Community Connector

Description

Provides support, instruction, and assistance to individuals as they work to increase their employment skills, social skills, explore their communities, develop life skills, and contribute to/be involved in their communities in meaningful ways.

Requirements

 1. Promotes, encourages, and supports the creation or opportunities for people with disabilities to achieve goals and connect in the community to become as independent as possible.

2. Protects and safeguards all confidential information about its clients, propriety information on ASPIRO and its operations. Confidential information should only be shared on a 'need to know basis' to perform their job.

3. Assists with transportation needs of clients including providing supervision and assistance for clients departing and boarding buses and other vehicles, driving ASPIRO vehicles, which includes operation of wheelchair lifts.

4. Follows safe lifting practices of clients to and from wheelchairs or from reclining positions to sitting and/or standing. Operates automated lift equipment and utilize gait belts as needed.

5. Develop community relationships that connections can be made between the individuals supported and community organization (volunteer, or join a club as example)

6. Build strong relationships with the individuals that you work with to assist in learning and obtaining new skills that support continued movement toward more independence.

7.  Completes and maintains all related documentation with the agency standard including progress notes as well as nay additional required documentation (Positive Personal Profiles)

8. Assist individuals receiving services, their families, guardians, and significant others to organize and communicate what are important to them. Promotes, encourages, and supports the development and evaluation of individualized goals based on a person’s strengths, preferences, and needs.

9. Provides direct care, instruction, support, and supervision to people receiving services, as needed.

10. Assist with the development of new BFL volunteer sites and career exploration opportunities.