Workforce Training and Development

Workforce Training and Development

Under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Workforce Training and Development designs, delivers and/or facilitate various types of trainings (e.g., onboarding, regulatory, certification, skill-based, mindset and practice, internships) for DHHS employees, contracted employees, students/interns and community-based providers.

Harm Reduction Training

Milwaukee County DHHS Workforce Training and Development has assigned mandatory Harm Reduction Training to be completed by all DHHS employees and Community Providers. Harm Reduction Training was assigned to all users in HealthStream on Sept. 7, 2023. Indivduals who do not have a HealthStream account, are still required to complete the Harm Reduction training through YouTube and complete the Qualtrics Attestation. 

Reminder – HIPAA Training

All DHHS Employees were assigned the mandatory HIPAA training titled "HIPAA 101 - Privacy and Security Training". This training was due on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Log into HealthStream to stay in compliance. 

DHHS New Employee Orientation (NEO) occurs every other Monday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and is held at the Marcia P. Coggs Building. Attendance is mandatory for all DHHS staff and managers are encourged to join in the morning to greet their staff. Since NEO is dedicated to a full day, we will watch the countywide virtual orientation together as group. Then we will continue the day with DHHS presentations that cover an array of topics that are vital to new employees: 

• DHHS Overview
• DHHS Strategic Plan
• DHHS Work Guide

To learn more, see our DHHS NEO Agenda and DHHS NEO Course Breakdown documents. 

DHHS NEO Agenda                   DHHS NEO Course Breakdown

If you are looking for additional resources, click here to be directed to the Human Resource's webpage.

Onboarding DHHS New Employees

DHHS continues to work with Uplifting Impact as part of our commitment to continuous improvement and racial equity. In this multi-phase training project, there is a combination of virtual and in-person events that began in August and continue through the end of the year. There will be ways we can progressively take our learning deeper and then apply and reflect what we can do for personal and institutional change.

The newest phase of DEI In-Application Trainings will consist of virtual teaching sessions on Zoom. There are 5 dates remaining:

• Tuesday, Oct. 3, 11:00-12:30 PM  
• Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2:00-3:30 PM  
• Tuesday, Oct. 24, 11:00-12:30 PM  
• Thursday, Nov. 2, 10:00-11:30 AM  
• Tuesday, Nov. 14, 11:00-12:30 PM 

Spots are limited and the WTD team is asking you to sign up in advance at this link. Once you sign up, you will receive a calendar invite with the Zoom link from the WTD team.

To prepare, make sure you are current with the first phase of the DEI training, which consists of micro-learning videos and are currently on HealthStream (all DHHS employees were assigned the Optional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training course, if you need assistance accessing this email [email protected]).