1. Workforce Development September 2011

2.  Grants and other funders  Job requirements  Environmental changes  Workforce retirements  Public Health Standards and Accreditation

3.  Disciplines ◦ Administrative Assistants ◦ Case Managers ◦ Chemical Dependency Counselors ◦ Environmental Health Specialists ◦ Epidemiologists ◦ Health Program Specialists ◦ Information Technologists ◦ Management ◦ Nutritionists ◦ Public Health Educators ◦ Public Health Nurses  Degrees and Certification ◦ Chemical Dependency ◦ Early Childhood Specialists ◦ Laboratory Biologists ◦ Medical Doctor ◦ Nutritionists ◦ Registered Nurses ◦ Sanitarians  Safety Regulations ◦ WSHA  Bloodborne Pathogens  First Aid ◦ Liability Insurer  Auto and Forklift Safety  Other Safety Issues

4.  Healthcare Reform  Health Informatics Technology  Emerging Health Issues  Legislative Bills – New and Revised  Accreditation and Quality Improvement  Systems Change  Socio-Ecological Framework  Policy Work

5. 8.2.2 Implement an agency workforce development plan that addresses the training needs of the staff and the development of core competencies Use nationally adopted core competencies Use results from customer satisfaction studies Use other means to identify training needs based on functions of agency

6. All staff should know about SRHD’s policies and procedures. Environmental Health Specialists should know the regulations they operate under. Tobacco program public health educators should know the tobacco RCWs they work to enforce.

7. 8 Domains: Analytical/Assessment Policy Development/Program Planning Communication Emergency Response Community Dimensions of Practice Public Health Sciences Financial Planning and Management Leadership and Systems Thinking

8. Gwen Dutt, HIPAA/QA Coordinator Cindy Jobb, Clinic Manager Kim Kramarz, Admin Manager Marion Lee, HP Public Health Educator Barb Lorang, HR Manager, Team Chair Paula Maxwell, Client Services Manager Ida Ovnicek, Oral Health Manager Tiffany Reed, Emergency Preparedness Educator Lyndia Tye, Director and Executive Team Liaison Sue Winters, HR Specialist

9. 1. Workforce Development Plan 2. Agency and Community Resource Awareness 3. Leadership and Management Skills

10. ◦ Competencies:  Public Health Concepts  Agency Governance  Policy Development ◦ Strategic Plan:  Health Equity and Socio-Ecological Model (Goal 4)  Collaborative Leadership (Goal 5)  Program Evaluation and Quality Improvement (Goal 6) ◦ Management Identified:  Technology  Customer Service

11.  Bi-Weekly Newsletter ◦ Ten Great Public Health Achievements, 2001-10  Monthly Self-Study Classes called Training Wheels ◦ PH 101 on-line, 1 hour mandatory (September) ◦ HIT course, on-line, 1 hour voluntary (October) ◦ QI courses, webinars, 2-4 hours voluntary (All Year)  Monthly Management Meetings ◦ Various topics, in-person, 1.5 hours, mandatory  Quarterly Emergency Response ◦ Incident Command System and Roles, in-person, 2 hours, mandatory  All-Staff Meeting (October) ◦ Governance, accreditation, budget, social determinants, strategic plan, communications