Assistants are trained as Direct Support Professionals to provide quality care for Core Members (people with intellectual disabilities) at L’Arche. This care is given and received in a spirit of mutuality and friendship.
Together, Assistants and Core Members create the unique pulse of life in a L’Arche community--building meaningful relationships, inspiring equality, and welcoming others just as they are.
Many Assistants choose to live in the L'Arche home as their primary residence; this type of community living is central to our mission.
Responsibilities for Shared Community Life
1. Organize the L’Arche Atlanta home around supporting the daily lives of Core Members
2. Support the physical, relational, and spiritual wellness of the Core Members
3. Participate in community celebrations, outings, and retreats
4. Engage in the community’s model of shared leadership
Responsibilities to the Core Members
5. Respect and commit to understand the history of the Core Members
6. Know and follow the Core Members individualized support plans
7. Assist with personal, health, social, and practical needs (ADLs, meals, etc.) of each Core Member
8. Accompany Core Members on social engagements, healthcare provider appointments, etc.
9. Complete documentation related to medication administration, routine notes, financial logs, etc.
10. Satisfy required trainings (for example: first aid, crisis de-escalation, and various state trainings)
Responsibilities to the Larger Organization
11. Maintain a clean, safe, and organized home
12. Communicate, clearly, competently, and respectfully, with organizational stakeholders
13. Support the work of other departments (for example, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [DEI] or
Communications & Development)
14. Support other expressions of the L’Arche Atlanta’s mission – advocacy, community integration, etc.
Join us as we celebrate the big and small moments of daily life together! Is this the place for you?