We are looking for an Elder Companion/ Senior Companion to help care for senior clients in need of a little help.

For the 5th year running, Seniors Helping Seniors of Greater Boston and Metrowest has been named a top workplace with the happiest employees in Massachusetts in The Boston Globe's Top Places to Work Survey*, and we're looking for exceptional people to join our team of elder companions! (*The Boston Globe, December 5, 2022)

We offer:

• Above-average starting wage of $18 per hour
• Paid training for newly hired employees
• Referral bonuses
• Flexible schedules from 6 hours up to 30+ hours per week (Grandparent friendly!)
• Earned sick time
• Continuing education opportunities and fun networking/social events
• An interesting and diverse client base
• A friendly group of peers to work with
• The opportunity to work for one of the top employers with the happiest employees in Massachusetts (The Boston Globe's Top Places to Work Survey: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018).

Hear it straight from our employees: https://fb.watch/cnYt6VIMfP/

Minimum requirements:

• Compassionate, reliable, and flexible.
• Older adult with 45+ years of life experience
• Availability of at least 12- 15 hours per week
• COVID-19 Vaccinated
• Driver's license and insured auto (our clients are not accessible by public transportation)
• Cell phone
• Personal email account and ability to send/receive emails
• Conversational English fluency
• Weekend availability
• Live centrally in our Greater Boston/Metrowest service area with accessibility to multiple client locations such as: Boston, Brighton, Brookline, Cambridge, Jamaica Plain, Lexington, Medford, Newton, Waltham, Watertown, Weston

Under our unique model of peers-helping-peers, our weekend personal helpers work one-on-one with elderly clients in the community, providing non-medical services that may include:

• Companionship
• Shopping/errands
• We're actively hiring older adults who are compassionate, reliable, and flexible.
• Light housekeeping
• Transportation
• Activities
• Meal prep
• and more!

We look forward to hearing from you!

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination/harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.