[Ohio-talk] {Spam?} RE: New places and hiring drivers

Mon Oct 3 14:04:20 UTC 2016

Kaiti. I actually just sent the reply a few minutes ago. I'm also not a fan
of the default mail options in IOS 10. Please let us all know how it goes
with the internship.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
Shelton via Ohio-Talk
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 9:59 AM
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
Cc: Kaiti Shelton
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] New places and hiring drivers

Oops-Sorry, Chris. I didn't see your message originally. I'm really not
liking how mail on the iPhone is set up now. Anyway, I'll also keep that in
mind. 

I should also note that I think transportation in the day should be pretty
minimal. I have reached out to two students from school who have had this
internship. One seemed unsure about transportation and how I would do the
job, but the other was really wasn't phased by this as he told me he only
usually worked in one or two sites a day and thought that would be doable
for me. 

Kaiti Shelton

> On Oct 3, 2016, at 9:28 AM, Christopher Sabine, ONH Consulting via
Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Kaiti. I've also looked into similar transportation options for hiring 
> drivers and readers when I was doing my Practicum in Social Work at 
> Wright State. Unfortunately, I found that many of the larger 
> retirement communities I've dealt with won't post ads for drivers over 
> concerns about liability issues. There was one case in particular when 
> I was just looking for a job in social work after I got my Master's 
> where I even offered to foot the bill for added insurance, meet with 
> the organization's legal department, etc. to no avail. This latter 
> situation involved a very large, fairly high profile retirement 
> community in Cincinnati with a public broadcast radio station that could
have feasibly aired an ad for a driver.
> 
> What I have found useful is research any agency that provides 
> vocational services to mental health consumers and contact them, 
> asking them about hiring one of their clients as a driver. This could 
> be very beneficial for you and the driver, and the job and social 
> interaction could be very therapeutic for the consumer. Since mental 
> health consumers in vocational programs generally receive case 
> management and work with BVR, your employees are pretty much 
> pre-screened. The drivers could also receive job coaching and other 
> employment supports to assist with the job if need be. I believe 
> Chillicothe (Ross County) has a BVR office, but I'd start out by 
> calling COVA (I think that's the agency in Columbus that serves Ross
County.) and ask for the agency contact providing vocational services in
Chillicothe.
> 
> I found my most reliable driver this way, and he is still a very good 
> friend of mine to this day.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-Talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Kaiti Shelton via Ohio-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2016 5:05 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Cc: Kaiti Shelton
> Subject: [Ohio-talk] New places and hiring drivers
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> In a previous email I mentioned that I'm looking into an internship 
> for next school year in Chillicothe, Oh.  I have done some research 
> and have found that there is some public busing available in the city 
> of Chillicothe, and para-transit is available in the city as well as 
> to some parts of the surrounding area in the county.  However, in my 
> efforts to be extra prepared, I've been thinking about possible 
> solutions for cases such as
> this: I take the para-transit van to work, do a few sessions, then 
> take it again to a new site.  However, this next site only has me 
> there for 45 minutes before I need to be somewhere else, but the 
> para-transit has a rule I need to be off the bus for an hour before taking
another ride.
> 
> I've been thinking of trying to hire private drivers from the area who 
> could fill in the gaps where public and para-transit busing won't 
> serve me.  I am thinking of the possibility of reaching out to local 
> churches to see if any retirees or other people who aren't working 
> during the day would be able to drive me around a bit if needed.  Of 
> course, I would know my schedule ahead of time and would be able to 
> let them know in advance, and I would pay them for their time and gas.
> I am open to using cab services as well (I don't believe this area has 
> Oober), but having someone who I work with directly and can schedule 
> pick up times with in advance would give me some additional piece of 
> mind, as I'll need reliable transportation no matter which internship I
take.
> 
> Any ideas about how this might work based on your past experiences, or 
> possible other solutions would be really appreciated.  I am trying to 
> be as resourceful as possible so that if/when I get an interview I can 
> have a concrete answer for this important logistic, but this is new to 
> me so I'd appreciate feedback from any more experienced travelers and 
> employees who might have hired their own drivers or managed 
> transportation between buildings n a work day.
> 
> --
> Kaiti Shelton
> 
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