Come Back To Caregiving
Once you become a caregiver again, you can get all the great benefits that are available to Washington state caregivers.
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Retirement Benefit
A retirement plan your employer contributes to.
Health Benefits
High-quality, affordable healthcare coverage and other great benefits.
Learning Benefits
Learning benefits that allow you to get paid while you learn and advance your career.
Job-Matching Benefit
Free job-matching services for IPs, so you can work the hours you want to work.
Individual Providers (IP)
If you are a former caregiver and would like to become an Individual Provider (IP) again, you will need to follow these instructions to become an employee for Consumer Direct Care Network Washington, or CDWA. CDWA has been the employer of IPs in Washington state since 2022.
How to Become an IP
Fill out the application on this webpage, using CDWA’s step-by-step instructions. If you have been an IP with CDWA before, you may be able to use the information in their system already by selecting “Use My Last Application”.
CDWA will give you instructions on the next steps in the process. See more information in the “Getting Started With the CDWA Hiring Process” section of their webpage.
- Go through the Background Check and Fingerprinting process.
- Get matched with a client. You may already have an eligible client, or you can find a client through the free job-matching website, Carina. Your client will need to verify that they want you to provide care.
- Complete hiring tasks, like an I-9 and other paperwork.
- Complete five hours of mandatory Orientation & Safety training.
- You will get an “Okay to Provide Care” date. Once you get this you can provide care and submit hours.
- Before you can be paid, you have to submit a Client Relationship Attestation.
Agency Providers (AP)
If you want to become a caregiver again, you have many choices. The following employers contribute to the SEIU 775 Secure Retirement Plan (SRP). Click the links below to read more about how to apply to be a caregiver.
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