Advocate provides education, training, advice, guidance, encouragement, mediation, and advocacy.
Intake, Assessment & Orientation
Goal Setting - Individual Rehabilitation Plan (IRP) development
Self Care Skills
- personal hygiene
- grooming
- nutrition
- dietary planning
- food preparation
- physical health
Social Skills
- community integration
- developing natural supports
- family relationships
- friendship/social relations
- community participation
Independent Living Skills
- secure/maintain living environment
- community awareness
- mobility skills
- money management
- entitlements
- legal
Cultural
- school
- work
- leisure interests
Medication
- monitoring
- education
- symptom management
Health Promotion & Training
- nutrition
- exercise
- dental care
- vision
- substance abuse prevention
- prevention of injury
- physical health management
Supported Housing
- needs assessment
- housing development
- accessing subsidized rental support applications & procedures
- accessing utility assistance/management
- accessing/maintaining housing
- accessing emergency shelter/housing
Crisis Services
May include involvement with family, housing or symptom management.
Emergency Care
Usually involves contact with a hospital, clinic, &/or physician.
Linkage
Can be to any resource.
Some
things we don't do.
Following is a list of services that are commonly asked of
us which are either not covered under Maryland Regulations,
unethical, or things our staff are discouraged from
performing because they have been found not to promote
independence and success.
PROVIDE
TRANSPORTATION: Transportation is not a covered service
under Maryland Regulations and is not a service we provide.
We discourage our staff from providing transportation
because we are not paid to provide this service and the
provision of transportation often results in a decrease in
independence and utilization of resources available to
Clients. Staff may, from time to time, in special
situations, accompany a Client to a meeting, grocery
shopping, appointment, court, emergency, etc. and may offer
to transport the Client, but is discouraged to doing so on
a regular basis (more than once per month) and is NOT
required to do so. In any case, staff are strictly
forbidden from transporting children. Please realize that
our staff are not reimbursed for gas, mileage or wear and
tear on their vehicles and do not abuse their generosity.
RUN ERRANDS FOR
CLIENTS: This is not a
covered service under Maryland Regulations and is not a
service we provide. We discourage our staff from running
errands for Clients because it takes away from time when
they could be performing services for their Clients.
LOAN MONEY TO
CLIENTS: This practice
creates an ethical dilemma and is forbidden.
THINGS THAT CLIENTS ARE
CAPABLE OF DOING: We
encourage our Clients to do the things they can do, and
encourage and challenge them to take on as much
responsibility as they can. We easily could take on the
role of private personal assistant, but this does more harm
than good in the long run and we want our Clients to do
their very best and be proud of their accomplishments and
new found abilities that will last long after we are gone.
PROTECT CLIENTS’ FROM
NATURAL CONSEQUENCES: We do NOT protect our Clients from the
natural consequences of their actions.
MAKE CLIENTS’ DO
THINGS: We encourage
our Clients to act in ways we believe is in their best
interest, but we do NOT make anyone do things they do not
want to do.