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"I
simply want to express to you these thoughts as I
sit here at 5:27 am, and I feel like I'm on top of
the world. Not because of my humble position at
MGH, but because I know that I can now do
anything, or go anywhere, and make it."
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"When
I was very vulnerable in my life (didn't even know
if I could get a job much less keep one) the PCWD
team offered the reinforcement I needed to gain
confidence and tread forward. Never, did I imagine
I would land a position so quickly but now as I
look back, I realize the need and desire was there
all along, I just needed someone to [bring] it
out. This IS what PCWD did for me."
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"I
am so grateful to have been given the chance to
gain knowledge and skills at BWH. I would like to
personally thank you for thinking of me to be
someone you would like to represent PCWD in
getting the word out that the program is
successful. I have to say it's definitely a
confidence boost!"
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"Spaulding
is fantastic! I have learned so much and everybody
is always nice and helpful. I am glad I accepted
the position here and hope I will be able to
progress ... in such a wonderful environment. I
know I have said this many times but I thank you
again for the opportunity to go through the class
and to be a part of PCWD. It has been a great
experience, and I am sure it will continue to
be."
*******
I
am beginning to settle in here at NWH after four
months on the job. The work is interesting
and has challenged me to learn more medical
terminology and coding. As brief as the
program is, I was able to go from homemaker to
healthcare worker in six weeks.
Let the
students know that NWH is a great place to work
and is not too far away.
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"I
was just updating my resume and cannot help but
think of the many, many ways PCWD has shaped my
life since October 2005. I look at where I was
back then and where I am now and get teary eyed.
Thank you so very much for letting me be a part of
such a GREAT program and for opening new doors for
my family and myself."
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"In
my culture, you are what parents strive to
structure their children after: women of success,
intelligent and benevolent! I received so much
advice that I feel like I have a handle on my life
now. It is because of you that even though I might
have a little fear, I am not afraid to say and let
it be seen that I have what it takes, and what I
don't have I will work ten times harder to
succeed. Thank you from the bottom of my
heart."
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Dear
Friend of PCWD,
On
behalf of the Partners Career and Workforce
Development (PCWD) training and employment
program, we want to thank you for your invaluable
support. This year the PCWD program concludes its
fifth year, and our work with mostly low-income
Boston residents
finishes its tenth successful year!
With a New Year around the corner,
we want to remind you what it means to give
someone a new beginning, and a special thanks to
those of you who have trained, mentored, and
supported our participants as interns or as new
employees. Thank you for making a difference
in the lives of those who are looking to launch a
health care career while helping Partners deliver
on its commitment to develop a skilled and diverse
health care labor force for the future. We hope to
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PCWD
1998-2008
Over
the last ten years, we have trained over 350
people, placing 80% in full-time jobs with
benefits. At the end of 2002, it took about 120
days to place a graduate, and the average starting
hourly rate was $10.61. In 2004, we launched
PCWD, and this year our average starting hourly
rate is $14.26, and we reached our highest
starting hourly rate ever at $18.50. We also
achieved our fastest average "days to placement"
post-graduation - just 37 days. Now, 84% of our
placements are still employed after 6 months, and
72% are still employed after one year.
Earlier this year, we submitted our
latest outcome data to The Benchmarking Project of
Public/Private Ventures, a respected national
organization that aims to create and strengthen
programs that improve lives in low-income
communities through research, policy and program
development. The goal of the project was to
identify meaningful outcome benchmarks for the
workforce development field, so that
practitioners, funders and policymakers can be
better informed about what constitutes strong
performance when working with diverse populations
and service delivery strategies.
In
a survey of 151 workforce development programs,
PCWD was ranked above average in every
category. We achieved a near perfect 30-day
retention rate at 97%, compared to the median of
74%. Our program was 20% above the
median in overall placement rate and 6-month
placement rate. Analysis continues on the
one-year retention rate, but we are confident that
we will benchmark high.
This
year, we broke new ground on many fronts: doubled
the number of internships we offer; implemented a
paid-internship program after graduation that
allows participants to continue to build their
skills and provide support to a department while
receiving a modest stipend; and expanded our
placements from BWH and MGH to Spaulding/PCC, NWH,
Faulkner, and Partners
Corporate.
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TEAM=Together
Everyone Achieves More
Many
of you have contributed to these impressive
outcomes by hosting a tour, participating in mock
interviews, delivering a workshop, sponsoring an
internship, hiring a graduate or offering valuable
technical assistance. But you also helped
create and build our capacity to provide
benefits that are beyond measure: the confidence
gained, the pride instilled, the ability of our
participants to see themselves in an incredibly
positive new light, and the opportunity for
motivated adults make a better life for themselves
and their families. I hope more of you will be
able to make it to a PCWD graduation to see the
impact you're having firsthand-and hear it in the
words of the participants
themselves.
Next year, with great
thanks to MGH Training and Workforce Development,
we will be operating from a new and larger
classroom that will allow us to serve more
participants. We plan to make our website
more interactive and - with your help - make more
hospital managers aware of the health care
training and employment program. In addition, in
the spirit of giving back we hope to further
enrich the mentoring component of the program by
directly connecting our trainees with successful
graduates - a great suggestion made by one of our
recent graduates.
In her words: "I
would very much like to help students if I could.
Have I told all of you lately how much I
appreciate being a part of the program and
everyone on the team that helped me get my
position at MGH? Well, I am thanking you
now!"
And now, we thank you. Happy
Holidays to you and yours, and we look forward to
working with you in 2009.
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