Nominations wanted for the Alaska Alliance for Direct Service Careers Outstanding Direct Service Professionals of the Year Awards

Nomination Deadline: February 26, 2010

Nomination form and details

Winners will receive $1,000, a paid trip to the 2010 Full Lives Conference to accept this honor, and a free pass to the 2011 Full Lives Conference!

The Alaska Alliance for Direct Service Careers is seeking nominations for outstanding direct service professionals who work in the following support areas:

  • Traumatic Brain Injuries,
  • Severe Mental Illness,
  • Elder/Senior Care,
  • Treatment for Chronic Alcoholism/Substance Abuse,
  • Development Disabilities

Direct Service Professionals provide support to a wide range of individuals in a variety of settings including the individual’s home, workplace, residential center, day center, and community. Positions include, but are not limited to, PCAs, CNAs, home care providers, recreation staff, clinicians, job coaches, counselors, early intervention associates – anyone who works directly with an infant, child, adolescent, adult or senior who depends on support to be more self‐sufficient.

Five winners, one from each service area, will be announced at the 2010 Full Lives Conference at the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel on Thursday, April 15, 2010 during the morning session.

Please complete the attached nomination form and send it by February 26th, 2010 to:
Heidi Frost Alaska Alliance for Direct Service Careers
P.O. Box 240249 Anchorage, AK 99524‐0249
Phone: (907) 269‐8999
Fax: (907) 269‐8995
E‐mail: anhjf1@uaa.alaska.edu

More information is available at the Alaska Alliance for Direct Service Careers website at www.aadsc.org or the Full Lives Conference website at www.alaskachd.org/fulllives