[humanser] ACCOMODATIONS

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Serena,

Is that not where the resippiant of said service comes in, to educate 
a prospective driver/tutor as to the bounds of his role?
for today, Car

05:50 PM 12/28/2013, you wrote:
>I can see one drawback about hiring a driver for home visits.  Would
>the driver know anything about the blind social worker's specific home
>visit requirements, I.E., what the sw has to assess for or monitor?
>Or would the driver simply be a driver?  A driver's knowing about the
>specific requirements of the home visit could be detrimental to the
>sw.  The driver could try to take over the assessment/monitoring
>process.  Similar to how some human readers who know about the course
>material blind students are studying try to act as tutors.
>
>Serena
>
>On 12/28/13, JD Townsend <43210 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ON ELECTRONIC RECORDS:
> >
> > My hospital is moving rapidly into electronic records for mental health
> > services.  Their idea is for me to dictate as do our psychiatrists.  I used
> > to do this when the hospital had medical transcribers.  To work in the
> > electronic records it will require a bit of new software and some scripting
> > work, however I do believe that this solution will provide me with the
> > independence and freedom to get that part of my job done.  Always 
> new skills
> > to learn.  Some clinicians who are less computer savvy are having more
> > trouble than I am.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > DRIVING:
> >
> > I took a job in Brooklyn that required me to visit families in their homes
> > over half of my work time.  Once I moved into the City I was able to do all
> > my visiting using buses, subways and my feet.  Of course traveling around
> > via these methods in a rural setting would not be possible.  Often we need
> > to move to where the work is, rather than to wait for the opportunity to
> > come to us.
> >
> >
> >
> > I know of one blind social worker who works in hospice.  She travels with
> > her team as they do their assessments together.  The job required that
> > driving license, but she went for the interview anyway and won the
> > supervisor over with her professional, competent, engaging manner and they
> > decided to make an exception to their rule.
> >
> >
> >
> > A blind supervisee is doing her assessments over the telephone rather than
> > doing the required home visit, she feels that the information would be best
> > taken in the home, but this is the adaptation the agency she works for has
> > agreed upon.  Sometimes there are compromises to be made on both our parts.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have not known anyone who made home visits who regularly used a driver,
> > but people do suggest that option from time to time.  For me a bus, my
> > Braillenote with GPS, and time to do my notes, would take preference.  I do
> > like to do things on my own, sometimes a good thing, sometimes not.
> >
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> > JD Townsend LCSW
> > Helping the light dependent to see.
> > Daytona Beach, Earth, Sol System
> >
> >
> >
>
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