Recruitment, Employment Application, and Hiring

Sets the hiring standards for every person who works with participants: minimum age and literacy, no immediate family members, the employment application with the disclosures and consents MMAC requires before any contact with a participant, reference checks, verification of licenses and certificates, E-Verify, equal employment opportunity and a drug-free workplace.

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About this policy

Policy number: MO-HC-HR-01
Version: 1.0
Main rule: MMAC In-Home Services Program Requirements 4.6.1
Library: Missouri home care · 50 policies
Category: Human resources
Sections: 18

In short

You must be at least 18 and able to read, write and follow directions to work with participants.
You cannot be the Agency worker for your own spouse, parent, brother or sister, child or stepchild, grandparent or grandchild.
Complete and sign the full application, including every name and Social Security number you have used, before you meet any participant.
Knowingly hiding a criminal history on the application is a crime in Missouri.
Never work under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The Agency is a drug-free workplace.

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18 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.

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Terms of Reference
1. Purpose
2. Scope
3. Definitions
4. Policy Statement (Program Requirements 4.6.1)
5. Minimum Qualifications
6. The Employment Application
7. Warning to Applicants
8. Hiring Steps
9. Employment Eligibility and E-Verify
10. Equal Employment Opportunity, Fair Employment and a Drug-Free Workplace
11. Responsibilities
12. Records and Compliance Monitoring
13. Staff Training
14. References
15. Related Policies and Forms
16. Approval
17. Revision History

An inspector may ask

Show me your employment application. Where are the criminal history question, the consents, and the question on aliases and Social Security numbers?
Was this application completed before the worker's first contact with a participant?

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Rules it follows

MMAC In-Home Services Program Requirements 4.6.1MMAC In-Home Services Program Requirements 4.5MMAC In-Home Services Program Requirements 4.8MMAC In-Home Services Program Requirements 4.9MMAC In-Home Services Program Requirements 5.919 CSR 15-7.021(19)(C), (D), (E)19 CSR 15-7.021(24)(B)1, 813 CSR 70-91.010(3)(K)19 CSR 15-7.010(4)(A), (B)19 CSR 15-7.010(16)(A)RSMo 192.2495.5RSMo 192.2495.6RSMo 285.530.1, .4RSMo 290.502.3MMAC In-Home Services Assurances, items 14, 15, 18, 19, 22MMAC Terms and Conditions 1.b, 1.iMO HealthNet Personal Care Provider Manual §§2.2, 2.3, 2.58 U.S.C. §1324a8 CFR §274a.242 U.S.C. §2000e et seq.42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.29 U.S.C. §201 et seq.

Forms included

MO-HC-HR-01-A Employment Application Supplement: Required Disclosures and Consents
MO-HC-HR-01-B Reference and Credential Verification Record

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