Description:

Our Shared Living Program seeks individuals and families willing to share their home or apartment and provide support for an adult with an intellectual disability or autism. Shared living providers develop strong, supportive, often roommate or family-like relationships with the individual in their home.

This is a CONTRACTED position, not an employed position. Shared living providers receive a generous tax-free stipend for their services plus additional payment for room and board.

Duties:

Care for Spurwink clients in your home or apartment with support from our Shared Living team.

Qualifications:

A desire to share your home or apartment, and help an adult with autism or developmental disabilities develop a meaningful and connected life.

Experience working with individuals with autism and developmental disabilities.

Spurwink uses web-based reference checking to inquire about previous job performance. You will be sent a separate email for the purpose of checking references. You will be asked to enter 4 total references of which 2 must be current or past managers/supervisors. If you are a recent graduate, then teachers, professors and instructors may qualify as manager references. Please note that any contract for services will be contingent upon satisfactory references.

Spurwink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.