Caregiver - STNA or HHA - No Experience Also Welcome

Home Health Aides Wanted

Haven Home Care is hiring Home Health Aides across Summit County, Ohio. Licensed, certified, experienced, or brand new there's a spot for you.

We hire Home Health Aides four different ways. Pick the one that matches your background and see how fast you could start.

Got an STNA license? (active or expired)

Start in 1-3 days. $18/hour.

Your license proves you passed the state competency test. You skip our written and skills test entirely. Active or expired doesn't matter.

What you do:

• 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

Got an HHA certificate? (30+ hours)

Start in 5-8 days. $16-18/hour based on interview.

Certificate must be 30+ hours, signed by RN (unless completed online).

What you do:

• 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

Worked under an RN or LPN for 1+ year? (no certificate needed)

Start in 5-8 days after we verify. $16-18/hour based on interview.

You need 1+ year at one company where your supervisor was an RN or LPN.

Jobs where this applies:

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

Jobs where this does NOT apply:

• Non-medical home care agencies (supervisor was a care coordinator or office manager)
• Private caregiving for family or friends
• Any workplace without a licensed nurse as your supervisor

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 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 GOT AN HHA CERTIFICATE or NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL pathways 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.

What you do:

• 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

We check before the phone interview so neither of us wastes time if we can't confirm your background.

Not sure if your experience qualifies? Text us at View phone number on click.appcast.io and we'll help you figure it out.

No experience at all? We train you free.

Start in 1-2 weeks. $16/hour.

No background needed. We give you free online training 32 hours, done from home. We teach everything.

What you do:

• 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.

The state test

Ohio law says all Home Health Aides must pass a competency test. Two parts: written questions and skills you demonstrate. 80% on both parts. Both happen in person at our Cuyahoga Falls office we find a time that works for you.

Passed this test at another company? Show us results with 80% or higher and you skip it.

STNAs skip the test entirely. Your license active or expired is all you need.

What home health aides do

You visit people in their homes and help with everyday tasks. Mostly older adults. Baths, getting dressed, making meals, light cleaning, running errands, keeping them company. This is physical work you help people move around and you're standing most of the day. If you need help doing these tasks, tell us. We can talk about what might work.

You do NOT give medicine or handle medical tasks. Nurses do that.

Before you apply is this work for you?

Home care isn't just a job. It's a calling.

This work is for people who actually CARE about the elderly community. Not people just chasing a paycheck. Our clients are vulnerable many can't get through the day without help. They depend on you showing up.

We've seen people quit after one shift. We've seen people quit after 1-2 weeks because the travel between clients was too much, or the work itself wasn't cut out for them. That hurts us but it hurts the client more. A vulnerable person who needed help suddenly doesn't have it. They can't just "figure it out."

So think hard before you apply. If you start working with a client and then quit or have attendance problems, that client struggles to get through their day.

This line of work is hard. But for the right person someone with empathy, someone whose heart is in this it's deeply rewarding.

Summit county cities

Akron, Barberton, Copley, Cuyahoga Falls, Hartville, Hudson, Kent, New Franklin, Norton, Rootstown, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Uniontown.

We match based on how far you'll travel, not city names alone. Tell us 30 minutes and we may place you with clients anywhere in that range.

Pay breakdown

STNA: $18/hour

HHA certificate or experience: $16-18/hour based on interview

Free training: $16/hour

Private pay client you referred:

- HHA: $