Caring Matters - Sacramento County IHSS Public Authority

14Training MattersProfessionalism-What Every Caregiver Needs to Knowby Ron MeierThe Public Authority has started a new class forcurrent and/or potential caregivers. It is named “WhatEvery Caregiver Needs to Know” and is designed totrain caregivers on how to strengthen the workingrelationship between caregiver and consumer. Theintent of the class is to help caregivers learn techniquesthat foster professionalism, help them understand therole and responsibilities of a caregiver, improve theircommunication skills and personal conduct and torecognize the importance of maintaining confidentialitythat will lead to developing longer term working relationships with the consumers whoemploy them.The class is offered monthly and is part of a series of free classes offered by the PublicAuthority and is open to those who wish to improve their skills. If interested please call916-874-4411 and register for the next class.What is a Core Class?There are six (6) categories of core classes:•Safety • Mobility • Nutrition• Medication Management • Personal Care•Community ResourcesCore classes provide information about basic caregiving skills. When IHSS caregivershave taken at least one class in each of the six categories, they are recognizedat the Caregiver’s Core Class Graduation. There are many classes available that fallinto a core class category and at least one core class is offered every month. Lookfor the apple next to classes listed on the IHSS Public Authority class schedule toidentify which of the classes is a core class. Registry specialists emphasize the importanceof core class graduation to consumers who need to hire caregivers.