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Haven Home Care · Montrose-Ghent, OH · 2 days ago

OTHR$16–$18/hrInternship

About the role

You go to people’s homes and help them with daily life. Mostly older adults. Baths, getting dressed, meals, light cleaning, errands, companionship. This is physical work—you help people move around and you’re on your feet most of the day. You do not give medicine or do medical tasks; that’s for nurses.

Responsibilities

Be on time; clock in and out via the app or phone
Follow call-off steps if you cannot make a shift
Follow policies and accept only clients that match the limits you set
Report incidents within 24 hours
Provide good client feedback and avoid being the reason a client leaves Haven (common reasons include frequent call-offs or no-call/no-shows)
Answer office calls and texts quickly
Send updated documents when asked (insurance, license, training)
Complete feedback forms when sent

Requirements

Driver’s license and your own car with work-driving insurance
Pass background checks
Work at least 20 hours per week
Available between 6 AM and 8 PM (most work is 8 AM–5 PM)
Legal right to work in the U.S.
Must be at least 18 years old

Qualification pathways

Pick the path that fits you. All four lead to the same job.

Path 1: STNA License (fastest start)

Pay: $18/hour
Need: Ohio STNA license—active or expired
Timeline: 1–3 days if you move quickly

Your STNA license means you already passed the state test, so you skip our written and skills test. Process: apply with your STNA license number, 20-minute phone talk, short online questionnaire, sign paperwork online, 30–40 minute online orientation + document verification, fingerprinting.

Path 2: HHA Certificate

Pay: $16–18/hour based on interview
Need: HHA certificate (30+ hours) signed by an RN (unless completed online)
Timeline: 5–8 days to working

Process: apply and send your certificate, 20-minute phone talk, short online questionnaire, take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office (scheduled with you), sign paperwork online, 30–40 minute online orientation + document verification, fingerprinting.

Path 3: Experience under a licensed nurse

Pay: $16–18/hour based on interview
Need: 1+ year at one company where your supervisor was an RN or LPN
Timeline: 5–8 days after we verify your experience

Acceptable experience sources: nursing homes, hospitals, Medicare-certified skilled home health agencies, assisted living with licensed nurses on staff. Not acceptable: non-medical home care agencies, private caregiving for family/friends, jobs where your supervisor was not a licensed nurse.

Ohio law requires us to verify your experience by calling your former employer directly to confirm dates, 1+ year of work, and RN/LPN supervision. If your old employer uses The Work Number or has closed, you may need Path 2 or Path 4 instead.

Process: apply with former employer’s name, phone number, your RN/LPN supervisor’s name and title, and dates worked; we call to verify; once verified, 20-minute phone talk, short online questionnaire, take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office, sign paperwork online, 30–40 minute online orientation + document verification, fingerprinting.

Path 4: No experience (we train you free)

Pay: $16/hour
Need: Willingness to help people; we teach the rest
Timeline: 1–2 weeks to working

Process: apply, 20-minute phone talk, short online questionnaire, complete free 32-hour online HHA training at home (6 days to finish; not paid), take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office, sign paperwork online, 30–40 minute online orientation + document verification, fingerprinting. If you do not finish training in 6 days, we close your application.

HHA Test

Ohio requires all Home Health Aides to pass a competency test (written and skills). You need 80% on both parts, taken in person at our Cuyahoga Falls office. Already passed an HHA test elsewhere with 80%+? Show us your results and you can skip it. STNAs skip the test entirely; your license proves you passed.

Pay

$18/hour — STNA license (active or expired)
$16–18/hour — HHA certificate or experience, based on interview
$16/hour — free training pathway
$19–20/hour — when you refer and care for a private pay client
10% extra on holidays

Paid every two weeks via direct deposit. Drive time between clients is paid; drive time to your first client or from your last client is not.

Built-in raises in your first two years:

90-day review: +$0.50/hour
1-year review: +$0.50/hour more
2-year review: +$1.00/hour more

Miss one? It carries over to your next review; you can still earn it. Example trajectories:

$16 → $16.50 at 90 days → $17 at 1 year → $18 at 2 years
$18 → $18.50 at 90 days → $19 at 1 year → $20 at 2 years

Raises are automatic if you score all 1s (highest) on every evaluation item at each review; we don’t hold them back from good caregivers.

Bonuses

$100 after 30 days with perfect attendance—every shift on time, zero call-offs
$300 when you refer a caregiver who stays—$100 at 60 hours, $200 more at 200 hours
$75–$1,500 when you refer a private pay client, based on their hours

Schedule

Shifts can be 2–3 hours, 4–6 hours, or 8 hours depending on client needs
Most caregivers have 2–4 regular clients per week
You can pick up extra fill-in shifts anytime to reach 20+ hours
“Flexible” means the days and times you committed to during your phone interview; it does not mean calling off whenever you want
Attendance is a core part of the raise criteria