By Shannin Prather
July 2017 | 2017 Summer Newsletter
The Public Authority Training Department is happy to assist you and your care providers (IPs) with free training on a variety of health, safety, and other topics related to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS).
Each month, we offer a toll-free conference call for IHSS consumers through Call and Connect Sessions. These calls cover topics to help you stay safe and healthy; and/or to help you in your role as a supervisor to your care provider. See details about the Call and Connect Sessions on the insert of this newsletter.
The Training Department also offers two semesters of classroom training each
year to active IHSS care providers. Each class is meant to raise your care provider’s knowledge of basic care tasks, while emphasizing that consumers are the ultimate decision makers on how and when their IHSS authorized tasks are performed.
Monthly, the Training Department also works to make more IHSS care providers for your hiring selection available for you to hire by adding more care providers to the Public Authority Registry. This involves interviews; reference checks; and background checks. The IP’s are also told about expectations for them as members of the registry.
In addition to these training opportunities, the Public Authority Services website has many educational resources for both consumers and care providers. Resources available include: a timesheet training video; the current care provider training class schedule; videos on how to act in your role as your care provider’s trainer and supervisor, and much more.
For more information, contact the Public Authority Training Department at: (408) 350-3220 or visit pascc.org/services/training.
The Public Authority Training Department is happy to assist you and your care providers (IPs) with free training on a variety of health, safety, and other topics related to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS).
Each month, we offer a toll-free conference call for IHSS consumers through Call and Connect Sessions. These calls cover topics to help you stay safe and healthy; and/or to help you in your role as a supervisor to your care provider. See details about the Call and Connect Sessions on the insert of this newsletter.
The Training Department also offers two semesters of classroom training each year to active IHSS care providers. Each class is meant to raise your care provider’s knowledge of basic care tasks, while emphasizing that consumers are the ultimate decision makers on how and when their IHSS authorized tasks are performed.
Monthly, the Training Department also works to make more IHSS care providers for your hiring selection available for you to hire by adding more care providers to the Public Authority Registry. This involves interviews; reference checks; and background checks. The IP’s are also told about expectations for them as members of the registry.
In addition to these training opportunities, the Public Authority Services website has many educational resources for both consumers and care providers. Resources available include: a timesheet training video; the current care provider training class schedule; videos on how to act in your role as your care provider’s trainer and supervisor, and much more.
For more information, contact the Public Authority Training Department at: (408) 350-3220 or visit pascc.org/services/training.