| Selective hiring
You might just be one of the authentic individuals we’re looking for.  We may have a unique opportunity for you.
At least 1 year commitment required.

| High Profile Consumers
The majority of our consumers can be challenging, with physically and verbally aggressive behaviors.

| Meetings and Coaching Sessions
There are required meetings and coaching sessions that take place during the weekdays.  Being at the meetings is needed in order to implement our behavioral programs and company values at a healthy level.  It is expected that you attend unless you have significant schedule conflicts. 

| Driving Records and Insurance
We require all of our employees to have excellent driving records, cars that are appropriate for transporting Consumers, and fully up-to-date car registration, driving licenses and auto insurance.
We rigorously keep track of the expiration dates of our employees’ car insurance, registrations and driving licenses and we require that they provide us with proof of renewal of those items when due.
We carry excess auto liability insurance as part of our corporate insurance and risk management practices.

We ask you to spend time on our website before any interview.

Awake Overnights available too.

Please send an e-mail including your Cover Letter + Resume to openings@gracelyngroup.org

Compensation: Competitive Wages. Group Coaching Sessions, Training Seminars and Meetings Paid.

When people begin to trust you, your level of influence goes up.  When your level of influence goes up, so does the level of impact you make in others lives.  Trust builds confidence, confidence supports growth. We cannot control others or life circumstances, what is important is how we choose to respond, reflect and grow from what we gain from those experiences and what we choose afterward.

| Speak in a way that helps.  Before communicating with another, ask: “Is what I am about to do or say going to bring me closer or further away from the relationship?”

| Empathize.  Put yourself in their shoes.  Develop compassion and understanding.  Ask yourself: “Is what I’m about to do or say what I would want to be done to me?”.  Go deeper.  “Is what I’m thinking now what I would want to be thought about?”.

| Speak kindly and supportively.  Use a gentle neutral voice.  Use words that encourage and invite a response and growth.  “I’m here because what you want or needs matters”.  “How can I help you?”.

| Ask questions.  It means let the person lead, find ways for them to come up with their own answers: “How would you like that to look?”, ” What would you choose?”.

Autism: The Musical follows the extraordinary and innovative acting coach Elaine Hall, five autistic children, and their parents as they improbably, heroically mount a full-length original stage production. Through trial and error, tears and laughter, these incredible families learn to communicate their feelings in song and performance, finding solace and joy in the act of creating.

A veritable feast of astounding breakthroughs and heartbreaking hardship, this spellbinding film offers a full-throated celebration of kids living with this increasingly prevalent disorder. Director Tricia Regan vividly captures the individual personalities and problems of each child, from precocious Henry who talks a mile-a-minute about dinosaurs to Neal, a sensitive and articulate boy who nonetheless struggles to speak at all. The parents, too, are fascinating studies in unconditional love, especially Elaine, the mastermind behind the musical and mother of Neal.

A consciousness-raising and empathetic portrait of children and their families living with autism, Autism: The Musical celebrates the spark of humanity in each of us. Called ‘Moving, dramatic, therapeutic and unburdened by reliance on talking heads’; (Variety), this film will change the way you look at autism.

The study focuses on the residential concerns of adults living with autism and related disorders and is designed to advance the development of replicable residential models that offer quality, affordable housing options within the fabric of their communities. It also addresses current and projected demand for life-long living options that support the segment of individuals with autism spectrum and related disorders unable to live on their own. Further, the study explores the financial catalysts needed to spur new investment by the private and public sectors to meet projected demand and advocates for the creation of public, private and non-profit collaborations to address long-term residential concerns.

Because of growing advocacy for community-living options for adults with neurobiological conditions and because of the aging of their parents in whose homes they live, many are seeking residential opportunities and accommodations outside traditional institutions and the parental home. Architects, housing providers and developers are being called upon to plan, design, retrofit and develop homes and residential developments that best fit the needs and aspirations of this new housing consumer.”

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