CSSHSA's e-Learning Roadmap to Launch

Investing in health and safety training is key to preventing incidents, boosting efficiency and fostering a positive health and safety culture. Health and safety training empowers employees to identify potential hazards in the workplace, understand safety procedures, and take necessary precautions, ultimately reduce the risk of incidents and injuries, improving employee morale, and ensuring compliance with legal regulations; essentially creating a safer work environment for everyone involved.

CSSHSA team in collaboration with our Board, Advisory Panel, and Community of Practice have identified a number of priority courses to develop for the Social Services sector. We have also been listening to the various organizations as part of our engagement and presentations to the sector.

We are happy to report that we are well underway with our efforts. In March, we will be testing our Learning Management System (LMS) with our Advisory Panel and Community of Practice, we are calling it the CSSHSA Learning Centre, where we will be featuring our first 4 e-learning courses developed specifically for our sector:

1. Trauma Informed Practice
2. Violence Risk Assessment
3. WHMIS
4. Workplace Inspections

In the month of April, we will also be testing, 4 additional e-learning courses: Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI) Awareness and Prevention, OHS for Leaders, Incident Investigations and Respectful Workplace for Workers. We will also commence the development of violence prevention training in collaboration with SWITHC BC.

We are planning to open course registration to our member organizations in May. We are looking forward to supporting our sector with high quality education and training and we are excited about this upcoming milestone with our team. We are also grateful for all the support of our various partners, including the employer organizations and unions that have been actively supporting our work for many years. We are also thankful for the support of the health authorities, the Federation of Social Services, WorkSafeBC and the BC Government.