[humanser] ACCOMODATIONS

[Jan Bailey]

I used a driver for years when I was a rehab counselor, and they only drove 
me. Sometimes they would come in at the end to fill out paperwork or mark an 
oven, but otherwise they just drove me.
Jan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Serena Cucco" <serena.c.cucco at gmail.com>
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [humanser] ACCOMODATIONS


>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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