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Hiring Tips for Home Care Startups Highly trained, educated, hardworking home health aides set your home care startup apart from your competitors. A stellar reputation for excellent service and having the right people representing your agency also leads to more referrals. But how do you hire those highlevel aides, and how can you tell a potential employee will be a valuable member of your team from just an interview? There are several ways to identify and hire those elite aides for your home care startup. Follow these tips to ensure you staff your home care agency with the right people. You start with developing a profile of the position. The profile includes not only the objective criteria such as credentials, years of experience, working auto and insurance, etc, but also includes the personal attributes such as caring, compassionate, loyal, or any other attribute that matches your needs and that of your clients/patients. Find Out Why They’re Applying The biggest question to ask is why a potential home health aide is applying for the position. Are they working their way through school? Are they taking this position as a second job? You want to hire someone who aligns their reasons for applying with your goals: longterm employment as an expert aide. People working through school or applying for a second job may not be as dedicated to your home care startup as someone who wants a longterm, steady, fulfilling job. What HandsOn Experience Do They Have? There is tremendous turnover in the home care industry. This is in part due to the fact that new home health aides don’t understand the demands or duties of the job. Ask each applicant

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Hiring  Tips  for  Home  Care  Startups    

Highly  trained,  educated,  hardworking  home  health  aides  set  your  home  care  startup  apart  from  your  competitors.  A  stellar  reputation  for  excellent  service  and  having  the  right  people  representing  your  agency  also  leads  to  more  referrals.  But  how  do  you  hire  those  high-­‐level  aides,  and  how  can  you  tell  a  potential  employee  will  be  a  valuable  member  of  your  team  from  just  an  interview?    There  are  several  ways  to  identify  and  hire  those  elite  aides  for  your  home  care  startup.  Follow  these  tips  to  ensure  you  staff  your  home  care  agency  with  the  right  people.  You  start  with  developing  a  profile  of  the  position.  The  profile  includes  not  only  the  objective  criteria  such  as  credentials,  years  of  experience,  working  auto  and  insurance,  etc,  but  also  includes  the  personal  attributes  such  as  caring,  compassionate,  loyal,  or  any  other  attribute  that  matches  your  needs  and  that  of  your  clients/patients.    Find  Out  Why  They’re  Applying  The  biggest  question  to  ask  is  why  a  potential  home  health  aide  is  applying  for  the  position.  Are  they  working  their  way  through  school?  Are  they  taking  this  position  as  a  second  job?  You  want  to  hire  someone  who  aligns  their  reasons  for  applying  with  your  goals:  long-­‐term  employment  as  an  expert  aide.  People  working  through  school  or  applying  for  a  second  job  may  not  be  as  dedicated  to  your  home  care  startup  as  someone  who  wants  a  long-­‐term,  steady,  fulfilling  job.    What  Hands-­‐On  Experience  Do  They  Have?  There  is  tremendous  turnover  in  the  home  care  industry.  This  is  in  part  due  to  the  fact  that  new  home  health  aides  don’t  understand  the  demands  or  duties  of  the  job.  Ask  each  applicant  

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about  his  or  her  hands-­‐on  experience.  Those  who  have  worked  as  caregivers  in  the  past  are  more  likely  to  understand  those  job  duties  and  demands  than  someone  fresh  out  of  school.    Create  a  Clear  Job  Description  and  Attract  the  Top  Talent  You  need  to  have  a  comprehensive  job  description  to  recruit  the  top  talent  to  apply  for  your  open  position.  Make  your  requirements  clear—such  as  the  hours  you  expect  them  to  work,  the  duties  they  will  perform,  and  the  experience  they  bring  to  your  home  care  startup.      Don’t  just  post  a  vague  job  listing  that  doesn’t  include  the  specifics  of  the  position.  While  this  will  provide  you  with  a  lot  of  applicants,  you’ll  spend  more  time  sifting  through  and  discarding  resumes  for  unqualified  applicants  than  you  might  realize.  Describe  your  ideal  home  health  aide  in  the  job  description,  and  make  job  expectations  clear  so  you  know  they  are  serious,  understand  the  job  requirements,  and  are  ready  for  the  work.    Perform  Reference  Checks  When  you  ask  for  references,  don’t  forget  to  follow-­‐up  on  them.  Call  past  employers,  personal  references,  and  the  educational  references  they  provide.  You  also  need  to  perform  thorough  background  checks  to  avoid  hiring  someone  with  a  criminal  record.    Get  Started  Your  home  care  startup  is  on  the  right  track  to  being  successful  when  you  hire  the  right  group  of  home  health  aides.  For  more  tips  on  how  to  hire  the  right  home  health  aides  or  tips  on  training,  schedule  a  consultation  at  KenyonHCC.com  today.