Cost-Effective Training for Healthcare, Home Care & Residential Care Providers

Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Division of Quality Assurance: Notifications & Updates

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Attn: All Regulated Health Care Providers

Cost-Effective Training for Healthcare, Home Care & Residential Care Providers

As part of the Division’s commitment to Collaboration, Innovation and Quality, the WI Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Quality Assurance (DQA), and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Center for Community Development, Engagement and Training (UWO CCDET) are offering the following workshops and on-demand courses to help you meet your training needs in May.

Virtual Workshops for Administrators, Managers & Supervisors
Are you responsible for completing caregiver background checks on your employees? Conducting misconduct investigations? Ensuring continuing education for staff? Promoting job satisfaction and retention among your caregivers? Then these workshops are for you!

Register now for the May Workshops:

  • May 9 – 5 Steps to Caregiver Background Checks: Completing checks & evaluating results
  • May 15 – Ready, Set, Train! An overview of available materials to train staff
  • May 21 – Investigating and Reporting Allegations of Misconduct: Meeting state & federal regulations
  • May 30 – Caregivers SOAR! Encouraging Success, Opportunity, Advancement & Retention

Additional workshops are scheduled in June. Be sure to see the events page for details.

On-Demand Courses for Direct Caregivers
On-Demand courses offer anytime online access for direct care staff. These 1 to-2-hour courses can be viewed as time allows and are only $35 per registrant:

  • Addressing Substance Use Disorder & Medication Diversion: Know the signs & symptoms
  • Caregivers are KEY to Preventing Misconduct: Knowledge, Empathy & Your Awareness are KEY
  • Compassion Fatigue in Caregiving: Take care of yourself to take care of others
  • Increasing Safety by Preventing Violence: Ensuring a safer living & working environment

Receive a $10 discount when registering for all 4 courses or contact us if you are interested in pricing for training a group of caregivers at one time.

If you have any questions about any of these workshops or courses, please contact us at caregiver@uwosh.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!