The Shirley Ware Education Center

With federal and local grants, SWEC has health & safety, hazardous materials and upgrade training for more than 1,100 healthcare workers throughout California.

Hazardous Materials Awareness Training
 With grant funding from the NIEHS, 239 healthcare workers received training  on chemical and biological hazards in the workplace. Participants gained  awareness about common workplace hazards and learned how to respond  in the event of a hazardous materials spill or related emergency. This training  also enabled workers to pass along what they learned to their co-workers.  Participants received continuing education credits for the training.

 

Health and Safety Training
Long term care and homecare workers face unique challenges on the job - from repetitive stress and lifting injuries to combative clients and exposure to blood-borne pathogens. With grant funding from OSHA, 903 long term care and homecare workers received training to reduce job-related injuries and illnesses.

Workforce Investment Act
Some 40 students have graduated from the nursing programs at Rio Hondo College,College of the Canyons and Santa Monica College through a WIA grant for LVN to RN training in Southern California. The graduates were from a wide range of participating employers including Daughters of Charity’s Saint Francisco Hospital; CHW’s St. Mary, Northridge, and Community Hospital of San Bernardino; Western Medical Center; Anaheim, and various Southern California Kaiser facilities.

City and County of San Francisco
In 2010, SWEC is partnering with participating long term care employers to provide Certified Nurse Assistant training to long term care workers with a grant from the City and County of San Francisco's Office of Economic & Workforce Development.