Before you post a job
- [ ] Write a clear job description (tasks, schedule, location county, skills)
- [ ] Confirm budget hours with your consultant / case manager and Purchasing Plan or care plan
- [ ] Identify who is representative vs who may be a paid worker (cannot be both for the same consumer under CDC+ rules)
Screening candidates
- [ ] Interview using structured questions
- [ ] Check references
- [ ] Start Level 2 background screening through the proper Clearinghouse path before the worker begins
- [ ] Worker pays screening costs (CDC+ funds generally cannot pay screening)
Hiring packet (typical — confirm with F/EA)
- [ ] Employee information form
- [ ] W-4
- [ ] I-9
- [ ] Certificate of Good Moral Character
- [ ] Background clearance documentation
- [ ] Direct deposit / pay card forms
After hire
- [ ] Train on your household routines and privacy expectations
- [ ] Set timesheet process
- [ ] Document an emergency back-up plan