Employer Resource Connection
Employer Resource Connection with your homecare or personal support worker is a program for people whose in-home services are provided through state funded programs. It promotes successful working relationships between consumer-employers, personal support workers, and homecare workers.
ERC offers:
Major topic areas include:
ERC services are provided in consumers’ homes or other location of their choice and may be offered in small groups. On request, consumer/employers or representatives may receive materials electronically or by mail, with follow-up by phone or in person.
ERC offers:
- Information- fact sheets and discussions about topics such as rights and responsibilities, and what it means to be the employer
- Tools- Checklists and customizable forms, as well as assistance with editing and using the forms to help consumers
- Support- Activities to help consumer/employers evaluate their hiring and management decisions; modeling and coaching skills such as interviewing and communicating with homecare workers.
Major topic areas include:
- The Big Picture/ Getting Started- General Information about receiving in-home services, hiring checklist.
- Finding and Hiring- Locating, interviewing and selecting homecare workers, developing job descriptions and employment agreements based on the Task List.
- Special Circumstances- Employing friends or family members; live-in plans and tracking hours and any authorized mileage; recognizing, discussing and attempting to correct performance deficiencies; dismissal.
- Safety and Being Prepared- Back-up and emergency planning, home safety.
ERC services are provided in consumers’ homes or other location of their choice and may be offered in small groups. On request, consumer/employers or representatives may receive materials electronically or by mail, with follow-up by phone or in person.
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