Activity Leader

Job Title:

Activity Leader

Department:
Council on Aging (Supportive Day Program)

Employment Type:

Part‑Time, Non‑Exempt

Union Status:
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 ongoing 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.

• 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 wheelchair.
• 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.

• 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.

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.

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 20 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

19 hours per week

Starting salary $18.62 – $19.76 per hour. Annual increases up to $24.29 per hour.

This is a non-benefited position.