BUFFALO, NY- Grow your career with Community Services for Every1! Community Services is hosting Open Interviews on Wednesday July 27th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Open Interviews will be held at 180 Oak Street, Buffalo, NY 14203. Free, On-Site Parking available.
At Community Services we offer an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities. We are hosting Open Interviews for Residential Management Team positions. Assistant Managers start at $17.25 per hour, Residential Site Managers start at $51,480.00/annually and Residential Program Coordinators start at $54,080/annually
Anyone interested in coming should bring their resume and photo I.D. There will be giveaways and hiring managers are prepared to make potential job offers on the spot! More information about open positions can be found at csevery1.com/careers. You can also contact recruiter@csevery1.com or by calling 716-883-8888, ext. 106.
Our Mission at Community Services is topartner with individuals of all abilities to reach their fullest potential, protecting their rights and promoting their independence and inclusion in our community.
Kickstart your career with Community Services for Every1! Community Services is hosting a two-day job fair on Friday July 8 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday July 9 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The job fair will be held at 1485 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y. 14208.
Community Services for Every1 offers an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities. We have per diem, part-time and full-time openings in our Group Homes, Supervised Apartments, Day Programs, Respite Programs, Behavioral Health, and Community Programs. Direct Care positions start between $16.00 – $16.75 per hour with paid training and no experience required. Our Job Coach, Behavioral Health and management positions start at $17.00 per hour.
Anyone interested in coming should bring their resume and photo I.D. There will be giveaways and hiring managers are prepared to make potential job offers on the spot! More information about open positions can be found at csevery1.com/careers. You can also contact recruiter@csevery1.com or by calling 716-883-8888, ext. 106.
Our Mission at Community Services is topartner with individuals of all abilities to reach their fullest potential, protecting their rights and promoting their independence and inclusion in our community.
In 2018, Bob decided to take a leap of faith with his long time supportive Care Coordinator, Heather Johnson of Person Centered Services and tried self-directed services. Bob trusted Heather and began working with his Broker, Megan DeRum to determine the supports he needed to continue living alone. Bob had been content with his life and accepting of traditional services for many years but felt empowered to trudge through uncertain waters of self-directed services. Bob quickly gained skills to become a great boss and advocate of his services. Bob’s employees have been consistent and supportive since he started self-direction. He’s had little turn over and dedicated employees who empower him to increase his independence daily.
Bob feels supported by his team, encouraged and motivated to strive for his goals. He started small by gaining financial stability with the support of his life coach. Bob sacrificed internet and cable at times to obtain his goal. Bob became comfortable with his finances and identified another goal for himself, a newer accessible van. Again, being determined, Bob purchased a newer accessible van for himself and began accessing his community more.
On May 28, 2021, a dream came true for Bob he only ever imagined even during a pandemic! He moved into a brand new mobile home. Bob was able to work with his long time landlord to make arrangements to order an accessible home for himself when his old home became unsafe for him. Bob’s Life Coach, Sarah Raiser was a huge support to Bob with planning, coordinating and ensuring Bob had everything he needed to make his transition to a new home. Self-Directed services has given endless opportunities to Bob with his supportive team, increased self-confidence and ability to access his community.
Com. Hab. supports Tyrnell Marks. He is very artistic. Tyrnell’s passion is art. He finds pleasure with working with his hands to demonstrate his gift. Tyrnell can create sculptures made entirely of rubber bands. Tyrnell has a box of different types of sculptures he made. One day, in the future, he would like to be able to sell them. He creates comic books with both animations and story lines. Tyrnell writes stories through his art and will put on display to express his art. Tyrnell has a Facebook page that showcases his art in hopes of linking with other local artists.
James Marino began attending the Abbott Day Hab back in July of 2019, shortly after moving into his own home at the Jennings IRA. With many fears of transition and struggles with change in routine, to our surprise James fit in perfectly with the Abbott team. James is a young man that displays many gifts and talents, but his artistic abilities top them all! James enjoys drawing characters, creating chalk masterpieces and has been gracious enough to design CSE1’s holiday card. James was one of our inspirations of applying for the Foundation Mini-Grant to create “the Abbott Art Studio.” The team was awarded the grant and with the help of James and his friends they created a beautiful abstract wall to emphasize the art studio. James is an extraordinary young man, and we are lucky to be a part of his growth and development.
