HHSC Launches Website Connecting Direct Care Employees with Employers

Date: 10/12/23

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) launched a new website to help connect job seekers with employers delivering home and community-based services.

The Texas Direct Care Careers website is a new resource for people interested in working as personal care attendants and for employers searching for help.

Employers can create an account on the website to post job descriptions, job specifications and other information to help find quality candidates, and candidates can create a profile on the website that generates a resume with work preferences, work history, special skills and other information.

HHSC has plans to make additional resources available on the website such as trainings and workforce-related information.

Personal care attendants, also known as personal care assistants, community attendants and direct care service workers, provide a variety of services such as but not limited to:

• Helping people get bathed and dressed.
• Assisting with medications.
• Escorting to appointments and social activities.

Being a personal care attendant can provide for a flexible schedule, making it more accommodating for college students, stay-at-home parents or retirees. No experience is necessary to become a personal care attendant.

For more information, please visit the Texas Direct Care Careers website.