Fund Created to Increase Career Development Opportunities for Direct Care Staff
Assistant Director of Corporate Services Jordan Downing-Duke presents Licensed Master Social Worker Misty R. Thomas with a certificate from Charlene’s Fund. Each recipient of assistance from this fund will be presented with a certificate, which also includes a picture of Charlene Hall, for whom the fund is named. From left, Mrs. Downing-Duke, Ms. Thomas, and Lead Social Worker Daniel Knight. OGDENSBURG – For more than 40 years Charlene Hall received care...
United Helpers Introduces Two New Honors at Summer Awards Ceremony
Each summer since 2021 United Helpers has honored exemplary direct care staff with the presentation of the Margaret R. Spies Award. This year’s summer awards ceremony included the addition of two new awards – one to honor behavioral health staff, and another to honor professional staff. Front row, from left, are winners, MDSP Amanda Bisnett, of Nicholville, Home Health Aide Janice Clough, of Potsdam, CNA Lindsay Weir, of DeKalb Junction, and...
Giving Tree Provides Gifts for United Helpers Residents
Representatives from The Church and Community in Canton recently presented 25 gift baskets to United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care. The gift baskets will be distributed to residents there this holiday season. From left, Cheryl Glidden, Phyllis Lawrence, and Fran Bailey CANTON – The Church and Community Giving Tree in Canton recently gifted 25 holiday-themed gift baskets to residents at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton. “Each and every year...
Come and see what retirement living can be
Ogdensburg –United Helpers Independent Senior Living in Canton, NY will hold an open house on Friday, October 21st from 1-3 pm. If you or a loved one is thinking about retirement living, you owe it to yourself to call United Helpers Independent Senior Living today to schedule your tour time. Staff will be on hand to provide scheduled tours and free refreshments will be served. Retirement living means something different to...
Join us!
Tanner Creek Farms, Dekalb, NY United Helpers and CEO Todd Amo invite UH Donors to a cocktail event in your honor Wednesday, September 21, 4:30 p.m. Tanner Creek Farm 2589 County Route 17 Dekalb Junction, NY Wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres will be served We look forward to celebrating all you have made possible Please RSVP no later than September 19 text or call Christa at (315) 323-9830 email: [email protected] ...
Remarkable Employees & Opportunities
Ogdensburg - United Helpers could not provide the care and support for our community that we do, without the hard work and dedication of our OUTSTANDING staff! This summer, we have been working to revamp our social media accounts on Facebook and Instagram. Something we have started is regularly highlighting our staff from various parts of our organization in a "Staff Spotlight." So far, we have highlighted staff from our mental...
Canton Couple Feels Right at Home at United Helpers Independent Senior Living
CANTON – It was love at first sight for Frank Carter and Jeanette Rose when they visited United Helpers Independent Senior Living (ISL) in Canton for a tour earlier this year. “We were talking about our future and we wanted to take a look at it (ISL) to see if it was affordable, if we liked it, and what was available,” Mr. Carter said. “We figured we were still two or...
UH Training Grant Awarded by NNYCF’s Youth Philanthropy Council
United Helpers is grateful to be receiving a $5,000 grant from the Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation to support medication certification for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). DSPs are the day-to-day hands-on caregivers of a very special population of people, adults who live in United Helpers’ IRAs (Individualized Residential Alternatives) with developmental, intellectual, or brain injury disabilities. These program members have medication needs that are often quite complex. Following...
United Way Grant Helps Fund Employee Development at United Helpers
OGDENSBURG – A $10,000 grant from the United Way of Northern New York has paved the way for more than 20 United Helpers employees to receive training allowing them progress in their careers with the organization. Interested employees were able to shift from employment at United Helpers Rehabilitation and Senior Care to the Assisted Living Program to work as home health aides or in leadership positions at Assisted Living. A small group...
New Incentives for Employment Seekers/Current UH Staff
United Helpers is currently offering a wide variety of employment incentives both for new hires and its current employees. New hires across several fields including Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs), Home Health Aides, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and Registered Nurses (RNs), , can all qualify for a sign-on bonus. Food Service Attendants, and Housekeepers at Rehabilitation and Senior Care in Canton also qualify. Current employees who refer friends, family...