R.A.I.N. Inc
Priscila De Los Santos
HUM-401-1900
Jagadisa-Devasri Dacus
October 1,2015
R.A.I.N Inc.
The Regional Aid for Interim Needs, Inc., known as (R.A.I.N) is located at 3450 Boston Road Bronx, NY. They offer services of care that includes a range of care programs for seniors and those with disabilities. Their quality programs include: full-service neighborhood senior centers, transportation services assistance with benefits and entitlements, case management, and elder abuse services.
My Role within the Agency
As an intern at RAIN, I will provide companionship to elderly citizens that may no longer have family or who are lonely. I have had the experience of being involved in other individuals’ lives. As an intern, I will be able to provide them counseling, conversation, games, shared hobbies, or even a short walk. I believe my strengths are having good communication skills, understanding the problems and needs of others, having the ability to solve conflict situations, exhibiting passion for what they do, being creative and fearless with a high level of responsibility, being carefully detail-oriented ,and harboring good listening skills. I have greatly enjoyed my human services field experience. I usually interacted with a senior named Gloria,who lives in a retirement home, having conversations, playing games, and even going on short walks, allowing her to decide what we would do for the day. This gave me a great opportunity to get involved
Do you have an interest in working with your community? Over the years I have had experience working with the elderly, adolescent children, young adults, the homeless, and individuals of different ethnical backgrounds. I have found each experience challenging and rewarding.
During and immediately after my undergraduate course, I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer at the American Counseling Association and as a houseparent for an institution that houses mentally ill individuals. The association welcomes students and encourages them to offer voluntary services while they have an opportunity. My experience at the association, as a houseparent, and currently as a paraprofessional for mentally ill adults and children with behavioral problems provided me with a solid footing as well as the necessary resources to prepare for my career in counseling. The experiences gave me an opportunity to attend several conferences and workshops where I had the chance to meet and interact with other professional counselors. These opportunities opened me up and exposed me to numerous challenging situations that helped me to grow both personally and professionally. Interacting with more qualified and experienced people in the association, institution for the mentally ill, and agency that I currently work for has helped me to develop confidence in my work as I sought their assistance and guidance whenever I needed help. The experiences gained while working at the association was helpful to me as I could apply that knowledge and the skills learnt to help my church members. At my church, I was a youth leader and
The purpose of this interview is to explore human service professional in their work environment, and observe human service professional in their particular settings, what type of education is required for their position of choice. The human services profession has a variety of populations that they serve; this is a wide array of people. Human service professionals serve populations such as, high-risk mothers who may have shortfalls in education, psychosocial, nutritional, and little or no transportation. Another is the homeless population, lack housing due to being unable to afford, or maintain safe and adequate housing. The elderly is a population that is increasing, there needs range from chronic illness, lack of or little education,
My eagerness to learn and extend myself fostered a positive and trustworthy relationship with my organisation manager and staff. As a result, I was able to engage in a myriad of roles and activities such as; driving the company van to pick up food donations or deliver furniture to clients, supervising the community craft program, using the company credit card to purchase required resources, and operating as the receptionist and emergency relief worker. In addition, I was also asked to attend a network meeting as a representative of The Salvation Army Doveton, thus engaging with people from various organisations in the local community.
This paper discusses the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program that was established in 1996. It examines the development and goals of the policy as well as addresses the target population that benefits from this program. A review of the agencies associated with TANF and the benefits the program provides to its clients is also given. In addition, the funding sources of TANF are addressed. Lastly, it examines the social issue this program is meant to address.
