Caregiver - 4 Ways to Start

Haven Home Care | Hiring Home Health Aides in Summit County, Ohio

What You'll Earn

$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. Direct deposit. W-2 job.

Drive time between clients is paid. Drive time to your first client or from your last client is not.

Raises Are Built In

3 raises in your first 2 years:

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. You can still earn it.

What $16/hour could become:

→ 90 days: $16.50

→ 1 year: $17.00

→ 2 years: $18.00

What $18/hour could become:

→ 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 you sign it. Then we grade you on the same items.

Score all 1s (highest) on every item and the raise is yours. Here's what we look at:

Showing Up

- Be on time

- Clock in and out (app or phone)

- Follow call-off steps if you can't make a shift

Client Care

- Follow policies

- Accept clients that match the limits YOU gave us

- Report incidents within 24 hours

- Get good feedback from clients

- Don't be the reason a client leaves Haven. Most common reasons: frequent call-offs, no-call/no-shows. If a client leaves us because of you, it impacts your raise.

Staying In Touch

- Answer office calls and texts quickly

- Send updated documents when we ask (insurance, license, training)

- Complete feedback forms when sent

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

Earn Extra

$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 — parents, grandparents, neighbors. Same bonuses apply.

How To Qualify

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.

Here's how it works:

1. Apply with your STNA license number

2. Phone talk (20 minutes)

3. Short online questionnaire

4. Sign your paperwork online

5. Online orientation + document verification (30-40 minutes)

6. 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.

Here's how it works:

1. Apply and send your certificate

2. Phone talk (20 minutes)

3. Short online questionnaire

4. Take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office (scheduled with you)

5. Sign your paperwork online

6. Online orientation + document verification (30-40 minutes)

7. Fingerprinting

Path 3: Experience Under a Licensed Nurse (no certificate needed)

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. We don't make this rule — the state does.

Important — How We Verify Your Experience

Ohio law requires us to verify your experience by calling your former employer directly. They 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 (those services only confirm basic dates — they don't confirm RN/LPN supervision, which is what Ohio requires)

- The company has closed and no longer has records of your employment

- They can't or won't verify the details we need

If your old employer uses The Work Number, we cannot use this pathway for you. You may need Path 2 (HHA certificate) or Path 4 (free training) instead.

Not sure how your old employer verifies employment? Call their HR department before you apply, or text us at View phone number on click.appcast.io and we'll help you figure it out.

Here's how it works:

1. Apply — include your former employer's name, phone number, your RN or LPN supervisor's name and title, and the dates you worked there

2. We call your old employer to verify your experience AND confirm your supervisor was an RN or LPN

3. Once verified, we schedule your phone talk (20 minutes)

4. Short online questionnaire

5. Take the HHA test at our Cuyahoga Falls office (scheduled with you)

6. Sign your paperwork online

7. Online orientation + document verification (30-40 minutes)

8. Fingerprinting

We verify first so we don't waste your time on a phone interview if we can't confirm your experience.

Not sure if your experience counts? Text