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Home Care Consortium of Marin/Marin Center for Independent Living

Personal Assistant Registry 

The Marin Center for Independent Living maintains a registry of carefully selected personal assistants to enable persons with disabilities and older adults to make independent living choices.  Marin Center for Independent Living is not the employer.  Registry personal assistants are employed by either a private family or individual or by the In Home Supportive Services Public Authority of Marin.

Those personal assistants considered by the Marin Center for Independent Living must, at a minimum, meet the criteria described below.  We reserve the right not to select applicants for listing on the registry.

Selection Criteria 

þ     Ability to work independently without agency supervision under direction of the consumer or other family member.

þ     Ability to communicate effectively with consumer and/or family members.

þ     Application: All sections of the application, including the Self-Evaluation, must be completed accurately. Misrepresentation is grounds for exclusion from consideration.

þ     Identification:  Picture ID must be current. A working phone number must be provided.

þ     Eligibility to work: Proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

þ     References: For a reference to be considered, the caregiving experience must have taken place within the past two years.  At least two positions described must have lasted a minimum of 6 months.  Preference is given to assistants who have worked with consumers for longer periods of time.  Phone numbers for references and dates of employment must be provided. Written references are accepted as additional evidence only, but do not substitute for the two or more references we will call ..

þ     Interview/Orientation: Applicants considered must have a face-to–face interview and orientation with the Registry staff.

þ     Car insurance: If an applicant will drive during work hours (shopping, errands or accompanying consumer to an appointment) in either the consumer’s or the applicant’s car, applicant must have a valid California’s driver’s license, a good driving record, and appropriate automobile liability insurance.