Caregiver - 4 Ways to Start - Hiring Now

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 app or phone)
• Follow call-off steps if you can’t make a shift
• Follow policies
• Accept clients that match the limits you gave us
• Report incidents within 24 hours
• Get good feedback from clients
• Answer office calls and texts quickly
• Send updated documents when asked (insurance, license, training)
• Complete feedback forms when sent

Requirements

• Driver’s license
• Your own car with insurance that covers work driving
• Pass background checks
• Work at least 20 hours/week
• Available between 6 AM–8 PM (most work is 8 AM–5 PM)
• Legal right to work in the US
• Must be at least 18 years old

Qualification paths

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

Path 1: STNA License (fastest start)

• Pay: $18/hour
• Need: STNA license in Ohio—active or expired
• How long: 1–3 days if you move fast

Your STNA means you already passed the state test. You skip our written and skills test entirely.

How it works:

• Apply with your STNA license number
• Phone talk (20 minutes)
• Short online questionnaire
• Sign your paperwork online
• Online orientation + document verification (30–40 minutes)
• Fingerprinting

Path 2: HHA Certificate

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

How it works:

• Apply and send your certificate
• Phone talk (20 minutes)
• Short online questionnaire
• Take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office (scheduled with you)
• Sign your paperwork online
• Online orientation + document verification (30–40 minutes)
• 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
• How long: 5–8 days after we verify your experience

Where this kind of experience comes from:

• Nursing homes
• Hospitals
• Skilled home health agencies (Medicare-certified)
• Assisted living with licensed nurses on staff

This does NOT count:

• Non-medical home care agencies (supervisor was a care coordinator or office manager)
• Private caregiving for family or friends
• Any job where your supervisor was not a licensed nurse

Ohio requires Home Health Aides to have training OR supervised experience under a licensed nurse.

How we verify your experience:

• We call your former employer directly to confirm your dates, that you worked there 1+ year, and that your supervisor was an RN or LPN
• This pathway will NOT work if your former employer uses The Work Number or another third-party verification service, the company has closed, or they can’t or won’t verify the details we need

How it works:

• Apply—include your former employer’s name, phone number, your RN or LPN supervisor’s name and title, and the dates you worked there
• We call your old employer to verify your experience and confirm your supervisor was an RN or LPN
• Once verified, we schedule your phone talk (20 minutes)
• Short online questionnaire
• Take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office (scheduled with you)
• Sign your paperwork online
• Online orientation + document verification (30–40 minutes)
• Fingerprinting

Path 4: No experience (we train you free)

• Pay: $16/hour
• Need: Just a willingness to help people
• How long: 1–2 weeks to working

How it works:

• Apply
• Phone talk (20 minutes)
• 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 (scheduled with you)
• Sign your paperwork online
• Online orientation + document verification (30–40 minutes)
• Fingerprinting

Don’t finish training in 6 days? We close your application. If something comes up, text us right away.

HHA Test

Ohio requires all Home Health Aides to pass a competency test—not our rule, the state’s. Two parts: written questions and skills you demonstrate. You need 80% on both. Both parts happen in person at our Cuyahoga Falls office. We schedule a time that works for you.

Already passed an HHA test at another job? Show us your results. 80% or higher means you skip it.

STNAs skip the test entirely. Your license—active or expired—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 2 weeks via direct deposit.

Raises are built in:

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

That adds up to $2.00/hour more if you hit all three. Miss one? It carries over to your next review.

Example progression:

• $16/hour → 90 days: $16.50 → 1 year: $17.00 → 2 years: $18.00
• $18/hour → 90 days: $18.50 → 1 year: $19.00 → 2 years: $20.00

Start higher because of experience? Your increases stack on top.

How you earn raises:

• At your 90-day, 1-year, and 2-year reviews, you fill out an evaluation form
• You grade yourself on 11 items first, then sign it
• We grade you on the same items
• Score all 1s (highest) on every item and the raise is automatic

Items we look at:

• SHOWING UP: Be on time; clock in and out; follow call-off steps
• CLIENT CARE: Follow policies; accept clients that match your limits; report incidents within 24 hours; get good feedback from clients
• STAYING IN TOUCH: Answer office calls and texts quickly; send updated documents when asked; complete feedback forms when sent

Do these things? The raise is automatic. We don’t hold it back from good caregivers.

Bonuses

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

Refer anyone—friends, family, neighbors—to work here or as a private pay client. The bonuses above apply.

Schedule

• Shifts can be as short as 2–3 hours per visit; some are 4–6 hours; some are 8 hours
• You’ll usually have several clients across different days to reach 20+ hours/week
• Most shifts are 8 AM–5 PM; availability must be between 6 AM–8 PM
• “Flexible” means the days and times you told us you can work; it does NOT mean calling off whenever you want
• Attendance is one of the biggest things we look at—it’s part of the raise criteria

We match based on how far you’ll travel, not just city names. Tell us 30 minutes and we may assign clients anywhere in that range.

During your phone interview, you tell us your limits: pets, smoking, travel distance, days and times. We only assign clients that fit what you said.

If you can travel anywhere we have clients AND work with any client—you WILL start working quickly. We always have clients somewhere.

If you have travel limits or preferences—specific cities, certain days/times, no pets, no smoking—we respect them 100%. But your client availability WILL be smaller.

Your first 2 weeks, we gauge reliability with fill-in shifts. After that, you have your regular clients—same people every week. Most caregivers have 2–4 regulars. Want more hours? Pick up extra fill-ins anytime.