Customized Training and Technical
Assistance (TA)

Contact: Claire Jones
(215) 246-1595
cjones@healthfederation.org

HFP trainers are available to work with service providers throughout the Greater Philadelphia Region to assess staff and program needs and develop customized training and/or TA to meet those needs. HFP has assisted programs in areas such as program planning, teambuilding, organizational change, workplace diversity, creating a patient adherence program, performance management, grant writing, HIV clinical updates, Continuous Quality Improvement and evaluation. An initial consultation is available free of charge to any interested organization.

Examples of customized training programs (partial list):

    1. Performed a needs assessment and designed an eight-part HIV education series for Philadelphia prison staff.
    2. Offered a seven-session series on core management skills for newly-hired program supervisors.
    3. Trained lead poisoning prevention workers in presentation skills and outreach strategies over a three-year period.
    4. Consulted and assisted in the design of a patient adherence program for a large regional medical center.
    5. Designed and implemented a two-year organizational development initiative with an agency interested in improving its overall cultural competence.
    6. Provided training on setting and maintaining professional boundaries for the staff of a maternal and child health outreach program.
    7. Provided an intensive two-day clinical training including a day of didactic training and a day of on-site clinical training for clinicians providing care to people with HIV disease.
    8. Trained AmeriCorps volunteers on community-based health promotion strategies.
    9. Sponsored a full-day conference on early brain development and the practice implications of new scientific discoveries.
    10. Facilitated a series of working sessions for the management team of an advocacy organization in transition.

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