Your Workplace Your WorkplaceWe are an equal opportunity employer. No employee or applicant for employment will be discriminated against because of race, sex, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, familiar hereditary cellular or blood trait, religion, physical or mental disability or liability for service in the armed forces, or any other protected basis.
This policy applies to all employment practices and personnel actions. It applies not only to hiring, but also to compensation, training, transfer and promotion, employee benefits, termination and company-sponsored social and recreational programs.
In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the Agency will hire only individuals who are US citizens or aliens authorized to work in the United States. New employees are required to furnish proof of their eligibility for hire and must complete the appropriate verification forms within the first 72 hours of employment.
This manual is a GUIDE, it is not a contract of employment. The Agency practices what is called "employment-at-will." You have the right to decide to terminate your employment for any reason or for no reason at all. The Agency also has the right to terminate your employment for any reason or for no reason at all, with or without notice, at its discretion. This is how the Agency interprets "employment-at-will."
The door to Partners in Home Care’s management is always open to you. If you have a problem, complaint or request that you and your supervisor cannot resolve, you may go to the next level of management.
We want to resolve any problems quickly. Our Open Door Policy gives you another way to work together with our management to provide a healthy work environment.
Prior to beginning your employment, you will be required to have a physical exam which will be scheduled and paid for by the Agency. This physical must be completed prior to your first day on the job. It will include a health history, physical exam, urinalysis, drug testing and blood studies including a Rubella titer and Rubeola screening.
During the course of your employment, this physical examination process will be repeated periodically.
When you start your job, you will be given the first of two Mantoux tuberculin skin tests. The second will be given one to three weeks later. As a clinical employee, you will be given this test on an annual basis as a protection for yourself and patients with whom you work.
To protect you from exposure to Hepatitis B, you will be offered the Recombivax vaccination series upon employment.
Prior to providing patient care, you must supply the Agency with your Home Health Aide Certification.
If you do not have a certificate, you will be expected to successfully complete a Home Health Aide/Homemaker Training Course prior to being put on the payroll. The Agency will pay 100% of the fee for the course, however you must work for the Agency a minimum of 3 months after completing the course. If you leave the Agency prior to this time, you will be responsible for reimbursing the Agency for the cost of the training and certification fees.
Since you drive your own car on duty, you must be covered for Public Liability and Property Damage in accordance with State laws. Your premiums must be kept up-to-date and a current copy of your insurance coverage is to be on file in the Human Resources Department. The State requirements for liability limits are:
The Agency strongly encourages you to increase your Bodily Injury liability limits to $100,000 each person/$300,000 each occurrence and your Property Damage liability limits to $100,000. Your car insurance policy also should reflect that your car is being used for business purposes.
During the first three months of your employment, you will have the opportunity to get to know the Agency and your position in it, as well as allow the Agency to get to know you.
You will be able to:
You will be regularly informed of your performance during this time.
Most positions are posted on the employee bulletin boards. Qualifications required for the position will be listed. If you have been in your current position for a minimum of six months, are interested in applying for the posted position and feel that you meet all the qualifications, talk with your supervisor and Human Resources.
The Agency wants you to increase your skills and be up-to-date on developments in the health care field. Inservice education is ongoing and considered a part of your agreement for employment. You, as an hourly paraprofessional, will be paid for your inservice time.
Each Home Health Aides and Homemakers must participate in a minimum of fourteen (14) hours of inservice during each year of employment. The topics for these inservice sessions will be relevant to your work and assist you in giving quality service to your patients.
Performance reviews are intended to inform you about your performance, including your strengths and possible areas for development. A review meeting will be held between you and your supervisor, and it is designed to be an open, two-way communicative process.
In preparation for this review meeting, you will be asked to complete a self-evaluation of your performance. This will be discussed along with your supervisor’s evaluation. The self-evaluation will help your supervisor be aware of how you view your work, where you excel and where you believe you need some help. It is very important for you to take the time to complete this self-evaluation in a careful manner.
Your first review meeting should be held within the first three months of employment (your Introductory Period). After that time you will have a review meeting every year.
Some of our best employees have been recommended by other employees for employment. We value your recommendations; therefore, the Agency has set up a Recruitment Bonus program for each person referred as a Certified Home Health Aide, Registered Nurse or Therapist. You qualify for this bonus if the individual has not previously worked for the Agency and after the new employee has worked the following required amounts of time:
Due to the nature of the services we provide to our patients, you may have irregular working hours. Your specific schedule will be worked out with your supervisor. Any concerns you may have about your schedule, need to be discussed with your supervisor.
We make every effort to provide our employees with the greatest number of working hours per week; however, all Home Health Aides, with the exception of Staff Aides, are scheduled to work on an as-needed basis. Staff Aides are required to work 40 hours/week.
It is the Agency’s policy to maintain normal business operations regardless of weather conditions. Employees are expected to report to work as usual, unless the Governor of the State of New Jersey declares a "state of emergency."