“Improving the Quality of Care, Improving the Quality of Life”
Allied Health Initiatives Building a Demand-Driven Workforce with Hospitals, Community-Based and Long-Term Care Providers
Capital Workforce Partners has identified the health care industry as a strategic priority, and has established a Healthcare Workforce Advancement Mission: to promote an employer-driven, sustainable partnership that supports workplace-based learning for employees in the health care field.
Capital Workforce Partners is collaborating with health care employers, educators and others and developing region-wide programs that address allied health growth occupations:
to meet the needs of health care employers
advance the education and training of health care workers
provide avenues for workers to increase their earnings
provide training for job seekers interested in a career in allied health
Health Career Academy
The Academy is an online resource for students interested in pursuing a career in the health care field. This virtual model is designed to develop and disseminate health career information across all 12 community colleges and partner agencies, promote professional development and help students make informed educational and training decisions. Health Career Academy courses have offerings in three different areas: Associate’s Degree, Credit Certificate and Non-Credit Certificate programs.
Vist the Connecticut Community Colleges Health Career Academy here.
Key Initiatives:
TheCNA Advancement Initiative provides on-site basic skills education and clinical specialty training opportunities to incumbent Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and other front-line workers at long-term care facilities and hospitals in North Central Connecticut. The courses are provided at no cost to the employees and focus on the development of academic and clinical specialty skills and personal management proficiencies that enable the participants to move across a career lattice and up a career ladder.
One-Stop Career Center and Partner Programs offered through CTWorks One-Stop Career Centers in the region include employment services and training scholarships to eligible job seekers interested in pursuing an allied health career. Services include access to an Allied Health Career Advisor, targeted classroom training in areas such as Pharmacy Tech and Medical Office Skills for eligible individuals, and general competency workshops.
Bridges to Health Care Careers was a “Capital Workforce Partners” collaborative program, which enabled Certified Nursing Assistants to prepare for continued study in more advanced fields by providing them assessment, enhanced basic-level educational skills, personal supports, career exploration, and advocacy. The Bridges’ concepts have been transitioned into the workplace at a number of long-term care provider organizations and hospitals in the Greater Hartford region. For more information on health career pathways, click on Capital Community College.
Capital Workforce Partners continues to explore avenues to meet the needs of health care employers, incumbent health care workers and job seekers interested in pursuing a career in allied health.
Allied Health in the News
VNA Healthcare Recognized at Workforce Stars Breakfast - VNA Healthcare was recognized at Capital Workforce Partners' Workforce Stars Brekafast held on June 17th, 2010 for using the workforce system to their advantage and to the advantage of their employees, acieving finacial goals and employee advancements, and recognizing the critical importance of workforce development. Click here for their press release.
Additional Training Programs
Incumbent Worker Training
This grant is available through Capital Workforce Partners, the North Central Workforce Investment Board, to companies focusing on Manufacturing, Allied Health and Green Technologies, in the Greater Hartford area, to up grade skills of existing employees.
The training must result in employee achievement of skills upgrades, increased wages or attainment of transferable skills to avoid a lay off. Grant can be applied for 50% of approved training costs.
An On-the-Job Training grant offers the opportunity to train a new employee at 50% of their pay for up to six months while they are being trained to become more skilled on the job.
Candidates are identified and will be pre-screened for your job requirements.
Minimal paperwork is required. Invoices are reimbursed promptly.
VNA Healthcare Recognized at Workforce Stars Breakfast - VNA Healthcare was recognized at Capital Workforce Partners' Workforce Stars Brekafast held on June 17th, 2010 for using the workforce system to their advantage and to the advantage of their employees, acieving finacial goals and employee advancements, and recognizing the critical importance of workforce development. 