An old man walked up a shore littered with thousands of starfish, beached and dying after a storm. A young man was picking them up and flinging them back into the ocean. "Why do you bother?" the old man scoffed "You're not saving enough to make a difference." The young man picked up another starfish and sent it spinning back to the water. "Made a difference to that one," he said. - author unknown
  
 
A Service Coordinator is like the conductor of the orchestra. It is the job of the Service Coordinator to make sure that all services are in tune with the song that is being played. YOU are that song. All services that are finally in tune with each other will support one another and YOUR song is then wonderful. That beautiful song will be YOUR life. When one player is not talented, is out of tune or plays a different verse, the song is confusing or not pleasant to listen to. YOUR life then will be unsatisfactory.

Clearly the role of the Service Coordinator is an exciting, if not complex, one. They are to become YOUR personal ally. They will support YOU in obtaining YOUR life's goals. They will work along with YOU with all existing services, or they will walk with YOU down new paths as YOU decide on which direction to go. They will then support YOU to receive the proper service based on YOUR new direction. Service Coordinators must understand how to support each person individually. They are deeply trained in our mission. The Service Coordinator often can bring a fresh perspective to meetings with other service providers. Although many other agencies have staff philosophies and approaches that may differ, service coordination must work well with the variety of people and community agencies. They work with YOU to develop creative solutions to both day to day and complex problems.

OCL employs a variety of full time Service Coordinators. If you choose OCL for your service coordination, you will meet with available Service Coordinators to decide who is a best match for YOU. YOU will always have the opportunity to change Service Coordinators within our agency or move to another agency if you feel that your needs are not being met.

YOU are the shining star that we all revolve around!

 
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