Transcript Innovations in Web-based Recruitment of Direct Support Workers

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
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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
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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
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Application (continued)
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Name of applicant
Doe, Jane
Smith, John
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Join Us
• If your state wishes to join the Rewarding Work
Network, contact:
– Jeff Keilson 781-910-7216
[email protected]
or
– Dee O’Connor 508-856-8148
[email protected]
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