Work Community Independence Inc

Programs: Residential social supports the social supports residential division primarily provides supports to 49 individuals with clinical and behavioral challenges in ten (10), 24 hour single family homes and two (2) less than 24 hour staffed apartments. Individuals are supported in a variety of areas including, personal care and appearance, chores/household tasks, meal preparation, diet, nutrition and exercise, shopping, self-medication and medication administration, health care management, money management, travel skills, home alone and other emergency skills, community integration, leisure activities and hobbies, relationship building and many others. The primary focus of this division is to facilitate appropriate social interactions in many different situations. A clinical team works closely with the division as well as others to provide strategies to promote community integration and appropriate social behavior. Coordination with psychiatrists and therapists is an integral part of the program. Most of the individuals require asleep overnight staff, others require awake overnight staff. Staff to individual ratios range from 1:4 to 2-3:4, 1:3, 2:3 and 2:4. Two of the homes are also medical homes with high intensity staffing, a 2-3:4 staffing ratio with awake and asleep overnights. The homes have two ramps and renovated accessible bathrooms, widened hallways and doorways. Our nursing staff work closely with these homes as well. As of july 1, 2016, two individuals moved into shared living. This is a new service which we will expand upon in the coming years.

residential deaf, hard of hearing and deaf/blind supports individuals in the deaf supports residential division are all deaf, hard of hearing or deaf blind. There are 44 individuals in 11 homes providing 24 hour supports and two (2) apartments with 4 individuals in individual (in home) supports, receiving less than 24 hour supports. They are linked to services and programs that promote growth and independence. Staff support people in personal care, appearance, meal preparation, shopping, diet, nutrition and exercise, chores/housekeeping, healthcare, management of medical conditions, medication administration, money management including budgeting, banking, personal spending, paying bills, planning leisure time and vacations, community integration, understanding important documents, ensuring people have interpreters for appointments and important meetings. Staff are primarily fluent in american sign language for those who need it or deaf or hard of hearing themselves. The level of support and supervision varies greatly depending on the needs of each person. The people in this division have varying communication needs as well from object communication and basic sign language, use of an ipad to fluency in asl. Adaptive equipment is essential to the services provided to people with sensory needs. Wci facilitates and provides the necessary adaptive equipment to assist them with more independent living. Staff to individual ratios range from 1:4, 2:3 to 3:5. Some of the individuals in this division use the services of the clinical team and our nursing staff, given their diagnoses and their needs. Individuals may have significant psychiatric and behavioral issues or medical needs.

general 24 hour supports the 24 hour residential supports division provides services and supports to 28 individuals in 7 homes. The seven (7) homes provide staff support 24 hours per day. Throughout their lifetime, individuals are assisted in the areas of personal care, shopping, meal preparation, diet, nutrition and exercise, chores/housekeeping, money management, community integration, relationship building, arranging medical care and treatment, medication management, human rights, vacation planning and other individualized areas of need. Each individual chooses whom they live with, where they live and identifies their personal isp goals that are meaningful and bring them a sense of accomplishment and self-worth. Individuals, typically 3-5, live in single family homes matched with housemates and receive staff supports around the clock. Some require awake overnight staff and others have asleep overnight staff. Staff to individual ratios range from 1:4 to 2-3:4. This division has four homes with individuals with significant medical conditions. Our nursing staff work closely with these homes as well as the rest of the division.