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Making a Career in Health Care

There are nearly unlimited opportunities in the Northwest Region for a career in the Health Care industry. There is good job availability, with many types of positions, with differing levels of education required. Use the Career Assessments and Holland Codes to see what occupations match your personality. 

There are many training options to help propel a worker in the health care field up the career ladder. ESL and ABE/GED participants are encouraged to Step Up to HealthCare Careers and see both:
BTC's Bridge to Health Occupations and WCC's Bridge to Health Occupations.

Healthcare employers are also looking for professionals in non-healthcare occupations.  Get the latest facts on the Nursing Shortage or talk to a local college representative.

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HealthCareWork.Info is Co-Sponsored by the Northwest WDC-Youth Council and Northwest Alliance for Health Care Skills

The NWDC-Youth Council www.youthworksnw.org provides employment and training resources and services to young people (ages 16-21) including information on Internships, opportunities for Job Shadowing, and Career Exploration activities.

Activities continue to be directed at increasing the diversity and number of individuals prepared to enter and successfully complete further training for health and allied careers.  These activities will provide the basic and prerequisite skills and certifications to bridge individuals into the next career step in health occupations. The NWDC and the three area Colleges will collaborate on developing and delivering basic academic skills/ English as a Second Language (ESL) courses, including English, math, and science nursing pre-requisite classes, combined with Nursing Assistant and other allied health services training. These classes will be marketed to the English as a Second Language (ESL) and Low Basic Skills populations.

This will expand access to a career ladder into nursing and other health occupation, including medical assistants, for ESL and other individuals needing improved basic skills. This class will be based on a pilot program at Skagit Valley College that prepared 18 ESL adults with an orientation to health care and the academic preparation that enabled sixteen of them to successfully enter a Practical Nurse training program and two to go on in Medical Assisting.