How to hire a home help aide

How to hire a home help aide, step by step

Here's a step-by-step home help aide hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the home help aide you need to hire. Certain home help aide roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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   A home help aide's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, home help aides 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 home help aide salaries for various roles:

   Type of Home Help Aide	Description	Hourly rate
   Home Help Aide	Personal care aides help clients with self-care and everyday tasks. They also provide social supports and assistance that enable clients to participate in their communities.	$10-17
   Sitter	A sitter is responsible for assisting medical needs under the supervision of an attending physician, registered nurses, and other health professionals. Sitters monitor the patients' daily activities and perform medical duties such as taking the patient's temperature, administering medications, monitoring food intake, helping with bathing needs, and responding to the patients' inquiries, concerns, and requests... Show more	$9-18
   Elderly Caregiver	An Elderly Caregiver provides personal and emotional support to people who cannot look after themselves. They are either hired by a client or their family, or report directly to a physician or a nurse.	$11-28

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Companionship
   • Patients
   • Laundry Services
   • Meal Preparation
   • Doctor Appointments
   • Medication Reminders
   • Senior Care
   • Vital Signs
   • Patient Care
   • ADL
   • Appointment Reminders
   • Bed Linens
   • Physical Therapy
   • RAN

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   Responsibilities:

   • Provide companionship, run errands, and maintain confidentiality of proprietary information.
   • Assist clients with ADL's, and ROM exercises.
   • Help her take care of groceries.
   • Assist Alzheimer's client with transportation to and from appointments.
   • Assist clients with ADL's and proper positioning as needed to prevent skin breakdowns.
   • Perform light housekeeping duties, prepare snacks and meals, run errands such as grocery shopping and banking.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your home help aide job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A home help aide salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, home help aides' average salary in alabama is 43% less than in maine.
   • Seniority. Entry-level home help aides earn 42% less than senior-level home help aides.
   • Certifications. A home help aide with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a home help aide's salary.

   Average home help aide salary

   $13.38hourly

   $27,834 yearly

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   Entry-level home help aide salary

   $21,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

4. Writing a home help aide job description

   A job description for a home help aide 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 home help aide job description:

   Home help aide job description example

   The Cadet travels via Geekmobile from the precinct to our client's home and assists with the delivery and basic installation of technology products alongside a seasoned Agent. They provide our clients service that exceeds expectations by handling appointments with care, asking the right questions to enhance the client experience, and providing prompt follow up of recommendations as well as solutions. This is a great opportunity to build a career with Geek Squad by learning all about our products and services. It offers the chance to increase skills through training and on-the-job opportunities.
   
   At Best Buy, we are obsessed with building long term relationships with our customers. Every team member should feel empowered to deliver a world-class and unique experience based on what each customer needs.
   Key Responsibilities
   
   * Helps drive a positive customer experience by building relationships, exhibiting empathy, and providing solutions to their needs.
   
   * Performs a variety of fulfillment duties for clients in their homes including delivery, installation, and networking with a primary focus on Home Theater technology.
   
   * Maintains phone and in-person contact with clients to reveal diagnostic discoveries and make recommendations for protecting their devices.
   
   * Provides timely updates to the client and store precincts.
   
   * Responsibly manages inventory and Geekmobile maintenance.
   
   * Provides feedback and training to store teams as well as assists with in-store stock repairs.
   
   * Supports Geek Squad efforts to protect the world one device at a time.
   
   Basic Qualifications
   
   * Current, valid driver's license
   
   * Have and maintain a driving record which meets Best Buy safety standards (e.g. minimal number of violations/accidents, etc.)
   
   * Ability to consistently lift/carry/maneuver products weighing 75lbs+ individually, or 150lbs+ as a team (support tools such as a harness, dolly, and/or lift may be provided as applicable for the type of work being performed)
   
   * Be at least 21 years of age
   
   * Acquire and maintain any state or local licensing, as required, within 90 days of hire
   
   Preferred Qualifications
   
   * Previous experience actively using and learning about technology products
   
   * Previous experience in sales, delivery, installation, and/or repair
   
   * Previous experience in Customer Service

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5. Post your job

   To find the right home help aide for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with home help aides they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit home help aides who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your home help aide job on Zippia to find and recruit home help aide candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting home help aides requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   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 home help aide

   Once you've decided on a perfect home help aide candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

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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