How to hire a child health associate

How to hire a child health associate, step by step

Here's a step-by-step child health associate hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a child health associate job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new child health associate
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The child health associate hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   A child health associate's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, child health associates from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   Here's a comparison of child health associate salaries for various roles:

   Type of Child Health Associate	Description	Hourly rate
   Child Health Associate	Health educators teach people about behaviors that promote wellness. They develop and implement strategies to improve the health of individuals and communities... Show more	$9-22
   Diabetes Educator	A Diabetes Educator helps improve the health condition of people who are at risk of developing diabetes. They collect patient data to monitor health status and manage the patients conditions.	$21-38
   Community Educator	Community Educators are responsible for organizing and improving access to training and education opportunities throughout a local community. Their duties include forming relationships with community groups, discovering local interests, develop service plans with education providers, and increase learning channels such as through classes, tutorials, and mentorship programs... Show more	$12-31

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • CPR
   • Mental Health
   • Kids
   • Medicaid
   • Public Health
   • Child Abuse
   • Child Care
   • Ministry
   • Quality Customer Service
   • Direct Patient Care
   • Child Watch
   • Vital Signs
   • Hippa

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   Responsibilities:

   • Prevent and manage aggressive behavior among clients and administer CPR in emergency interventions.
   • Manage large databases, analyze records, perform literature reviews, prepare PowerPoint presentations, and interpret data for publication.
   • Experience with hospice patients, skil care, and in providing daily living needs and compassion.
   • Enroll clients into the WIC program.
   • Certify in basic first aid training and CPR.
   • Provide input regarding transitional goals at assign IEP meetings.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your child health associate job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A child health associate can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, child health associates' average salary in florida is 47% less than in connecticut.
   • Seniority. Entry-level child health associates 57% less than senior-level child health associates.
   • Certifications. A child health associate with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a child health associate's salary.

   Average child health associate salary

   $14.95hourly

   $31,103 yearly

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   Entry-level child health associate salary

   $20,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 31, 2026

4. Writing a child health associate job description

   A job description for a child health associate role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a child health associate job description:

   Child health associate job description example

   The Behavioral Health Associate (BHA) will provide direct care to all residential and acute patients including charting on assigned patients, assisting in the classroom, and providing structured groups.
   Reid Health also offers up to $1,000 sign-on for Behavioral Health Associates! Responsibilities 1. Provide direct patient supervision in a calm and therapeutic manner.
   2. Assist with the development, review, and implementation of patient Treatment Plans.
   3. Comply will all Medicaid, HFAP, Reid Health, State Licensing, and Board of Health regulations.
   4. Complete daily charting and all required paperwork in a concise and legible manner prior to the end of each shift.
   5. Actively utilizes de-escalation techniques to maintain a safe environment for all patients.
   6. Conducts goal, psycho-educational, and life skills groups and documentation daily.
   7. Maintain SCM certification as a condition of employment.
   8. Actively engages all patients by participating with them in their educational, group, recreational, and living environments.
   9. Attend all monthly and annual training sessions as assigned. 10. Participate in the Quality Improvement Program by reporting safety issues to the Team Leader or Nursing Supervisor.
   11. Maintain a valid driver's license.
   12. Complete Intake Assessments when assigned.
   13. During shifts, the BHA is directly responsible to the on-duty RN. Qualifications Education Required: High School Diploma or GED Education Preferred: High School Diploma or GED Experience Required: Assistance with Daily Living Skills Experience Preferred: Knowledge of behavioral and emotionally populations, Utiilzation of De-escalation techniques. Licensure: N/A Certifications: SCM- within 3 weeks of hire date, CPR- within 3 weeks of hire date, First- Aid- within 3 weeks of hire date. Must be at least 21 years of age. Schedule Details Day shift. 36 hours weekly. 6:00a-6:00p. Rotating weekend and holiday schedule.

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5. Post your job

   To find child health associates for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any child health associates they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level child health associates with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your child health associate job on Zippia to find and recruit child health associate candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit child health associates, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new child health associate

   Once you've found the child health associate candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new child health associate. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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