Career Training and Job Placement
Career Pathways
The Career Pathways program supports both youth and adult programs with next step options through career exploration, internships, job shadowing opportunities, and employment. It may also include individual case management.
The Career Pathways program is a program of Catholic Charities El Centro del Cardenal. For more information, call 617-542-9292.
Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide Training
Catholic Charities South’s Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health Training Program focuses on developing marketable skills for entry into the health care field specifically for new immigrants, women transitioning from welfare, and current high school students or dropouts. Students not only spend time in the classroom but also in clinical training through a partnership with West Acres Nursing Home, a long term skilled-care facility in Brockton.
The Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide Training program is a program of Catholic Charities South. For more information, call 508-587-0815.
Download the 2007-2008 class schedule. (PDF)
English for Employment
El Centro del Cardenal’s English for Employment program (EFE) serves Latino and other minority clients referred to the ESOL/EFE program whose limited English and lack of job readiness skills serve as barriers to job training and placement. The program provides an integrated delivery of services incorporating ESOL instruction, computer instruction, and counseling/case management. The goal of the program is to help transition participants into employment or employment training. The curriculum, which is designed by classroom teachers at El Centro, contains a comprehensive introduction to the workplace. Students learn skills necessary to gain meaningful employment or entry into a job training program such as networking skills, interviewing skills, resume writing, basic computer skills, and more.
The English for Employment program is a program of Catholic Charities El Centro del Cardenal. For more information, call 617-542-9292.
Health and Human Services Management Certificate
Catholic Charities Haitian Multi-Service Center and Suffolk University have developed a one-year, integrated learning and working Health and Human Services (HHS) Management Certificate Program that will effectively begin to address the scarcity of qualified not-for-profit middle managers.
The HHS program will consist of five 5-week training blocks. Participants who complete the training will receive a Certificate in Health & Human Services Management issued jointly by Catholic Charities Haitian Multi-Service Center and Suffolk University. Those participants who excel in the successful completion of the program will receive a Certificate with Distinction.
The Health and Human Services Management Certificate program is a program of Catholic Charities Haitian Multi-Service Center. For more information, call 617-506-6600.
Download an application for the Health & Human Services Management program.
Officeworks
Officeworks is a 12-week job preparation program for the unemployed and underemployed. Students learn core office applications such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, keyboarding, computer literacy, office procedures, and business communications. Each part of the training program is supported through hands-on practice, job shadowing, and individualized internships.
The Officeworks program is a program of Catholic Charities North. For more information, call 781-593-2312.
Refugee Employment Services
A relationship with Catholic Charities’ Refugee Employment Services opens the doors to a large number of employees eager to work. Our staff is dedicated to supporting clients as they become fully participating members of their new home country and their new communities.
Having lost their homes, personal property, and careers in their own countries, refugees have a strong desire to regain self-sufficiency and economic stability for their families. Refugees have a variety of work experience and skills. Many are well-educated and were professionals and small business owners in their home countries. Others were farmers or traders.
With new arrivals eager to work coming to the U.S. every day, Catholic Charities has the ability to fill job openings quickly. Employers can avoid advertising costs and take advantage of free referral services.
For more information about Refugee Employment Services, call 617-451-7979.