REGISTRY
Once
individuals qualify for In Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and their hours are assessed
and approved, it is the responsibility of the consumer,
to locate and hire an Individual Provider (home care worker). Locating
and hiring an Individual Provider can be a difficult process. This
is where the IHSS Public Authority Registry can
step in and help. The primary purpose of the San
Diego County IHSS Registry is to provide a free
and voluntary process through which IHSS consumers in need
of assistance and IHSS Individual Provider applicants in need of employment
can be “matched” in an effort to deliver in-home
support services.
The IHSS Public Authority Registry goal is to help
facilitate these employment relationships.
With the help of the administrative support services
provided by the Registry Specialist, the
Registry Coordinators
are trained individuals whose skills enable them to use
a comprehensive computerized program that maintains a
list of available Individual Providers who have been screened.
The needs
of the Consumers are electronically matched to the task
and
duties that a provider is willing to render. Once the list of possible “matches” has been created by the
Registry staff this information is then relayed to the Consumer
who then makes a determination of the potential Individual Provider
they wish to form an employment relationship with.
Another function of the
Registry Coordinators
is to help Consumers understand their role of being the
employer of an Individual Provider. This is either done via telephone
or by conducting
a Home Visit. Assisting Consumers comes in the form of
helping them to understand the process of selecting,
hiring, employing,
supervising, and if necessary, the firing of an Individual Provider.
The Registry conducts Department of Justice
criminal background checks and is constantly recruiting
and screening
individuals, throughout the San Diego region, who are
interested in providing in-home support services. This
enables us
to maintain our goal of having a sufficient number of
quality Individual Providers available to work for the Consumers
who use our
services.
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