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Smart Staffing: Participant’s Guide to Building Your Team is your roadmap to finding, hiring, and managing the perfect support team for your California Self-Determination Program. Inside, you will find everything you need to know about official rules and how to work with your Financial Management Service.

You will learn how to:

• Become the Boss: Understand the different Financial Management Service models and master the basics of pay, insurance, and keeping your home workplace safe.
• Find your Perfect Match: Write a “person-centered” job description that focuses on your unique goals and preferences, and learn how to interview and hire the right people.
• Set Healthy Boundaries: Learn to create a simple employee handbook and separate your personal life from paid work time, especially if you are hiring friends or family.
• Be a Great Leader: Get tips on creating fair schedules, approving timesheets, giving positive feedback, and being the kind of boss people love to work for.

You don’t have to be perfect to be a great boss; you just have to be willing. By taking on this new role, you are taking charge of your services, building your independence, and creating your Self-Determined Life!!!