Hello all We just received interim guidance from OPWDD in regards to Community Habilitation and wanted to share with you all as soon as possible. As per NYS, Direct Support Professionals ( DSPs) are considered an essential employees. Com Hab Staff are considered DSPs and are essential employees. Being an essential employee means that they […]
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Independent Support Services would like you to know that we are as concerned as you during this unprecedented time of uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 virus. At this time, we want to notify our stakeholders about some critical information. We encourage Participants and their Circle of Support to reach out to their Care Managers, Brokers and then […]
Independent Support Services, Inc. wants to ensure that all of our Self-Directed participants, family members and self-hired staff are aware of and are practicing the recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control(CDC) to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. The CDC recommends the following: -actively encourage sick employees to stay home. Direct Support Staff receive […]
Timesheet_Upload_Guide Brokers/ Primary Contact (Families) We are excited to announce that effective immediately Support Staff have the ability to upload their timesheets through the ISS portal once all signatures have been obtained. Within the next 24 hours, all active support staff will be receiving a portal invite with their sign in credentials and a link […]
Effective January 1, 2019 all Self- Hired Support Staff (Community Habilitation, Supported Employment and Respite) that work twenty or more regularly scheduled hours per week in total are granted 7 paid holidays per year. The following is the schedule of Holidays (Holidays are given on the day they occur). New Year’s Day Martin Luther King’s […]
Policy: Independent Support Services, Inc. as a Fiscal Intermediary is establishing salary parameters for Self-Hired Staff (Direct Support Professionals) in order to insure that pay rates will not result in excessive service reimbursement costs. ISS Salary Parameter of Self-Hire. Pay Rates: Starting wage for Self Hired Staff (Direct Support Professionals) could be between $15 and […]
If you are looking to hire an applicant and the applicant states they are already cleared as staff through ISS please contact Human Resources either by phone at 845-794-5218 or by email at hr@issny.org to confirm that the applicant is already a cleared staff member. Once confirmed with Human Resources please make sure you complete […]