Colin Brawdy has been a part of CSE1 for many years and has explored many programs in hopes to find one that was a good fit for his personality. When Colin began attending the Abbott day hab, he knew it was the right fit for him. Although he experienced some growing pains, he has become much more independent and is developing some strong meaningful relationships with others. Colin is showing a greater interest in exploring new things and has been extremely fond of volunteering in his community through the Meals on Wheels program. He is learning the benefits of how his hard work is supporting others in his local community. Colin has recently joined cooking class and participates in weekly social group to share each other’s thoughts and ideas. Colin continues to be a great addition to the Abbott Day Hab and we look forward to supporting him with exploring new things.
The COVID-19 infection rates for the people receiving services from OPWDD and our providers continue to decline. As a result, OPWDD is rescinding its COVID-19 Interim Visitation Guidance for Certified Residential Facilities that was issued on January 4, 2022.
Residential facilities with positive cases of COVID-19 should continue to adhere to the protocols contained in the document Management of Co-Circulation of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections, issued on October 20, 2020.
In addition, all providers of services shall continue to require all staff, volunteers, contractors, vendors, visitors and individuals receiving services to wear appropriate face coverings, consistent with 14 NYCRR Section 633.26.
We are celebrating the hard work of our Believe to Achieve day habilitation program! They recently started an initiative to collect pop can tabs for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western New York, which is a home-away-from-home for families and their sick or injured children.
The group placed collection boxes at several of our Community Services administrative locations and will regularly check them. RMH recycles the pull-tabs and the money purchases household items for the Ronald McDonald House and the Ronald McDonald Family Room.
If you want to donate your tabs, bring them to one of these locations: 180 Oak Street 452 Delaware 1377 Abbott 1485 Jefferson 175 Humphrey 2180 Genesee
Community Services for Every1 is excited to share that we received two recent awards from New York State to further our work developing affordable housing opportunities in our community. The vacant, former Catholic school known as St. John Kanty will become Apartments at the Lyceum: a 42 unit apartment building, including 12 units specifically designated for survivors of domestic violence ready to move into permanent housing. This project will address significant unmet needs for affordable and accessible housing in City of Buffalo, specifically in the Fillmore district.
In Governor Hochul’s HHAP award announcement, Mindy Cervoni, our President and CEO said, “This award will address significant unmet needs for affordable and accessible housing in the City of Buffalo. Apartments at the historic St. John Kanty Lyceum will create Erie County’s first permanent supportive housing program explicitly developed for survivors of domestic violence, and will allow Community Services to assist them with any factors that contribute to their housing instability.
This need is especially prevalent for survivors of domestic violence as incidence rates have drastically risen since the onset of the pandemic. Governor Hochul’s continued support for these projects is addressing the issues of homelessness and domestic violence, while affecting positive and meaningful change in our communities.”
Kelly Kinderman, our Vice President of Program Support and Development said, “We are excited to bring this project to fruition with our talented development team. Community Services for Every1 is extremely grateful for the funding from the State of New York. Community Services has a successful and long-standing commitment to increase the availability of safe, decent and affordable housing. With Governor Hochul’s continued support we are able to continue our efforts in some of our most underserved neighborhoods.”
Guidelines for Family & Legal Guardian Visitations
The New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) has reinstated guidelines for visitations in Certified Residential locations (IRA’s).
We will continue to offer options for communication, such as virtual visits, visits through the windows, phone calls and written communications as requested.
To assure the health and safety of the person being visited, their housemates, the staff and the visitor, the guidelines have been reinstated. Guidelines can be downloaded here.
Given the recent surge in COVID-19 positive cases in NYS, OPWDD has updated and is reinstating Visitation Guidance for Certified Residential Facilities. Please see the attached guidance from OPWDD.
