NH Department of Health and Human Services is looking to train NH residents
who are interested in becoming respite providers.
Respite literally means a time of rest or relief. This free training will enable you to give family caregivers temporary relief from the constant responsibilities of caring for a dependent child or adult. All training and testing of this competency-based curriculum for respite providers is completed online. Upon satisfactory completion of the training, you are then expected to join our pilot program in providing respite to families who have adopted or reunified with children diagnosed with Severe Emotional Disturbance. Through this pilot program, trained respite providers are paid for up to 50 hours of respite services per family at $10.00/hour. Furthermore, the schedule for the training and actual respite services is flexible to compliment the availability of your time as well as the needs of the families. Once the pilot program is complete, you are encouraged to provide respite services to individuals of varying ages and abilities based upon your preferences and the need of local families.
If you would like additional information, please contact Sharon Kaiser at 603-271-4498 or
email SKaiser@dhhs.state.nh.us. |
