{"ref":"PA-HC-HR-04","title":"Provisional Hiring Pending Background Results","category":"Human resources","summary":"Allows a direct care worker to start work before the criminal history report or ChildLine verification arrives only if every condition in 28 Pa. Code §611.54 is met: request forms filed, a sworn statement, competency met first, random direct observation and consumer feedback documented, extra supervision with consumers under 18, and a firm limit of 30 days (90 days for applicants who have not lived in Pennsylvania for two years).","inShort":["You may start work before your background results arrive only if you have applied for them, signed a sworn statement, and passed your competency requirement.","A supervisor will visit unannounced to watch you work, and will ask your consumers how your care is going.","If your ChildLine result is pending, you can only work with a child when another worker or a supervisor is with you.","You must give us your results within 30 days (90 days if you have lived in Pennsylvania less than two years), or your job ends."],"primaryCitation":"28 Pa. Code §611.54","citations":["28 Pa. Code §611.54","35 P.S. §10225.506","6 Pa. Code §15.146","55 Pa. Code §52.20","28 Pa. Code §611.55"],"federalCitations":[],"surveyorAsks":["Which of your current workers are provisional hires, and what day of the provisional period is each on?","Show me the sworn statement and the copies of the request forms for this provisional hire."],"forms":[{"ref":"PA-HC-HR-04-A","title":"Provisional Hire Sworn Statement"},{"ref":"PA-HC-HR-04-B","title":"Provisional Hire Monitoring Log"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (28 Pa. Code §611.54)","5. Procedure","6. Delays Caused by the State Police or the FBI","7. Responsibilities","8. Records and Compliance Monitoring","9. Staff Training","10. Waiver Providers","11. References","12. Related Policies and Forms","13. Approval","14. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"pa-hca","state":"Pennsylvania","service":"Home care","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-care-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies does a home care agency need?"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}