Traditional workforce development models often fail because they don’t address personal barriers to success, such as housing, transportation and childcare, that workers in the nursing home sector – where many are single mothers – face in maintaining employment.
While staffing has improved over the last year, these common life struggles threaten the stability of the long-term care workforce. In fact, studies draw direct connections between parenting, mental health well-being and holding onto a job, underscoring the importance of tackling such issues for the longevity of the labor pool.
And that’s where the Dwyer Workforce Development (DWD) plans to make a dent, according to the organization’s president and CEO Barb Clapp.
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