BDCC Healthcare Careers Workshop For New Americans Graduates Nine
Above: BDCC Staff, Christy Betit, leads the group through a Job Interview Skills training workshop.
This Summer, BDCC hosted a workforce development training series in Healthcare for New Americans. Over the course of 6 weeks, the training, entitled “Healthcare Careers Workshop for New Americans,” aimed to educate individuals interested in entering healthcare.
We start by helping students explore the wide range (and number) of healthcare career options available throughout the region. While most are familiar with patient care roles like nursing, there are truly hundreds of different jobs from occupational therapy and lab work, to radiology and billing. Through videos, site visits, speakers and even virtual reality, the class expanded everyone’s knowledge of different career pathways in healthcare.
Also included in the workshop were opportunities to connect with employers and education experts via field trips and class visits on how to make an appropriate next step in their healthcare career. Nine New Americans completed the course and many of whom have since started their journey in healthcare. Congratulations to all our participants!
This workforce initiative was a collaboration between BDCC’s Workforce Center of Excellence and Vermont Adult Learning.
Special thanks to Garden Path Elder Care, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Bayada, West River Dental, and VSAC for their helping make this class a success.
About BDCC
The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC) is a private, nonprofit economic development organization with the mission of investing in the drivers of the regional economy so that people, businesses, and communities in Southern Vermont can thrive. BDCC serves as the State of Vermont’s certified Regional Development Corporation (RDC) for the greater Windham County area (including Windham County and the towns of Readsboro, Searsburg, Winhall and Weston). BDCC is one of 12 RDCs throughout Vermont. BDCC activity is made possible in part by a grant from the State of Vermont through the Agency of Commerce and Community Development. For more information visit: https://brattleborodevelopment.com/
About the Workforce Center of Excellence
The Workforce Center of Excellence (WFCoE) is a workforce and career training and education initiative of the Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation that helps people take the next step in their career pathway. It supports youth and adults, with a special focus on New Americans and women, providing one-to-one assistance, supportive services and career readiness training. The WFCoE leverages BDCC’s relationships with employers and workforce development partners, supporting both sides of the labor exchange to connect people with opportunity, and employers with the talent they need. The WFCoE is funded in part by a Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities (WORC) grant from the Northern Borders Regional Commission and US Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
