Position:  Health Educator / Coordinator

SAFSS is a nonprofit organization that offers linguistically and culturally appropirate services to the community by empowering women, youth, seniors, and families to reach their fullest potential and abecome fully contributing members of the Canadian Society. The Project Coordinator will develop internal and external strategies needed to develop and implement the Seniors Health Volunteer Program.

Responsibilities:
1. Develop a workshop manual to train senior health volunteers on the following conditions: diabetes, hypertension,. osteoporosis, arthritis, atherosclerosis, hypercholestrolemia, asthma, dementia, Parkinson's disease, cataract, glaucoma, and dental problems
2. Schedule and conduct workshops for seniors on above conditions in culturally and linguistically appropriate manner to train senior volunteers
3. Develop literature on above conditions for wider distribution in the community and coordinate its translation in Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi, Italian and Persian
4. Coordinate the development of audio and video cassettes in various languages for wider distribution in the community
5. Organize conferences, workshops and meetings at various places of worship
6. Identify, recruit and organize training for senior health volunteers through network of community agencies
7.  Research and review existing training models and resources and materials, and develop new material as required

Qualifications:
*  University degree or diploma in medicine
*  Experience of working and dealing with above referred conditions
*  Demonstrated adult health education, research, presentation and publication    skills  (Please enclose copies of publications if any)
*  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
*  Written and verbal knowledge of above mentioned language/s
*  Experience of working with diverse communities, in particular South Asians
*  Must be computer literate with demonstrated desktop publishing experience

Salary Range:  $40,000 to 50,000

Application deadline:
Resume, cover letter and samples of published work must be received before 4:00pm, 23 December 1999

Forward application to:
Hiring Committee
Seniors Health Volunteer Program
South Asian Family Support Services
1200 Markham Road, Suite 214
Scarborough ON  M1H 3C3
Fax (416) 431-7283
(no phone calls please)