Guiding Philosophy
Independence Care System (ICS) is a nonprofit organization committed to assisting people with disabilities to live independently. Using the vehicle of a managed long-term care program, ICS develops a comprehensive range of services and integrates them into a specialized system of care which can be used in a flexible manner.
The core of Independence Care System (ICS) is a community of people–consumers with a variety of different disabilities, providers of care, staff and friends–who share a common vision and beliefs:
- People with disabilities can often take the lead role in planning and managing their own health care and social supports.
- People with disabilities need a service system that blends social supports and medical services.
- Each individual with disabilities has unique needs and preferences which must be recognized and addressed.
- Quality jobs for direct care workers is a prerequisite for providing quality care for people with disabilities
- Quality jobs for people with disabilities who want to work is critical for living independently.
As we practice what we believe, ICS will be a vibrant place with a wonderful spirit. It will be large in size, but feel small in scale. We will continually strive to:
- Treat everyone with respect and honesty—and especially listen and respond to each other.
- Develop people.
- Reflect about our work and learn from both our mistakes and successes.
- Treat the work seriously but have fun doing it.
- Focus on clarity and simplicity.
- Share information and knowledge.
- Promote high levels of involvement from everyone and cultivate many leaders, not just one.
ICS will do a variety of ORDINARY things to support our members EXTRAORDINARILY well.
