Community Living Assistant

Documentation, Communication and Following Regulations

As a Community Living Assistant your primary role is to provide daily support at home and in the community. In order to do this, there are other parts of the job that you have to attend to. These include:

Communicating with the family members, case managers and professionals, such as nurses or physicians, of the person you support
Using alternative communication systems that the people you support might need — for example, some people are not able to speak and therefore use communication booklets, electronic talkers, or other forms of communication. You will be trained on how to use these forms of communication as necessary.
Writing and reading a variety of documents such as communication logs or medical logs
Driving your own vehicle to get the people you support to places they want to go
Attending regular training and staff meetings for EBI, which may be at times different than your regularly scheduled work hours
Understanding and following local, state and federal rules and regulations that govern the services provided by EBI

Most of the documentation that you will be doing at EBI will be done with the people who you support. This documentation includes budgeting worksheets, daily diet logs and calendars. You will also communicate with other EBI staff via internal case notes that summarize the work that you do with clients.

Communicating expectations and your activities to someone is also useful in building and maintaining trust with the people that you support. Take into consideration the following story about Danielle.

Communication