Group Home Interview Tips?

[Ashtae220]

I am not sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I figured if anyone would know it would be the people on allnurses.com! I have an interview for a residential instructor position on Wednesday at a group home for disabled adults (between the ages of 18-29). I really want this job because I would like to work with disabled people specifically (my eventual goal isn't in nursing, but speech language pathology) and because I am still a college student and the shift they are hiring for is 2nd or 3rd which would allow me to still go to school when I need to.

Anyway I'm really nervous about my interview! I have never really been in a group home environment. I'm trying to look up reviews of people who have worked in a group home before to figure out what it's like to work at one (I know what the job entails but I'm looking for something a bit deeper than that I guess). I also have no idea what to wear! When I go on interviews I usually wear a pant suit outfit with a jacket but I'm not sure if that would be appropriate. They are having me come in to meet the residents during my interview.

I'm also worried about my car. Right now the muffler is broken. I'm getting it fixed as soon as I can, but I probably have to wait till January due to a lack of funds. My car is really loud and I don't want it to be super noticeable. It's also a bit of an old beater with somewhat peeling paint, rust spots and a few dents. I'm not sure if I would have to drive around in my car or not. They did require that people have a valid driver's license, but they didn't mention any job duties consisting of driving in our own vehicles, so I'm not sure if that requirement was simply so they know people can make it to work during the required shifts or not.

Any tips at all would be really appreciated!