Job Title: Independent Living Specialist
Job Type: Full-time, 9 AM to 5 PM
Time Frame: January 2022 to June 30, 2022 (with possibility of extension)
Pay: $23.80 per hour
General Job Description
This individual is responsible for teaching independent living skills to people of all ages and various disabilities, conducting outreach to our diverse population, and assisting with all other programs, as directed. Examples of Independent living skills are: money and budgeting skills, computer skills, using the public bus service, social skills and assertiveness training, advocacy skills, grocery shopping, doing laundry, dressing appropriately. Skills will be taught on a one to one or small group basis.
Responsibilities
Conduct independent living skills training in accordance with the philosophy of independent living
Assisting consumers with identifying goals, then developing and implementing Independent Living Plans (ILP) to meet the goals
Work with consumers one-on-one and in groups, both at ACI and in the community
Facilitate timely completion of Independent Living Plans or goals, providing services according to those goals
Document meetings, activities, progress, challenges and successes
Complete a monthly report and other reports as needed
Taking the lead on planning and conducting ACI outreach
Organizing and implementing social activities.
Expansion of our social media presence (including TikTok)
Teaching independent living skills classes
Other duties as assigned
On September 14th, legislation was introduced in the United States Senate that will protect access to the ballot box of voters and will make it easier for citizens to cast a ballot in a secure but convenient way.
According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the bill, the Freedom to Vote Act, will:
Required every state to have automatic voter registration.
Make Election Day a federal holiday.
Provide that eligible citizens could request a mail ballot and drop it off at a secure drop box if they so desire.
Restore federal voting rights to returning citizens who have been released from prison after serving their sentences.
Ban partisan gerrymandering and makes it easier for judges to strike down legislative district maps that unfairly entrench one political party in power and deny communities of color fair representation
