Job Description

Become a PCA Today
What is a Personal Care Attendant (PCA)?
A PCA provides assistance to, and is employed by, MassHealth PCA program consumer-employers in accordance with the MassHealth PCA Program. A consumer-employer is a MassHealth member who receives MassHealth-covered PCA services and who hires and manages one or more PCAs.

PCAs help consumer-employers live in their homes by providing support with the activities of daily living, such as:
~ Walking
~ Mobility, including transferring in and out of chairs and beds
~ Toileting
~ Bathing and dressing

And/or the instrumental activities of daily living, such as:
~ Meal preparation
~ Housekeeping
~ Shopping

What is the MassHealth PCA Program?
MassHealth's PCA program provides funds for people with disabilities to manage one or more PCAs.

Who is the employer?
Consumer-employers are responsible to hire, train, and manage the PCA. The consumer-employer is listed as the employer on the I-9 and W-4 forms. PCAs are NOT independent contractors: taxes are withheld.

Benefits/Pay
What are the advantages of working as a PCA?
Hourly wage of $19.00
Up to 50 hours of paid time off each year
Vacation Leave
Sick Leave
Education Cost Reimbursement
Subsidized Skill Development (e.g. ESL,Adult Ed,etc)
and more...

· In-house Skill Training Programs
~ Opportunity for job seekers to grow their skill sets with specialized trainings provided by the 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund and PCA Workforce Council.
~ Access to free certificate programs and college courses after one year of PCA work (health care, IT, education).

Qualifications and Requirements

What is required to be a PCA in Massachusetts?
~ Authorization to work in the United States
~ Ability to understand and carry out instructions of the consumer-employer
~ Completion of a paid, four-hour PCA new hire orientation training

Are there any restrictions on who can be hired as a PCA?
A person cannot be hired if he/she is the consumer-employer's:
~ Parents of minor children
~ Spouses
~ Legally responsible relatives

What other considerations are there regarding PCA work in Massachusetts?
~ PCAs can work full time (up to 50 hours/week) or part-time (as few as one hour per week).
~ Each consumer-employer has their own preferences for worker certification, licensure, or educational attainment.
~ Each consumer-employer can choose whether to run a CORI, SORI or drug test.
~ Each consumer-employer can choose whether to require COVID-19 vaccination.

How To Apply

How To Apply Visit the PCA Workforce Council’s PCA referral directory https://www.masspcadirectory.org/ to register and complete an application for employment. If you have any questions about the Mass PCA Directory, please call 1-888-MassPCA (627-7722). Operators are available Monday-Friday from 9am-5pm.