What are the responsibilities and job description for the CNA Scholarship and Job Opportunity! position at Commonwealth Senior Living at Haddam?
Turn your passion for serving seniors into a rewarding healthcare career—at no cost to you!
Commonwealth Senior Living at Haddam, Connecticut will award 3 full Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) training scholarships from our first 20 qualified applicants. After certification, recipients are guaranteed a Resident Care Associate (RCA) role with a one-year employment commitment.
Your Scholarship Includes:
- 100% Free CNA Training: Your full tuition is paid upfront.
- A Guaranteed Job: Pass your exam and move directly into a paid RCA role with a starting rate of $21.00/hour and the possibility of shift differentials .
- Career-Ready Credentials: CPR and First Aid certifications will be provided as part of your training.
How It Works:
- Apply: Submit your resume and a short personal letter describing why you would be a great fit for this scholarship program.
- Advance: The first 20 qualified applicants enter the candidate pool.
- Stand Out: Interviews, passion, and alignment with our Core Values determine the 3 scholarship recipients.
- Get Certified: Complete your CNA classes and pass the certification exam.
- Launch Your Career: Begin your RCA role in Assisted Living and/or Memory Care at Commonwealth Senior Living at Haddam, Connecticut.
Your Personal Letter Matters:
We are not looking for the perfect resume—we are looking for the right heart. Your personal letter is the primary tool used to select the initial 20 candidates.
Tell us:
- Your Motivation: Why is this scholarship right for you?
- Your Passion: What inspires you to serve seniors and their families?
- Your Commitment: Why are you ready to build a meaningful career with our team for at least one year?
What You’ll Need:
- Experience: Prior private duty caregiving or home health experience is desired. Bring compassion and a genuine desire to serve seniors, we provide the training.
- Resident-focused care: Ability to meet residents’ physical and emotional needs.
- Physical ability: Able to lift, stoop, carry, turn, assist high-risk residents, lift and/or carry 50–75 pounds, and remain active throughout the workday.
- Flexible availability: Available to work weekends as needed to support continuous resident care.
- One-year commitment: Agree to work full-time for Commonwealth Senior Living for at least one year after certification or reimburse the company for the training cost.
- Availability: Open to work any shifts.
Your Impact as a Resident Care Associate:
- Provide hands-on care: Support daily tasks, mobility, lifts, transfers, and routine care rounds while protecting dignity and safety.
- Promote well-being: Deliver essential care that maintains skin integrity and helps prevent pressure ulcers.
- Document and protect: Accurately record care using standard computer equipment and follow safety and infection-control procedures.
- Create connection: Offer respectful physical, emotional, and psychosocial support to residents and families in a homelike environment.
Apply Today!
Ready to turn your compassion into a healthcare career?
Click “Apply Now” and submit both your resume and personal letter. Applications without a personal letter explaining why you want the scholarship and why you want to serve seniors in our community will not be considered.
Only 20 applicants will advance—apply today!
Full-time associates are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, which may include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company-paid life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability options
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Additional voluntary benefits
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