High Quality Caregivers for Group Homes

If you are a group home manager and don’t subscribe to The Workforce Performance Group free newsletter or haven’t checked out their website, you might want to. Even if you are not in management, you can learn a lot from the website. Your manager may even appreciate you passing along some of the information you find there. It has a lot of useful information that will help a group home to run more smoothly.

Here is an example of one of the many article from the website:

ARE HAPPY EMPLOYEES BETTER CAREGIVERS?

by Larry Wenger

Like many others I have just finished reading Tony Hsieh’s new book called, Delivering Happiness, A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose.  As you may know, Tony is the CEO of Zappos, the online shoe and apparel retailer.  The first half of the book discusses his trials and tribulations as a never-say-die entrepreneur.  Some of these are laugh-out-loud funny and others just leaving one in a state of amazement at Tony’s determination and focus.

It’s the second half of the book that really got my attention.  That’s where he starts talking about Continue reading

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Adapting Teaching for Individual Disabilities

In the free downloads (designed for churches), is instruction on how to adapt teaching for various disabilities. The information can be used for various teaching situation in addition to teaching religious education.

Though publicly funded organization cannot promote a religion, disabled group home residents have a right to pursue their religious beliefs and as group home staff, we should be supporting that. Sometimes it is difficult if there isn’t a church that the resident can attend comfortably. If it is too difficult for the resident to be in church and have appropriate behavior like being quiet while others talk, it can interfere with Continue reading

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Clothes for Working in a Group Home

When getting ready to work your shift at a group home, you will want to wear comfortable, durable clothing. It should be clothing that is easily replaceable if it were to be stained or damaged. Many group home residents who are mentally disabled or have behavior problems are a joy to work with. The truth is, there are some residents who do have behaviors that may result in an aggressive resident attacking you (possibly ripping clothing) or throw something at you that may stain your clothes.

EXTRA CLOTHES WHEN GOING TO WORK IN A GROUP HOME

I usually like to have a backup set of clothes in my car in case something happens, I can change. Sometimes it Continue reading

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