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Recruiting Direct Support Workers Through the Web

Learn about the benefits of recruiting direct support workers online, including increased autonomy for consumers, broader worker pools, and multi-state collaborations. Join the Rewarding Work Network today!

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Recruiting Direct Support Workers Through the Web

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  1. Recruiting Direct Support Workers Through the Web Darlene (Dee) O’Connor, Ph.D. Director, Long-Term Care Policy University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Health Policy and Research (This project is a collaboration among Rewarding Work Resources, UMass Medical School, the New England States Consortium Systems Organization, state and provider agencies, consumers, personal assistants, and Parker & James Communications.) WWW.REWARDINGWORK.ORG

  2. Advantages of Web-based Recruitment • Increases consumer autonomy and self-direction • Allows recruitment resources to be pooled • Assists individual employers with disabilities to locate workers from an expanded pool of workers • Enables individual employers to locate workers in other states when they want to relocate or travel • Enables potential workers to get their applications to a broader network of employers • Increases potential for multi-state collaborations

  3. WWW.REWARDINGWORK.ORG • Started with Massachusetts Rewarding Work Campaign • Expansion to New England--National Model • Rewarding Work Website • Personal Assistants can register directly • A call center is available for personal assistants who don’t use the web • Employers with disabilities can search for potential workers; they can get assistance in searching from an Independent Living Center

  4. Application (continued)

  5. Name of applicant Doe, Jane Smith, John

  6. Join Us • If your state wishes to join the Rewarding Work Network, contact: • Jeff Keilson 781-910-7216 JAKeilson@aol.com or • Dee O’Connor 508-856-8148 Darlene.oconnor@umassmed.edu

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