Are you the person someone needs?

The elder. The trusted friend. The person people lean on.

Keepers are people who already do this work. Informally, unpaid, and without a title. The neighbor everyone sends their adult children to. The retired professional people call when something heavy happens. The friend who knows how to hold a long story without trying to fix it.

Hearth trains you, gives you the structure and the tools, pays you as a professional, and connects you with members whose life context matches yours. You bring the presence, the lived sensitivity, and the particular patience that cannot be trained from scratch.

Keepers do not work as therapists at Hearth, whatever they are licensed as at home. Many applicants are psychologists or counsellors, and that background is welcome. They do not diagnose. They do not prescribe. They hold space, notice patterns, and when clinical care is the right tool, they know how to build a bridge instead of a wall. Less than 8% of Keeper applicants are accepted. We are looking for the real thing.

Paid as a professional. Not a volunteer.

Keepers are paid from every membership fee, biweekly in USD via direct deposit. Pay increases with seniority, member retention, and peer review. This is meaningful work and meaningful pay. Not a side gig, not a volunteer program.