August 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Using data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the authors of this study examined how two subsystems of high-performance work practices, staff motivation and frontline empowerment, affected job satisfaction among frontline health workers and perceived quality of care at their institutions.
January 1, 2011
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Issue Brief/Evaluation
Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care is an initiative that seeks to advance and reward the skill and career development of low-wage incumbent workers providing care and services on the front lines of our health and health care systems. The project is a $15.8-million national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with The Hitachi Foundation and the Department of Labor.
January 1, 2011
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Issue Brief/Evaluation
The brief describes the Jobs to Careers work-based learning model of education and career advancement, identifies the key issues for employers, and illustrates the business case for this type of employer investment.
October 1, 2010
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Survey/Poll
Better Jobs Better Care sought to change public policy and management practice to improve recruitment and retention of high-quality paraprofessional direct care workers (DCW).
September 7, 2010
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Report
The Better Jobs, Better Care demonstration provided grants and technical assistance to coalitions of providers, workers, consumers, and policy makers to improve the quality of jobs of long-term care (LTC) direct care workers (DCWs), improve recruitment and retention, and strengthen capacity to meet future demand.
May 9, 2011
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Toolkit
Jobs to Careers is an award-winning project of the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJF) and Hitachi Foundations, with additional support from the US Department of Labor. The five-year pilot (2006-11) is demonstrating the success of work-based learning in prov ...
April 25, 2011
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Program Result Report
The Oregon Works! project of Better Jobs Better Care aimed to improve recruitment and retention of direct-care workers at eight participating long-term-care sites. The union representing the state's independent home-care workers also participated.
April 25, 2011
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Program Result Report
"We made sure we developed both centralized and individualized curricula that addressed the needs expressed by each participating site" in the Vermont Better Jobs, Better Care project, said the project director.
April 25, 2011
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Program Result Report
The lead agency for the 40-member Pennsylvania coalition for the Better Jobs Better Care project divided the state into five regions in order to provide a local focus on long-term care worker issues in the large state.
April 25, 2011
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Program Result Report
The Iowa Better Jobs, Better Care project involved a 20-member coalition and 13 long-term-care nursing facilities and home care agencies in developing, implementing and evaluating the practice interventions.