Social Services will provide services to people residing at Hudspeth Regional Center and their family.  It is the mission of Social Services to advocate on the person’s behalf, to be sensitive to his/her overall needs, to treat each person with dignity and respect and to act as a liaison between the center, the person, the family and the community.

Social Workers provide the following services to each individual:

• Serves as the person’s advocate regarding rights issues.
• Maintains and promotes contact between the family and the IID Program.
• Maintains and promotes contact between the family and the person.
• Serves as an active member of the Interdisciplinary Team and assists in developing Individual Support Plans for people.
• Assists in shopping with the person for clothing and other personal items.
• Completes the admission process in order to help make the transition from the family to the IID Program as easy as possible.
• Teach and support persons with the acquisition of social skills.