NHCWA Residential Healthcare Workers (RHW) certification is for healthcare professionals who provide direct care services in (Attendant Care, Personal Care, Residential Communities and Group Home)
If you are serious about pursuing a career as a Residential Healthcare Worker, NHCWA certification is essential, and you should consider doing all that you can to obtain one. Your NHCWA certification ensures that you have received the necessary education to fulfill job duties, it will also make your resume look that much more attractive to prospective employers, and will potentially help you earn a higher salary then a candidate without certification.
The Role Of A Residential Healthcare Worker (RHT)
Residential Healthcare workers spend their time helping their group home residents become independent. From teaching them life skills to setting up appointments, the residential healthcare worker’s job is one of the most challenging, but also most rewarding.
- The residential healthcare worker is responsible for monitoring the behavior of the clients living in the home, which includes mediating disputes, taking dangerous items out of a client’s possession or counseling clients.
- Learning how to live independently is one of the primary goals for group home residents. Teaching them these skills is something that every group home worker will do. This could mean teaching someone how to brush his teeth, meal preparation or help with medications. These are quality of life skills.
- Getting their clients to and from appointments is the responsibility of the residential healthcare worker.
NHCWA Residential Healthcare Technician Certification Requirements:
One of these requirements must be met:
- Graduation from an allied health vocational training program
- One year of work experience in the field
- Military experience/training in the field
- Reciprocity from another certifying agency
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