Career Opportunities
Who we are? Founded in 1966, Self-Help for the Elderly is a community-based organization committed to promoting the independence, dignity, and self-worth of seniors. Each year the agency serves over 25,000 seniors in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Alameda Counties by providing a comprehensive range of multicultural and multilingual services to empower seniors to help themselves and others. Our vision is to be the premier provider of senior services in the San Francisco Bay Area with a commitment to excellence and achievement. Over 90% of our clients come from low-income minority community.
What we do? We currently have nine service departments specializing in Adult Day Services, Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program, licensed HomeCare & Hospice, Nutrition & Senior Centers, Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, Senior Employment & Training, Senior Housing, Social Services and Technology Information & Empowerment.
Why Self-Help for the Elderly? At Self-Help for the Elderly, we are firmly committed to the senior’s security, freedom, and peace of mind. If you enjoy working with seniors… if you believe in giving back to the community… if helping others make you happy… come join us in making a difference together!
Benefits package We offer a comprehensive benefits package including a multiple range of medical and dental plans, commuter benefits, flexible benefits plan, retirement plan, paid time off, paid holiday, and etc.
We are seeking the following positions
- Employment Training
- Caregiver Instructor (Temp, Part-time, 10/11/2010 – 2/25/2011)
- Responsible to develop curriculum, conduct vocational training classes and workshops for employment training program and design classroom activities.
- Minimum qualifications: College education with a minimum of three years in health care field; RN or vocational nurse certificate holders with teaching experience preferred; must be bilingual and bicultural in English and Chinese.
- Salary: $18 - $20 per hour
- HomeCare and Hospice
- Physical Therapist (Full-time/Part-time/Per Diem)
- Full-time, part-time or per-diem physical therapists needed to provide professional physical therapy services to patients; instruct patients/families in a therapeutic regime to maximize the patient's function of body parts and muscles, and to maximize the patient's endurance; evaluate patient's functional level, muscle strength, and coordination using different functional and neurological tests.
- Minimum qualifications: Possess current license by the Physical Therapy Examining Committee of the Medical Board of California; bilingual in Cantonese and English preferred.
- Speech-Language Pathologist (Per Diem)
- Per-diem speech therapists needed to provide professional speech therapy services to patients admitted to HomeCare & Hospice; assist patients in the production, reception and perception of speech and language.
- Minimum qualifications: Possess current license by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance.
- Residential Care Facility for the Elderly
- Home Health Aide (On-call, temporary part-time) – San Jose
- Perform personal care services and supervision, prepare meal, perform domestic housekeeping services and implement activities to all residents in accordance with State RCFE regulations.
- Minimum qualifications: Home health aide certificate highly preferred; bilingual in English/Chinese.
- Salary: $11 per hour
To apply Please click on the job title to complete an online application.
For more information
Contact Human Resources Department at HR@selfhelpelderly.org.
Hearing/Speech impaired persons may call TTY (415) 677-7600 for special assistance.
Self-Help for the Elderly is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace. We participate in E-Verify Employment Verification Program.