Manitoba funds 2 health care programs with the goal of improving staffing – Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

Hoping to address staffing shortages in Manitoba health care sector With funding of over $5 million, split between the two programs.

The province announced Thursday that both the Skill Development Program and the Indigenous Adult Health Internship Program are aimed at helping recruit more workers while increasing Indigenous representation in the region.

Economic Development Minister Cliff Cullen said: “These two programs, the Skill Development Program and the Indigenous Adult Health Internship Program, will help provide the training and resources needed to meet the urgent and emerging workforce needs in a region hit hard by the pandemic. “

“This is critical to meeting the critical labor market needs of the health care sector.”

The Skills Development Program provides mentoring and funding to qualified Manitobans with post-secondary training in health care programs, including health care assistants, health unit clerks, pharmacy technicians, practical nurses and more.

The Indigenous Internship Program is a collaboration with Southern Health that has been in place since 2015, and provides pre-employment training programs, a paid work practice, and job-shadow opportunities for Indigenous students in several high-demand health care occupations.

0:32The Northern Manitoba ER will be closed through the end of August due to staff shortage