[humanser] H IP P a and paid readers in the workplace

[Lisa Irving]

JD, how does your employer go about training it's volunteer readers with respect to maintaining confidentiality and abiding by H I PPA? From Lisa

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> On Jun 22, 2016, at 6:35 PM, JD Townsend via Humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello Lisa,
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> I use volunteer readers who have been screened by my employer.  Many not-for-profit agencies use volunteers, if yours does not it might pay them to look into this.  If they are agency volunteers your concerns regarding privacy are, then, the agency's responsibility.  In most areas the United Way dserves as a place for locating community volunteers.  At this time I have a retired teacher and a MD awaiting an internship in the USA, both highly responsible.
> 
> JD
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> -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Irving via Humanser
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 10:29 PM
> To: humanser at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Lisa Irving
> Subject: [humanser] H IP P a and paid readers in the workplace
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> 
> Sent from my iPhone hello,
> 
> Can someone please speak to the issue of H I PPA and the use of paid readers in the workplace?
> 
> This topic came up this afternoon with my employer. I am challenged with hand written information on some documents that I work with multiple times a week. A natural support might include asking employee to read something. However a few weeks ago when I approached my supervisor and brought up the passability of asking other employees to help me with these types of tasks she informed me that we were spread too thin and that I was to come to her. Our schedules do not always sink. Therefore well this is a good idea it has not been a practical idea. I brought up the idea of hiring someone to read for me to hours a week I only work 26 hours a week. I have someone in mind someone who I've started working with on stuff outside of work that is I have paid someone to help me with personal stuff. My supervisor took it to her boss and basically it was to be towed under the auspice is that H I PPA regulations would be violated.
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> Please let me know how you handle the responsibility of dealing with paperwork; H I PPA regulations and staff were paid reader assistance.
> 
> Thank you. From Lisa Irving
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