Welcome to Merry Glen Home and School. We have put together some information to help you decide if this is where you might belong.

We have 16 residents at Merry Glen who count on us to help them enjoy a healthy lifestyle, provide stimulating activities, journey out in the community, consume nutritious meals, and generally have a safe and welcoming home.
Residents have a wide range of disabilities—some are very high functioning and some are much less so. This helps make Merry Glen a place where people are not defined by what they can’t do, but by what they can. Turnover is very low among our residents. Team members get to know them well. Within a few weeks of working at Merry Glen you will come to understand their care needs as well as their human needs and desires.
Although we prefer to hire people with experience working with those with Developmental Disabilities, it is not essential. A caring heart, an honest and reliable work ethic, and the ability to participate in a team environment are all more important to us than technical skills that can be taught.
Working at Merry Glen means being mindful of the fact that the parents and other family members of our residents are counting on us to treat them with care, dignity, and respect. It is up to us to do so. We work for the residents and their families.

On our DAY (7am-3pm) and SWING (3pm-11pm) shifts we typically have one lead NA-R/NA-C and three direct care staff. Direct care staff work closely with 6-7 residents providing assistance with Activities of Daily Living, recreation, performing range of motion and other rehabilitation activities, and generally "hanging" with the gang.
During NOC shift (11pm-7am) we have one NA-R/NA-C and two direct care. During this shift assistance is given throughout the night for some toileting needs, rounds, cleaning, preparing the early risers with dressing and breakfast, and responding to other issues as they arise.
We count on people to be here. Since there is not a huge staff, the loss of a single team member during a shift can have a negative impact on the care our residents receive. For this reason we will be finding out just how reliable a worker you have been in previous positions before inviting you to join us at Merry Glen.