Nutrition Site Coordinator 2 - Dallas, OR (Part Time)
NorthWest Senior & Disability Services
- Dallas, OR
- $16.98 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Provides for social needs of program participants
- Develops and maintains a group of volunteers to provide nutrition services
- Promotes Agency and nutrition services
- Promotes person centered services
- Protects consumers and reduces Agency risk
- Receive, hold, prepare and serve all foods in compliance with proper health and sanitation requirements
- Ensure home delivered meals are prepared, accurately packaged and timely distributed to home bound program participants, as well as deliver meals in the absence of volunteers
- Obtain meal selections from participants and submitting accurate and timely meal counts
- Collect, report, and safeguard program income and donations
- Gather program data and accurately complete reports to measure progress in meeting program performance goals
- Knowledge of food safety and sanitation
- Ability to follow proper health and sanitation procedures
- Ability to collect data and ensure accuracy of data and reporting
- Experience with completing and transmitting electronic forms
- Effective organizational skills and ability to interact well with others
- Ensure a friendly, clean and inviting atmosphere at mealsites during congregate meals
- Acknowledge holidays, organize special events and fun activities, etc., within budget
- Develop and maintain a trusted relationship with program participants by being patient, open-minded, compassionate, flexible, responsible, supportive and following through
- Promote friendly interactions between volunteers and home bound participants while delivering meals and onsite
- Facilitate problem resolution onsite and in the field
- Conduct regular congregate meal site/delivery site safety checks
- Understand, relate and work well with others who may share or hold different values/experiences, such as cultural needs, language, economic status, life experience, etc.
- Understand and maintain appropriate personal and professional boundaries
- Apply effective problem-solving and decision making based on policy and established procedures
- Recruit, supervise, and train volunteers
- Increase volunteer participation through outreach
- Engage, support, motivate, and recognizing volunteers
- Ensure volunteers meet standards, such as background checks, knowledge of and adherence to program requirements, etc.
- Release volunteers from service when necessary
- Provide volunteers with volunteer insurance information and notify managers of any injuries or accidents
- Knowledge of and experience working with volunteers
- Ability and skills to effectively recruit, train and support volunteers
- Ability to engage and motivate others
- Participate in community outreach and activity planning
- Collaborate with program partners, providing information to community groups and media
- Develop and implement strategies and activities to meet program goals, such as fundraising and volunteer recruitment
- Motivate participants to engage in a variety of health promotion activities
- Knowledge of and experience with community and local social services
- Experience in developing partnerships
- Ability to engage and motivate others
- Public speaking
- Knowledge of nutrition and health promotion
- Embrace and exhibit the Agency Mission and Core Values
- Provide excellent customer service, meet the needs of participants, following through, meet deadlines
- Interact with others in a respectful and culturally appropriate manner
- Maintain the skills and the knowledge to perform the job
- Educate self and others of resources available for populations served by referring to Aging and Disability Resource Connection of Oregon (ADRC) database
- Access ADRC Specialists, other Agency staff and community services partners
- Complete annual home-delivered meal participant assessments and maintain regular communication with participants between assessments
- Provide suggestions for improvement
- Perform other duties as assigned by management
- Learn available services of Agency and other community services
- Source information regarding other available services
- Demonstrate good interpersonal skills
- Build relationships and network
- Understand the role of the individual's preferences in accessing services
- Work effectively with individuals
- Present information, exhibit good judgment, speak, read, write and understand English
- Follow verbal and written instruction; maintain basic computer literacy, including web-based applications, such as email, etc.
- Follow policies, regulations and requirements of program and Agency
- Provide documentation as set forth by Federal, State, funding regulations, and Agency policy
- Serve as a Mandatory Reporter of suspected abuse of vulnerable populations as required by policy and regulation, including oversight of volunteer contact and reporting
- Maintain and share information according to privacy policies and regulations, including oversight of volunteer confidentiality requirements
- Learn rules and comply with mandatory reporting and confidentiality
- Train and monitor volunteers in this area
- High School Diploma or GED
- 1 year of experience coordinating a community program and working with volunteers; and 6 months food handling experience
- Possession of a current food handler's permit or ability to obtain prior to hire
- Secure and maintain a valid Oregon driver's license or have an acceptable alternative means of transportation
- Attend work regularly to meet the demands of this job and to provide necessary services
- Complete and pass a criminal background check
- Occasionally travel to deliver homebound meals
- Regularly walk, stand, talk, listen with frequent interruptions throughout the day
- Regularly grasp, reach, bend, stoop, and lift up to 30 pounds
- Occasionally sit, push or pull
- Travel to consumers in a variety of settings, homes, facilities, etc. of varying level of cleanliness and repair
- Travel to community events and partner agencies
- Drive an Agency car or employee car, carry and use a laptop computer