Caregiver Training
Helping Serve Professional Caregivers
Solutions for Growing Careers
Assistance In Home Care strives to continually educate and help our caregivers grow in their careers and advance their skill sets. We use multiple tools to help our caregivers feel prepared in any situation they may encounter while on the job. From the comfort of their home or coming into our office, we empower our employees to feel they can succeed in every single shift.
Phone and Internet Training - CEUs
Online Accredited Courses through Relias Learning that include classes such as:
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders: Handling with Care
- Lifting and moving a client
- Recognizing and reporting abusive
- Helping with ADLs and IADLs
- Many, many more
Speak with management on how to handle tricky/awkward interpersonal situations 24/7 management has phones
Online training is great for information but nothing beats hands on 1-1 training. Our office staff have all been CNAs and caregivers for many years, so with their experience our caregivers are able to learn and refresh certain skills. Repositioning, proper transfers and safe cleaning are just a few of the skills that we teach our caregivers before they leave orientation! We urge our employees to reach out if they would like more training as we have all of these accessible in our office!
In Office Training
- Safe Lifting with Hoyer Lift
- Live training on Dummy
- Wheelchair and Walker
- Remove gloves without infecting self
- Making hospital bed with hospital corners
- Oral care
- Gait belt
- Repositioning
- Blood pressure
California State Requirements
California is requiring all caregivers, if they haven’t already, to sign up on the state Registry. This is a simple and quick process that we can walk you through via the computer in our office.
Steps to be cleared as a Home Care Aide:
- Sign up on HCA Registry
- LiveScan Fingerprint through FBI & DOJ
- TB Test
- CPR and First Aid
- 5 Hour Annual Training
CalGrow incentive Structure
All paid direct care workers are eligible for the Learn and Earn and Career Builder Incentive Program that offer up to $6,000 in incentives. Caregivers must live in California and be employed providing care either in-home or in community-based setting for a minimum of two months.
Track 1: Learn and Earn Program
Track 2: Career Builder Program
Level 1: Learn | Incentive: $30/hr Up to $1,500
Requirements
- Proof of employment as a direct care worker
- Up to 50 hours of Learn and Earn courses
*you may submit an incentive claim once a month to gradually get paid for your hours of training
Level 1: Training | Incentive: $500*
Requirements
- Proof of employment as a direct care worker
- 15 hours of Career Builder courses
*you may complete and claim incentives twice to earn a total of $1,000 maximum for the Training Level 1
Level 2: Learn Bonus | Incentive: $500
Requirements
- Proof of employment as a direct care worker
- A one-time bonus after completing 15 hours of courses from Level 1: Learn
Level 2: Practice | Incentive: $500
Requirements
- Proof of employment as a direct care worker
- Worked as a direct care worker 40 hours in the last month
- Completed Level 1: Training
Level 3: Earn | Incentive: $500
Requirements
- Proof of employment as a direct care worker
- Worked as a direct care worker 40 hours a month for 3 months
- Completed 15 hours from Level 1: Learn
Level 3: Pro | Incentive: $2,500
Requirements
- Proof of employment as a direct care worker
- Worked as a direct care worker 40 hours a month for 5 additional months
- Completed Level 1: Training and Level 2: Practice