneur/Business . 
 
Skills :
Social Services ,  Fund raising/Grant Writing ,  Communications ,  Team Work ,  Environment ,  Leadership ,  Computers/Technology ,  Public Speaking ,  Non-Profit Management ,  Public Health ,  Writing/Editing ,  Community Organization ,  General Skills ,  Recruitment ,  Teaching/Tutoring ,  Cultural Sensitivity ,  Conflict Resolution . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Wellness Coordinator for Elder Services
Program Start/End Date
07/07/2015  -   07/09/2016
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations OREGON  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  04/29/2015  To  05/13/2015 
Contact Cary Watters
5135 NE Columbia Blvd
Portland   OR   97218
5032888177 x331
caryw@nayapdx.org
www.nayapdx.org
Listing ID 55760

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