Hey everyone, passing along another great piece of information received from COPCS. CLBC has issued an invitation to provide input on home share – check out the PDF! Participation is first-come, first-served.
WE HEARD YOU…
Hey everyone, we have put together a summary of what you told us this past year: we wanted to let you know that WE HEARD YOU.
Here is what we did about what you told us:
Thanks helping us improve! Remember we have online compliments and complaints forms that you can use anytime. We look forward to hearing from you.
Sad news…
Hi everyone:
It is with a very heavy heart that we let you know that we lost James Croston to cancer on Saturday. James, for those that may not have known him, was a Home Share Provider, Home Share Coordinator, Senior Coordinator and the Service Coordinator for Home Share at Community Connections. He literally performed every role with respect to Home Share at the agency and developed many great relationships with coworkers at the agency, Home Share Providers and our communities in his various roles along the way.
I will miss his tremendous sense of humour, his persistent quest for knowledge, constant commitment to improve things, his intensity and, most of all, his friendship.
James is survived by his loving family who were by his side throughout his illness, particularly his young son and daughter. A Go Fund Me page has been set up with the proceeds going to James’ kids. The link is here should you wish to donate.
As you can imagine, it will take us a few days to catch up on work that we had promised, my apologies particularly for the delay in getting out the breakdowns of the recent Home Share increases and retroactive payments if they applied to you. I will get those out to you as soon as I can.
Thank you all for your support of the CCSS team and especially your support of James.
He will be dearly missed.
Jackie and Brian (on behalf of the whole Home Share Team at Community Connections Support Services)
Update: James’ obituary is here.
IncludeMe! 40 and counting!
Hey everyone:
Don’t forget about your IncludeMe survey – we want to get as many people participating as possible. We’ve got 40 completed already, is yours done? If not,
connect with one of our Community Support workers or Home Share Coordinators to arrange you appointment.
Let’s keep it rolling!
Creston: October 1, 2019 – Mandt Training!
Hey everyone:
Please see below for the poster for the Mandt Training organized for Creston. Please see the attached posters for more information and contact Mike (contact info is on the poster) for more info and to register. More information on the Mandt System can be found here.
See you there!
Cranbrook: September 30, 2019 – Mandt Training!
Hey everyone:
Please see below for the poster for the Mandt Training organized for Cranbrook. Please see the attached posters for more information and contact Mike (contact info is on the poster) for more info and to register. More information on the Mandt System can be found here.
See you there!
Cranbrook: Home Share Barbecue!
Hey everyone:
Great article and pic of the crew at our barbecue in Cranbrook celebrating the tremendous impact Home Share Providers make in the lives of the people we support.
Thanks so much to our East Kootenay Home Share team for organizing!
Our 5th (!) CARF Survey…!
Hey Everyone:
Our intrepid reporter, Amit Ghosh, got a chance to sit down with Linda Siino from CARF to talk about accreditation, CARF and how it impacts Community Connections Support Services. Linda, Colleen and Paul (in the West Kootenays) were here the week before last surveying the organization.
More info about CARF is here. Check out the video below and hit us up with any other questions you may have. Thanks to Amit, Linda and Kathy for making this happen.
Talent in our midst….!
Hey everyone:
Look what arrived in the mail yesterday! It’s our very own Michael Holdsworth’s book, Blades of Torqueadia. Check it out here…. and here…
Congrats Michael!
Home Share Summer Newsletter
Hi All:
Please see the link below for our Summer Newsletter for our Home Share Services. Thanks to James Croston for putting this together for us. Got any great ideas for submission for the next newsletter? Let James know!
