Your Training and Upgrading Fund recently introduced free workshops on how to take advantage of online learning courses.
If you are considering enrolling in a college or a graduate program through one of our Tuition Assistance programs, or even if you’re already enrolled, these workshops can help you understand the benefits of online courses, which offer more flexibility to balance your work and family commitments with your educational and career goals. Topics include accessing undergraduate and graduate degree programs, exploring potential growth careers and managing the work-life-school balance. And because the courses are available online, you can take them whenever you’d like.
Topics include accessing undergraduate and graduate degree programs, exploring potential growth careers and managing the work-life-school balance.
COVID-19 Training for Nursing Home Workers
PROTECTING NURSING HOME WORKERS AND RESIDENTS FROM COVID-19
This self-paced online course is for frontline nursing home workers who want more training and information on managing COVID-19 in nursing home facilities. Key topics are divided into four separate modules covering COVID-19 basics; infection control, universal precautions and use of PPEs; self-care and mental health; and assisting residents with hygiene and daily activities, as well as engaging in other activities while social distancing. Each module will take learners about one hour to complete. Modules will include real-world scenarios to help learners check their understanding of how to apply key concepts from the course.
PROTECCIÓN DE TRABAJADORES Y RESIDENTES DE HOGARES DE ANCIANOS CONTRA EL COVID-19 CAPACITACIÓN DE H-CAP
Este curso en línea autoguiado está destinado a los trabajadores esenciales de hogares de ancianos que desean obtener más capacitación e información sobre el manejo del COVID-19 en hogares de ancianos. Los temas clave se dividen en 4 módulos distintos que abarcan: aspectos básicos del COVID-19; control de contagios, precauciones universales y uso de EPP; cuidado personal y salud mental; asistencia a los residentes con la higiene y las actividades diarias y participación en otras actividades sin dejar de respetar el distanciamiento social. Para completar cada módulo, los participantes del curso necesitarán aproximadamente una hora. Los módulos incluirán situaciones de la vida real para ayudar a los participantes a comprobar su comprensión de cómo aplicar conceptos clave del curso.
Raymund Paolo Cordero had grown up in the Philippines, where life, he said, was “challenging.” He earned his BA in Nursing, but employment prospects were dim. His wife, Maria, whom he’d met in nursing school, had emigrated to the U.S. in 2008, and encouraged him to join her. “I was so excited,” Raymund said. He landed his first job in healthcare at a non-1199SEIU dialysis center, working 16-hour days. When he was offered a position as an acute hemodialysis nurse at Mount Sinai Brooklyn, he took it. The salary that would take him a month to earn in the Philippines he was suddenly making in three hours. And he’s now able to provide for his family, which has grown to include his 4-year-old, daughter, Iris, and his 1 1/2-year-old, son, Rafael. In 2017, Raymund took advantage of the 1199SEIU Citizenship Program and became a U.S. citizen in 2018. Now he’s set his sights on earning his master’s degree in Nursing Management. “Everyone has a purpose,” Raymund said. “Everyone can make a contribution.”
