Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging
SeniorConnection Intern
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.
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 www.SeniorConnection.org, Connection for Caregivers, and in the CMAA Resource Library.
Research Internet resources and gather information pertinent to Central Massachusetts seniors and their caregivers.
Raise community awareness of SeniorConnection by distributing education materials throughout the 61 town/city service area. - Work plans will be individualized in order to best accommodate each intern's skills and interests as well as the agency's existing needs.
Working Relationships:
Internal: Director or Information and Referral, SeniorConnection, Coordinator of Information and Referral, Information and Referral Representative
External Relationships: Outside community agency personnel, elder service organization personnel.
The Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging is a private nonprofit organization chosen by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs to coordinate services for elders in this region. We are responsible under the Federal Older Americans Act to plan, fund and monitor programs for people over sixty throughout the region.
We Do This By:
- Conducting periodic assessments of elder needs and resources.
- Requesting and evaluating proposals to meet those needs through our Advisory Council and voluntary Board of Directors.
- Distributing approximately $2.3 million to dozens of programs serving over 16,000 seniors in 21 agencies throughout our 61 town and city region.
Location: West Boylston, MA
Previous Interns:
- Nicole Mikelson '08
- Katie O'Brien '07
- Laura Dodd '06
- Kerry Haberlin '05
- Jacquelyn McEttrick '04
- Laura Batbouta '03
Qualifications: Class of 2009 or 2010. You must be admitted to the Summer Internship Program to apply. Candidates should possess:
- 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 a member of a team.
- Ability to address detailed information.
- Good organization skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- Sufficient manual dexterity in both hands to input data via keyboard PC.
- Ability to grasp and lift materials (brochures/books) weighing up to 20 pounds.
- Ability to sit continuously to perform essential job functions for whatever time frame is necessary.
Compensation: This is a Lilly Foundation funded internship. It carries a $4,000 stipend and the intern must participate in a reflection activity at the beginning and the end of the internship and as well as a couple of short written reflections over the course of the summer.
To Apply: Please submit a cover letter and resume via CrusaderConnections.
Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 31, 2008.
For more information, please visit http://www.seniorconnection.org/