Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Beginning My Internship
Feelings and Concerns
My job as my internship Being somewhat on my own
Responsibilities
Confidence - starting a new job with a lot of responsibility
Learning all of the duties and documentation
Managing staff
Interacting with outside resources
Excited to be in a position to make a difference for those served
Challenged by Time Management
Agency Context
Initial Independence Inc.
Located at 427 E. Main St. Jackson Ohio
Serves individuals from surrounding counties, our clients are
people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
Initial Independence is monitored by a county board, and the
Department of Developmental Disabilities at the state level
In Ohio, by 2019 all individuals must be moved from Institutional
living to community style living, this will affect Initial Independence
since we provide community living arrangements.
My Response:
Conduct staff meetings to
address attendance and
reporting
Met with Managers to make
them aware that it is their
responsibility to monitor
ethical issues among their
staff, and to document
approipriately
Supervisor
What I need in a supervisor:
Approachable
Informed
Professional
Involved and concerned for
the people served
What I want to be as a
supervisor
Approachable
Informed
Professional
Involved and concerned for
the people served and staff
Well organized
Cultural Differences
This section of the class and
internship was challenging:
The white, southern U.S.
culture is very dominant in
this area.
There is very little cultural
diversity here.
Challenges:
It was very difficult for me to view rebel flags
flying high, when I view them as derogatory
to the African American culture.
I had to learn not to judge, and choose my
words wisely before speaking on the subject
Religious beliefs are very strict concerning
dress, traditions, values.
Again I had to choose my conversations
wisely, since many of these go against my
own views on those subjects.
These traditions are a part of this cultureI
realized that I can disagree without judging.
threatening to cut herself with it. On the following dates there were incidents
of attempts to cut herself 10/15/15, 10/17/15, 10/18/15, 10/20/15 We are
concerned for the safety of
as well as our staff. We feel it would be in her
best interest to have sharp objects locked away.
Career Plans
Continue as Director for Initial
Independence Inc.
Be a part of the growth of this
organization
Possibly become Executive
Director if the growth allows