Description of Services Provided by Essential Coordinated Services (ECS)
Community BasedSupports (CBS): These are services that provide direct support and assistance for participants, with or without the caregiver present, in or out of the participant’s residence, to achieve and/or maintain the outcomes of increased independence, productivity, enhanced family functioning, and inclusion in the community, as outlined in their Service Plan. These services are delivered one-on-one with a participant and may include assistance with community-based activities and assistance to, as well as training and supervision of, individuals as they learn and perform the various tasks that are included in basic self-care, social skills, and activities of daily living.
Some activities of Community Based Supports
Support from staff to enable an individual to attend an event, take a class, etc.
Support from staff to assist an individual participating in activities such as: assistance in completing activities of daily living, ordering off a menu, purchasing items, learning basic cooking, laundry skills, etiquette, travel training, accessing activities in the community, etc.
One-on-one tutoring.
Support on a job site to assist in basic self-care, social skills, and activities of daily living.
Supports Brokerage is a service/function that assists the participant (or the participant’s family or representative, as appropriate) in arranging for, directing and managing services. This service is available only to participants who self-direct some or all of the services in their Service Plan. The supports broker serves as the agent of the participant or family, to assist in identifying immediate and long-term needs, develop options to meet those needs and help with accessing identified supports and services. Practical skills training is offered to enable families and participants to independently direct and manage program services. Examples of skills training include providing information on recruiting and hiring direct care workers, managing workers and providing information on effective communication and problem-solving. The service includes providing information to ensure that participants understand the responsibilities involved with directing their services.
Some activities of Supports Brokerage:
Providing information on recruiting and hiring workers.
Assisting with developing advertisements, flyers, and other recruiting materials as needed for hiring SDE.
Providing support with the completion of applicant screenings.
Providing assistance to complete and submit self-directed related paperwork to fiscal agent.
Assist with managing Self-Directed Employees (SDEs) and self-directed services paid through use of one of the Division’s fiscal intermediaries (e.g., Goods and Services).
Assist with interviewing potential applicants, along with the person with disabilities and/or designee.
Prevocational Training is a service that provides learning and work experiences, including volunteer work, where the individual can develop general, non-job-task-specific strengths and skills that contribute to employability in paid employment in integrated community settings. Services may include training in effective communication with supervisors, co-workers, and customers; generally accepted community workplace conduct and dress; ability to follow directions; ability to attend to tasks; workplace problem solving skills and strategies; and general workplace safety and mobility training. Prevocational Training is intended to be a service that participants receive over a defined period of time and with specific outcomes to be achieved in preparation for securing competitive, integrated employment in the community.
Some activities of Prevocational Training
Job Clubs.
Basic computer skill classes.
Developing effective communication with supervisors, coworkers, customers.
Learning about and developing skills related to professional conduct, attire, following directions, attending to task, solving problems at the worksite.
Improving/learning workplace safety.
Volunteer experiences (in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act).
Service Description
Description of Services Provided by Essential Coordinated Services (ECS)
Community Based Supports (CBS): These are services that provide direct support and assistance for participants, with or without the caregiver present, in or out of the participant’s residence, to achieve and/or maintain the outcomes of increased independence, productivity, enhanced family functioning, and inclusion in the community, as outlined in their Service Plan. These services are delivered one-on-one with a participant and may include assistance with community-based activities and assistance to, as well as training and supervision of, individuals as they learn and perform the various tasks that are included in basic self-care, social skills, and activities of daily living.
Some activities of Community Based Supports
Supports Brokerage is a service/function that assists the participant (or the participant’s family or representative, as appropriate) in arranging for, directing and managing services. This service is available only to participants who self-direct some or all of the services in their Service Plan. The supports broker serves as the agent of the participant or family, to assist in identifying immediate and long-term needs, develop options to meet those needs and help with accessing identified supports and services. Practical skills training is offered to enable families and participants to independently direct and manage program services. Examples of skills training include providing information on recruiting and hiring direct care workers, managing workers and providing information on effective communication and problem-solving. The service includes providing information to ensure that participants understand the responsibilities involved with directing their services.
Some activities of Supports Brokerage:
Prevocational Training is a service that provides learning and work experiences, including volunteer work, where the individual can develop general, non-job-task-specific strengths and skills that contribute to employability in paid employment in integrated community settings. Services may include training in effective communication with supervisors, co-workers, and customers; generally accepted community workplace conduct and dress; ability to follow directions; ability to attend to tasks; workplace problem solving skills and strategies; and general workplace safety and mobility training. Prevocational Training is intended to be a service that participants receive over a defined period of time and with specific outcomes to be achieved in preparation for securing competitive, integrated employment in the community.
Some activities of Prevocational Training