Workforce Training

Health Care Connect strengthens our region’s health care workforce by connecting education, employers, and communities to offer programming that benefits a wide variety of healthcare workers and their career stages.

Through collaboration and innovative programming, we:

• Inspire youth to explore rewarding careers in health care.
• Upskill and retain current workers, creating opportunities for career growth and advancement.
• Build pathways into health care for individuals entering the field.
• Partner with educators and employers to develop micro-credentials, flexible training, and programs that meet evolving workforce needs.

Chester County and the surrounding region offer tremendous opportunities across hospitals, long- and short-term care, home health, hospice, urgent care, specialty practices, and more.

By aligning education with employer needs, Health Care Connect creates pathways to meaningful careers, strengthens the health care workforce, and helps build healthier communities.

Recent training programming sponsored by Health Care Connect has been:

• MOAB (Management of Aggressive Behavior) Training focused on conflict resolution and de-escalation teaching at Main Lline Health
• We Care Training designed to reduce mental health stigma and train employees to act proactively as well-being advocates in their organization at Chester County Hospital
• Devereux Behavioral Health Direct Support Credentialing Program focused on Developing Leaders will build critical leadership skills and providing one-on-one guidance and coaching..
• Be Well -Self Care for the Practitioner program was administered by Drexel University and in partnership with Visiting Angels
• Trauma Symposium for Main Line Health was hosted this past year at Penn State Great Valley focused on the effects of trauma both physically and mentally for the patient and the practitioner.