In-person / Hybrid Training Options
The Health + Community Care Workforce Sector Council (HCCWSC) has a range of training options available. Our In-person and Hybrid training gives your staff excellent instructor led experience in any of the subjects listed below. The majority of our training is delivered via instructor-led virtual training, however, the Council does offer in-person training based on facilitator availability and Council resources.
The Working Mind (TWM)
“The Working Mind (TWM) is an evidence-based training program developed to initiate a shift in how you think, act, and feel about mental health. The program is owned and administered by Opening Minds (Mental Health Commission of Canada). This foundational program is designed to provide practical knowledge and skills to reduce stigma. This training is open to all managers/leaders and employees of the Continuing Care sector. We offer a program for all managers/people leaders as well as a program for all other
– The Working Mind description from openingminds.org
employees.”
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
“While we often know a lot about physical illness, there tends to be less knowledge about mental health or substance use problems. This lack of understanding leads to fear and negative attitudes toward individuals living with mental health or substance use problems. It prevents people from seeking help and providing appropriate support to people around them.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is offered to someone with an emerging mental health or substance use problem or in crisis, until appropriate treatment is found or the situation resolves.”
– MHFA description from openingminds.org
Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Accessibility (DEIA)
“Equity Deserving groups refer to communities that face barriers to equal access, opportunities and resources as a result of disadvantage and discrimination. This marginalization could be created by attitudinal, historic, social and environmental barriers based on age, ethnicity, disability, economic status, gender, nationality, race, sexual orientation and gender identity etc.”
– Zoe Hawkins, Health + Community Care Workforce Sector Council DEIA specialist
The council offers specialized services that can assist your facility by providing in person training and information about DEIA. Join us in learning the value of integrating DEIA policies and practices in your workplace.
Gentle Persuasive Approaches (GPA®) Initiative
GPA is an educational intervention with the specialized purpose of providing staff with the knowledge, skills and confidence to support persons with dementia and responsive behaviours, including more highly escalated behaviours that may require gentle and respectful physical redirection or temporary body containment strategies. To illustrate, this could include delivery of medication to treat episodes of congestive heart failure, administration of urgently required diabetes medication, and stepping in to prevent injury if the person with dementia is experiencing acute hyperactive delirium (RNAO, 2016; Toughy, Jett, Boscarty & McCleary, 2012).
– Excerpt taken from “GPA as a Critical Component in a Culture of Person-Centred Care” documentation
The Council has partnered with Advanced Gerontological Education (AGE) to offer GPA training to the sector. The Council provides services for all parts of GPA programming, talk to the instructor to learn more!
Online Training Options
We heard your feedback loud and clear, online training is a must have to meet the needs of the sector! In response to your feedback, the council is working diligently behind the scenes to increase our Hybrid and Online training options to maximize training flexibility. We’re aiming to have training readily available anytime you need it! Check out our current online training catalogue by following the link below, and be sure to check back in with us as more online training options created by the HCCWSC are in development!
Contagious Resilient Leadership
“The program’s foundation is centred around evidence-based research to help leaders manage the positive to negative emotion ratio to produce a contagious innovative mindset in followers based on the “broaden and build” theory (Fredrickson, 2001).
Their research determined that a higher level of positive emotions was required to reach the
– Quoted from the Contagious Resilient Leadership course introduction
“broaden and build stage”. It also indicated that a certain amount of negativity is necessary to
maintain reality as hardships happen. Humans feel the impacts of these events; it’s how they
rebound from these hardships that influence their success.”
The council offers online Contagious Resilient Leadership training. This training program was developed by Heidi Weigand, the council extends a warm thank you for sharing the fruits of her research and development.
Long-Term Care Orientation
“The Long-Term Care Orientation for RNs and LPNs course supports nurses as they transition to practice. This course provides standardized education for nurses within LTC.
This will ensure nurses within LTC are able to care for residents and families/caregivers. Nurses will be supported to meet the knowledge and skill requirements to perform their roles, responsibilities, and provide access to quality, resident-centred care.”
– Course overview quoted from the NS Health Learning Institute website
The council has partnered with the NSH Learning Center to offer the Long-Term Care Orientation training program. The council extends its thanks to the LTC Orientation program developers for enthusiasm and desire to share their work with the sector.
Palliative Care Training
“SPA-LTC, strengthening a palliative approach in Long-Term Care offers eLearning modules to support building knowledge and capacity on a range of topics from communication to disease trajectories. This eLearning can be taken as a stand-along course and is also “day 1” of the palliative champion training program. The palliative champion program is comprised of the eLearning segment, plus 2-days of in-person workshops designed to develop individual, team and organizational capacity, with wage support. To access eLearning click on the button below, to enquire about the 3-day palliative champion training email admin@hcsc.ca“
– Lesley Hirst from SPA-LTC
The council has partnered with Strengthening a Palliative Approach in Long-term Care (SPA-LTC) to offer online palliative care training. The council is grateful to have such wonderful partners in the sector!