Individualized Home Support Specialist/ILS

Individualized Home Support (IHS) is designed to help people with mental disabilities, mental health conditions, or chronic illnesses to gain independence and self-sufficiency within the community. IHS workers are caregivers that are able to teach individuals life skills, problem-solving, and coping skills to enrich the quality of life of individuals with disabilities to live independently in the community.

This may include but is not limited to:
Safety skills in the community and home, social skills enhancing relationships both personal and business, integrating into the community, Assisting with paperwork, and appointments. Finding and accessing community resources (food shelves, housing, employment, transportation), Budgeting, and financial management (bill paying, balancing accounts). Household management (grocery shopping, meal planning/prep), Organizing (items, areas in home, paperwork).

IHS workers must be able to implement support plans created by client's teams, keep accurate documentation of services provided, to be familiar with 245D paperwork required by the State of Minnesota.

IHS workers must use their own personal vehicles for transporting clients within the community. Most clients are ambulatory, few may use walkers/wheelchairs. (Will fit in the back seat) Mileage reimbursement is provided.