COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- An Ohio company providing services for adults
with special needs hopes to hire between 100 Direct Support
Professionals (DSPs) and 50 additional staff to help handle
administrative and office duties. Columbus-based 1st Choice Family
Services, with five offices and 100 program sites across the state,
is looking for individuals to fill available positions on both a
full-time and part-time level.
"We have the need, and with so many people out of work due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, we've decided to accelerate our hiring
process. We're a community-driven organization, and if we're
able to provide critical, safe jobs right now, it helps everyone,"
states Aonist Coles, 1st Choice program director.
The company has launched its Virtual Office Program for
employees across Ohio's 88
counties to work from home as marketing and outreach coordinators,
as well as administrative assistants and accounting. Direct Support
Professionals are needed to work in their program service sites,
assisting clients with daily tasks such as meals and
housecleaning.
Coles says that 1st Choice DSPs provide essential direct
care to those Governor Mike DeWine
described as "the most vulnerable members of our society." In his
March 17 press conference about the coronavirus, the governor
expressed a message of thanks and support to Ohio's direct support professionals.
Due to the stringent health and safety requirements enacted and
monitored by 1st Choice's Dr. Robin
Holliman-Smith, and the fact that clients do not regularly
interact with people outside the facility, the work environments
are considered extremely safe.
Many 1st Choice programs, such as the online activity
center, are available to clients to increase peer-to-peer
stimulation. These activities include games, arts and crafts,
karaoke, and video conversations.
Open positions and an online job application are found at
www.1stchoicefamilyservices.org/careers. A link to an employment
video is posted on the page.
About 1st Choice Family Services
With over 14 years of experience in providing individuals with
MRDD and Developmental Disability Services, 1st Choice Family
Services is dedicated to providing an uncompromising level of
service designed the specialized needs of each client.
We are guided by faith and family principles. We believe that
all people have value and should be treated with respect.
Professionalism and communication create success, and teamwork
requires support and participation from everybody. We care for our
clients as we would a family member.
www.1stchoicefamilyservices.org/careers
Working at 1CFS Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywI7WUwVLPA
Media Contact:
Aonist Coles
Phone: 614-321-2430
Email: aonist@1stcfs.org
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