Mennonite Voluntary Service Placement

Live Out Assistant

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Service Agency: L'Arche

Service Length: 1-2 years

Age Range: Ages 20+

Live Out Assistant

​This is a caregiving position where you would support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in one of our three community homes. At L’Arche, we seek to create an intentional community of genuine belonging, one that welcomes difference and celebrates the unique gifts of all people. As a live-out assistant, you would build relationships with core members (individuals with IDD) and other assistants through sharing in daily life — eating dinner together, watching television, going to the gym, or heading up the street for a cup of coffee.  Together with the core members, you would help care for the home, shop for groceries, and cook meals. You would also be trained to support core members at doctors’ appointments, with personal care, with medication administration, with transportation, and with banking and shopping.

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