You Can Work For Community Connections

Community Connections hires staff for our three locations: Durango, Cortez and Pagosa Springs. We maintain between 130 to 150 employees. We hire for varied shifts full time (36 - 40 hours a week), three quarter time (26 - 35 hours a week), and part time (any hours under 25 a week). Since Community Connections provides services to individuals 24 hours a day 7 days a week, we are able to work around the demanding schedules of students, parents and seniors.

To provide support we hire individuals that are willing to be mentors, teachers, advisors, and consultants as well as be willing to meet new friends. The support staff positions require the prospective applicant to work directly with people with developmental disabilities. Our role is to encourage the individuals we support to become part of the community by working in, playing in and getting to know all that their community and the people who live in it has to offer. Mentoring and education is an integral part of a support staff's role. The staff will educate not only the person with the disability but the community as well. An average day for a staff person might be helping a person work on hygiene goals or nutrition goals. Perhaps they would go hiking, biking, swimming, skiing or help this person fill out a job application. Where else can you get paid for having fun and enjoying the beauty of the towns of Durango, Cortez or Pagosa Springs?

Training and Rates of Pay

Community Connections pay begins for Support Staff at $8.50 an hour. This is a training rate. Staff will be trained in a variety of helpful skills that will allow them be the best at their job. Some of the classes that one would take will be Colorado Medication Certified, CPR Certified, Health and First Aid Certified, as well as a full training on Rights, Mistreatment, Abuse, Neglect, Universal Precautions, History of Disabilities, Incidents, Incident Report Writing, Safety, Occupational Lifting, and a host of other exciting classes. Once the first half of training has been completed, staff is moved to a rate of $8.75 an hour and then once final trainings have been complete, the rate goes to $9.00 an hour.

Benefits

Community Connections, Inc. offers a multitude of benefits for our staff as well. After three months of employment staff can qualify for paid time off for vacation and sick time (up to a maximum of 4 weeks a year). After six months of employment, full time staff can receive Medical, Dental, Life and vision. We have a 401K plan after a year of employment. Fitness incentives, paid jury duty, funeral leave, additional emergency sick time, leave of absence, FMLA, and more!

Live In/Roommates/Host Home Providers

In order to offer the individuals in our programs independence, Community Connections Inc. does not have any group homes. We offer our clients options of living on their own, having roommates or living with families in their homes. We hire people who would like to be a roommate(s) to individuals with disabilities. These positions can be rewarding as well as cost efficient to people in our programs. Community Connections will pay a person to be a roommate and give them free rent! This concept allows an individual with a disability to enjoy the freedom of living independently.

This is an exciting career for any person, and we welcome your questions and interest. For further information, you can contact the Human Resource Director, Jacquelyn Hendricks at 970-385-3444.

Host Home Provider

Community Connections offers a wonderful opportunity to community members to open their homes to an adult with developmental disabilities by becoming a foster care provider. You can have the chance to have someone live in your home and become part of your family. This is a great way to be able to stay at home and be paid.