Human Resource Specialist

All Ways Caring HomeCare - Winter Park, FL

Full-time

Winter Park, FL

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The HR Specialist at All Ways Caring HomeCare is responsible for supporting various human resources functions including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, compliance, and retention. This role focuses on maintaining compliance with state, federal, and company requirements while partnering with service sites to develop effective recruitment and retention strategies. The HR Specialist will provide administrative support, training, and guidance to ensure operational success in meeting hiring goals.

Responsibilities

• Providing administrative support in employee recruitment, hiring, retention, and evaluation.
• Processing, verifying, and maintaining documentation related to personnel activities such as staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, and classifications.
• Processing and reviewing employment applications in the ATS to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants.
• Examining employee files to answer inquiries and provide information for personnel actions.
• Requesting information from law enforcement officials, previous employers, and other references to determine applicants' employment acceptability.
• Responding to employee, manager, and HR team requests and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Providing support for employee onboarding and exit meetings.
• Conducting orientation and training for administrative staff as needed.
• Training HR Coordinators and Supervisors on the progressive corrective action process and ensuring fair and consistent implementation of corrective actions.
• Consulting with the Regional HR Manager on corrective actions and completing appropriate documentation.
• Providing support to supervisors in corrective action meetings as needed.
• Assisting with data management and file maintenance, including day-to-day data entry and employee data maintenance in the HRIS.
• Creation and processing of Personnel Action Forms (PAF) for assigned service site.
• Providing onboarding administrative support and arranging for in-house and external training activities.
• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Training HR team members.
• Providing objective feedback and solution-focused recommendations in resolving conflict and employee relation matters.
• Maintaining thorough knowledge of company policies and interpreting policy for stakeholders.
• Maintaining positive employee relations with staff and management.
• Informing operations of worker's compensation claims process and assisting with claim processing as needed.
• Conducting workplace investigations as needed.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• One year experience in an administrative position.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Knowledge or previous experience working in an office setting with computers, phones, and other related tasks.
• Knowledge in labor standards, data entry, worker's compensation reporting, OSHA reporting, and Affirmative Action data integrity.
• General knowledge of federal, state, and local labor laws and regulatory compliance.
• Professional and positive communication with employees, customers, and all levels of management.
• Experience using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Capacity to solve problems independently and as a member of a team.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.