Part-Time Independent Living Coordinator

Employment Type:Part-Time

Expected

Schedule:

Approximately 24 hours per week

Pay Rate:$14 to $16.00 per hour

Location:Dublin, Georgia

Work Setting:Primarily onsite at the Dublin office, with travel throughout assigned Middle Georgia communities

Disability Connections is seeking a Part-Time Independent Living Coordinator to strengthen our presence in Dublin and surrounding communities.

This position works alongside people with disabilities as they identify personal goals, explore community resources, develop self-advocacy skills, increase independence, and participate more fully in community life.

The Coordinator will provide Independent Living services, respond to community inquiries, develop local partnerships, participate in outreach, and coordinate with Disability Connections’ Main Office when a person requests equipment, home modifications, transition services, or other organizational assistance.

We are looking for someone who is resourceful, dependable, encouraging, and comfortable building relationships throughout the community. The right person will respect consumer control and understand that people with disabilities should direct their own goals, services, choices, and lives.

This is a professional advocacy, peer-support, resource-coordination, education, and community-engagement position.

The Independent Living Coordinator does not provide:

• Personal care or attendant services

• Bathing, dressing, toileting, or feeding assistance

• Medication administration

• Nursing or medical care

• Housekeeping or routine household assistance

• Lifting or transferring individuals

• Residential supervision or shift-based caregiving

Instead of performing tasks for people, the Coordinator works alongside people with disabilities as they make informed choices, develop skills, access resources, advocate for themselves, and direct their own lives.

Disability Connections is a disability-led Center for Independent Living serving people of all ages and disability types throughout Middle Georgia.

Our work is grounded in consumer control, accessibility, self-determination, informed choice, respect, and the dignity of risk. We believe people with disabilities are the experts on their own lives.

Although this position is based in Dublin, the Coordinator will be part of a larger team working across Disability Connections’ offices and programs.

• Meet with people with disabilities to identify their priorities, goals, barriers, and preferred next steps.

• Provide Information and Resource Referral, advocacy, peer support, Independent Living Skills Training, and transition-related services as assigned.

• Support consumers in developing and reviewing Independent Living goals or plans.

• Provide information about disability-related services, benefits, housing, transportation, assistive technology, employment, education, and other community resources.

• Support consumers in understanding their rights and developing self-advocacy skills.

• Respect each person’s right to make informed choices and take reasonable risks.

• Provide services on a cross-disability basis to people with different disabilities, backgrounds, ages, and communication styles.

• Respond professionally to telephone calls, emails, online inquiries, office visitors, and community referrals.

• Listen carefully and ask appropriate questions to understand what the person is requesting.

• Research and verify community resources before sharing information.

• Explain available options in clear and accessible language without pressuring or directing the person’s decision.

• Complete appropriate follow-up when additional research or communication is needed.

• Maintain current information about organizations, programs, services, and community resources available in Dublin and surrounding communities.

• Refer financial, medical, legal, eligibility, or programmatic decisions to authorized staff.

• Notify the appropriate Team Lead or Main Office staff when a person may need direct services from Disability Connections.

• Coordinate requests involving durable medical equipment, home modifications, transition services, accessibility needs, or other organizational programs.

• Provide the information needed for Main Office staff to determine the appropriate intake, waiting-list, referral, or service process.

• Maintain…