Policy Manual

 
  7.MEP.29  

Starting Salary and Wages      

Type: Procedure                 Category: Human Resources                 Level: Community Care 

Parties: Community Care employees

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Supporting References: 

Parent Effective Date Approval Level Revision Dates Last Reviewed
N/A  1-1-2004  Management Team  6/09  6-1-2009
Related Document Code Related Document Name Type
7.ME.27 Employee Compensation Policy

Procedure:  .

Community Care maintains two different entry level tiers for the case coordination or case management and family integration specialist positions. Years of relevant experience will determine which tier a new employee in either of these roles will begin. Relevant years of experience for new employees entering a case coordination or family integration specialist position will be determined by the human resource department.Candidates for open positions may be asked to provide job descriptions from current or previous employers to help determine relevance of experience.

Case Coordinator or Case Management: New employees entering into the Case Coordination position with less than four years of relevant experience will be offered an annual salary of 28,000.00, not including benefits. New Employees entering into the Case Coordination or Case Management position with four or more years of relevant experience will be offered an annual salary of 32,000.00, not including benefits. An additional one thousand dollars will be added to each of the above amounts for those new employees holding a master's degree in a related field.

Family Integration Specialist: New employees entering into the Family Integration Specialist position with less than three years of relevant experience will be offered a wage of 10.00/hr, not including benefits. New employees entering into the Family Integration Specialist position with three or more years of relevant experience will be offered a wage of 10.50/hr, not including benefits. An additional fifty cents an hour will be added to the two amounts above for those new employees holding a bachelor's degree. Starting salary and hourly amounts for other positions at Community Care are determined using local and national trends for like positions and budgetary restraints.

Offers being made to final candidates must be approved by the appropriate program manager and the executive director.