Training
The Center for Workforce Transition has training resources for Boomers. These resources include areas in Education, Human Services and Health Care. As the programs grow, more courses will be added. We currently have courses in:
Caregiver Training Program
Human Services Paraprofessional Training Program
Education
Volunteerism/Service Learning
The Caregiver Career Development & Placement Program is recognized as a uniquely innovative and creative concept designed to face the growing healthcare worker shortage.
The Caregiver Program is designed to get you started in an exciting professional career as quickly and easily as possible. With our streamlined assessment and training program, you will find yourself rapidly reaching your goals and putting your passion to work.
The class fee is $150 and is a non-credit course through GateWay Community College.
The program includes:
Career Assessment and Planning
Orientation
Core Training Focus:
- Principles of Caregiving
- First Aid
- CPR
- Specialized Training/ continuing education
- Physical Disabilities
- Elderly
- Dementia
- Developmentally Disabled
- Job Placement
Need-based scholarships available.
Human Services Paraprofessional Training Program (Interest Form)
The Human Services Paraprofessional Training Program is designed to start you on your path into an exciting human services paraprofessional career. This non-credit course incorporates 40 hours of classroom learning followed by 80 hours of field experience with a local partnering agency. The class fee is $250. The fee includes course materials & lab fees, Certificate of Achievement, and provides a transitional bridge into the human services field with training which includes both theoretical and practical hands-on field experience. A paid field experience may be possible for students who meet the age (55+) and income requirements for federal funding.
Course Content:
Report Writing
Legal, Ethics & Advocacy
Intergenerational Values, Beliefs, Values
Program Management
Frequently Asked Questions
Education
Coming Soon
Volunteerism/Service Learning
Volunteering is meaningful, positive, and is a major impact in your community.
Alternative Work Experience
Non-paid work is as valuable as paid work in your self-development
Reasons to Volunteer:
- Gain valuable life experiences and skills
- Increase career opportunities
- Experience can be used on your resume
- Meet interesting people
- It can help you give back to the community
Discover ways to volunteer by using VolunteerMatch.org
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“I feel like Rip Van Winkle, but am glad to be back with the living, but I have to share some unexpected news. I have a paying job with Duet!!!
Clearly, I am blessed to have this opportunity both to help homebound seniors and to provide opportunities for volunteering and leadership. And it is all due to Gateway's Human Services Paraprofessional Program!!! Thank you so much. I look forward to supporting your program in the future. Although no one can bring what Nancy Spalin brought to this role, you can count on me to represent Duet in the next session. I understand you are getting one started this fall.
Again, thank you. I am eager to support a program that does so much to help career changers learn about the realities and blessings of human service.”
- Nancy Grossmann
Human Services Paraprofessional Student
“I am interning at HOPE VI Project at 7th Ave. and Broadway. I have finally got in, got a work load, schedule and a diverse learning experience. This is what I've wanted to do for such a long time, Thank You for guiding me. Now I can hunt and find a position that will let me expand and go forth and be happier.”
- Dan
Human Services Paraprofessional Student
"Many people discover their passion after working in different field for years, for example:
Jim is a former divorce attorney who practiced law for over 20 years. Pursuing his passion he became a teacher eight years ago. Jim teaches social studies/history at Cocopah Middle School in Scottsdale."
- Jim Mueller
jmuller@susd.org
"I recently attended the Care Giving Course that Gateway Community College offered and it was an exceptional course! The instructors were all very kind, knowledgeable and passionate about all of the information that was being taught. I learned new skills and techniques that I am now using with my consumers. I tell all of my friends and family about how wonderful this course is and how helpful it has been to me."
- Valerie Hicks
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