We know many CHWs are working hard to get the training/education hours they need for certification and re-certification. A reminder – many documented, professionally-led trainings in any of the CHW domains would ‘count’ towards the 70 hours needed for CHW certification or the 20 hours required for re-certification (which must include 3 hours in professional ethics education).
Detailed education requirements are found on page 2 of the RICB CCHW application, including things like you cannot count the same training twice.
We list trainings on our website when time permits, and share them in this newsletter. We have gathered a few upcoming ones below. Those hours add up! It is very possible to get to 70 hours by October!
Scheduled:
- July 16, The Bidirectional Relationship of Opioid Overdose and Brain Injury– Envision/SCAHC -1 hour
- July 24th, Behavioral Health Foundations for CHWs – UNE – 1 hour
- July 24, Extreme Heat & Health: Clinical and Public Health Strategies for Prevention & Action– APHA – 3 hours
- July 27, The Urgency of Addressing Maternal Mental Health: Key Approaches for Healing, 1.5 hours
- July 30th, Youth MHFA– Bradley Hospital- 8 hours
- August 1, Youth MHFA– FSRI – 8 hours
- August 5th, 7th, 13th & 18th – Promoting Child, Family, and Provider Mental Health– BTC – 4 different 3 hour trainings
- August 12th, Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention and Management, BUH, 1 hour
- August 20, Adult MHFA, Bradley Hospital, 8 hours
- September 5, Adult MHFA Training – FSRI – 8 hoursSeptember 5-26th, Working with Schools to Support Youth Mental Health, RIC – 30 hours
Online, Self-Paced:
New England Public Health Training Center offers MANY appropriate trainings, ranging from 45 minutes to multiple hours. They have a page devoted to CHW trainings here – but do browse their other self-paced offerings here!!!
Patient Navigation Community Health Worker Training offers a 15 short courses in English And seven courses in Spanish including:
Motivational Interviewing for Vaccine Hesitancy – 1 hour
Cultural Navigation- 1 hour
American Diabetes Association-Many courses including one specifically for CHWs – 1 hour
Envision lists links to many organization’s trainings on their website here.
Ethics:
Introduction to Ethics for CHWs– NEPHTC- 1 hour
Ethical Guidelines for Community Health Workers – PNCT – 20 min