Throughout my 3-year employment at Penn-Mar Human Services, I have assumed several different roles. After being hired for individual supports, I quickly transitioned into a group position as a Program Instructor, where I would be better able to utilize my unique skillset and grow professionally within the organization. After only a few months, I was promoted to a Program Instructor II, accepting greater responsibilities. In this position, I flourished
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After my first year at UND, I took a CNA class and became employed at a nursing home in Menahga, where I am still working. At this job I was able to experience patient care and begin to see the benefits of helping patients improve their lives. In my time after High School I have also had many other valuable experiences. I have been a Camp Counselor at two, 1 ½ week Confirmation Camps for our church. At these camps it was mine, along with other Counselor’s responsibility to teach the younger teens about how we believe as well as demonstrate how to be respectable adults. These camps allowed me to use and develop my leadership skills and also created memories that I will never forget. I have also shadowed a few different Medical Professionals, in order to better understand the world of medicine. Dr. Dan Smith is a General Surgeon who lives and practices very near to where I live. I was able to shadow Dr. Smith for many hours and built a relationship with him. He showed me some aspects of the medical field that I may not have seen elsewhere. My life has been far from typical, but I do believe that each of my experiences has made me both a better person as well as a be
For health 490, I am seeking to get an internship that will help cultivate certain aspects of my personal, academic, and career development. When considering my personal development, what I strongly want to improve upon are skills such as leadership capabilities, public speaking, and health communication. I am also seeking for a boost in my confidence in regards to my overall competency and knowledge base in the health field. My self-assurance will not simply stem from the education I gained at Maryland, but will also depend heavily on the first-hand experiences my internship will provide. By exuberating more confidence, I will be able to become more of an effective leader, which will in turn make me successful in my field of work. The target
I believe that everyone has the right to health care, especially if health conditions calls for it. I do not think income level or the type of insurance should dictate the eligibility or quality of care. By using that criteria, we are implying that certain groups of people deserves to be taken care of and have good health while others do not deserve it. I believe healthcare should be accessible to all as a basic human right.
Doing a health and social care course gave me an insight of what a career in health would entail as I have been on many placements where they have helped me adapt my practical and interpersonal skills that are needed to be successful.
Welcome and thank you for your interest in Regional Aid for Interim Needs, Inc. (R.A.I.N.), a premier senior service organization established in 1964 by our visionary Founder, Beatrice Castiglia Catullo, RN, PhD, honoris causa. Our mission is to enhance the well-being and quality of life of individuals by meeting the interim needs of people of all ages. We offer a Continuum of Care that includes a range of services for seniors and those with disabilities.
I am a young lady that was born and raised in North Philadelphia, where life wasn’t always fair. Throughout my 35 years I have experienced being homeless, hungry, and alone, which is the reason that want my field internships to consist of working with at risk individuals. I believe that I have the will to advocate for those that can’t speak for themselves. In order for me to achieve my dream and goal of being a loud advocate or voice I need to be able to communicate, identify, and seek resources for the population that I want to serve. My goals are to gain the needed skill of resource management that will assist with connecting clients with resources. Along with being able to identify a client’s needs and type of assistance, which will be learned
Over the past two years I’ve been able to oversee several individuals as a coordinator at the nonprofit organization, Santa Cruz Homeless Services Center. Through my work there I was able to recognize my strengths and weaknesses in health services management. Working for a nonprofit
assistance to low income individuals and families. An estimate of 1.8 million New Yorkers and a total of 46.3 million Americans participate in the SNAP program. Despite the large number of individuals on food stamp the Census Bureau reports in 2010 3.9 million people were lifted above the poverty line and 5 million in 2012 all because of the assistance from SNAP. However the federal government has threaten to cut back on the budget for SNAP. In January 2014 the Farm bill was proposed which included an 8.7 million cut to the SNAP program for the next 10 years. Obama later signed the bill into law on February 7, 2014 saying that the Bill would help create more jobs, move the economy forward and give Americans more equal opportunity (Resnikoff 1). Despite the government’s reasons for the budget cut 850 thousand households would be losing an average of 90 dollars per month (Resnikoff 1). This is unfortunate because reports have shown that SNAP is not only an effective federal program but it also has a positive outcome for individuals. Even in the previous statistics, going from 3.9 million to 5 million people lifted above the poverty line in only a two year difference is a significant breakthrough for low income individuals. It is often easy to find yourself falling under the poverty line, but harder to pick yourself back up. Many individuals who are against the program believe that being on food stamps makes an individual more government dependent and takes away the drive for