Community Connections Support Services has partnered with the Grand Forks Fire Department to offer an upcoming Fire Extinguisher Training Event Date: Thursday May 23, 2019 Location: Grand Forks Fire Department – 7214 2nd St. Grand Forks BC Time: 10:30 AM to noon There will be a fire safety and fire prevention component, followed by a …
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Community Connections Support Services has partnered with the Castlegar Fire Department to offer an upcoming Fire Extinguisher Training Event Date: Thursday May 16, 2019 Location: Castlegar Fire Department – 2161 6th Ave Castlegar BC Time: 10:30 AM the training takes 1.5 to 2 hours to complete There will be a fire safety and fire prevention …
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Support at Home Staffed Living Support Services We create staffed living services that meet the unique needs of each of the people that we support. We have been creative and person centred when we design services. They are based on a 24 hour a day/ seven days per week model. We have used shared contracting, …
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Glossary of Terms Referred to in Home Share CLBC is a Crown Agency of the Province of British Columbia responsible for the delivery of services to adults with developmental disabilities. CLBC staff who are responsible for supporting the individual with developmental disability access services. CLBC staff responsible for contracts, payments and for monitoring all services …
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Hey everyone, here is your friendly reminder that today is the last day to sign up for MANDT training with our very own Mike Holdsworth — contact Mike for details and to sign up! https://we.commconn.ca/?p=1826
Hi everyone, we are very excited to pass along the recent news about increases to home share funding in the BC provincial budget! Some of you may have heard about this via the Central Okanagan Professional Caregivers Society, who have been working to improve home share supports through the Home Share Working Group – check …
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Today (December 21st) is the Winter Solstice, which is officially the “shortest” day of the year! While today marks the least amount of daylight we see for the year here in the Northern Hemisphere, it also means that the nighttime is the longest of the year. Close to the North Pole, there is darkness 24 …
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Hi all, thanks to our friends at InclusionBC for letting us know about the Sprout Film Festival – the 4th annual film festival celebrating UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities! Locations include New Westminster, Campbell River, Victoria, Kelowna, and Dawson Creek. Here is the invitation (mailchi.mp/inclusionbc.org/e-update-sept-2274329?e=a487d6e1d6) and info for Kelowna is here (gallery.mailchimp.com/1b7161e0c15d3775331002a15/files/9722d806-83dd-4911-b036-7ebae0c097b8/CICSproutPosterNov.5.pdf).
Welcome to the Community Connections Support Services (CCSS) Home Share team. We’re glad that you have made a decision to become a Home Share Provider with our agency and congratulate you on successfully completing the approval process. We’ve created this page to provide you with all the resources you may need in your role as …
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What is Home Share and what does it mean for my family member? Home Share is a support option where your family member moves into the home of an approved Home Share Provider and receives daily and ongoing support. This can mean that your family member lives with another person, a couple or a whole …
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