NEON TRAINING PROGRAM
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Who Are We?
NEON is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, with a comprehensive training and consulting program offering online (or in person upon request) trainings and workshops. We provide training opportunities to Executive Directors, HR, C-Suite staff, Community Health Workers, Traditional Health Workers, Social Workers, and other frontline staff across the State of Oregon.
We are passionate about systemic changes to ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging which is why these ideal principles are instilled in all of our offerings. Our goal is to offer healthcare professionals in Oregon opportunities to build knowledge and skills within their profession, while gaining confidence to learn fundamental practice techniques for systemic changes.
All of our trainings and workshops, offer continuing education units through MHACBO, NASW, or SHRM and are earned by hours attended. We also can provide custom training dates to organizations needing a large group to attend as well as custom training curriculum that aligns with our mission, vision, and values.
Contact Kinda Cable at [email protected] for more information.
NEW Grant Project
NEON is excited to announce we are recipients of the Future Ready Oregon Workforce Grant, where we will be creating the NEON Community Health Worker (CHW) Training HUB. A project that will create a satellite and hub training program in ten counties. Our goal is to provide onsite, hybrid, culturally responsive recruitment, and training to 90 new CHWs from communities of color and low-income communities.
We will also focus on upskilling and career pathway developments for an additional 110 current CHWs by providing supervisor and Train-the-Trainer training to experienced CHWs.
You can find out more information about this Grant project at the links below:
Trainings to Support You and Your Organization
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Wellness at Work Training Program
NEON's Wellness at Work project supports the health care workforce throughout Oregon by providing training to frontline staff working with rural or culturally underserved populations. We also offer training for supervisors and administrators who support this workforce.
Trainings offered in this program: Supervising for Resilience, Wellness at Work for Healthcare Executives. Self-Care at Work series includes: Take Care of Yourself, Inside Job, Dynamic Duo, Set Your Scene, and For the Fun of It.
*Scholarships and iPads widely available for this program. Scholarships cover a portion of the full price towards the Supervising for Resilience and Workforce Wellness for Mid-Level Leaders trainings.
Apply for the Scholarship!
Addiction Trainings
In these sessions, workers build their knowledge and skills to work with people who struggle with opioid misuse.
Topics covered: Brain basics, Compassion Fatigue and Addiction, Family Impacts, Health Risks of Opioid Addiction, Motivational Interviewing and Addiction, and Medication Assisted Treatment and How to Support It.
Community Health Worker (CHW) Certification Course
CHWs are found in all sorts of settings, working to address systemic inequities and reduce barriers to health care for our communities' most vulnerable. They are there to build bridges between underserved communities and the health care services they need.
In this course, participants share and learn about the roles of CHWs and a range of topics relevant to their work. By the end, they have a big-picture understanding of community and public health and the ways they can have a positive impact. NEONs CHW certification course is a 90-hour training approved by the Oregon Health Authority and runs three times a year.
Tobacco Cessation Skills Training
Tobacco cessation is a complex process that requires not only a personal commitment, but also access to cessation resources, and the availability of a social support system.
This training series provides an overview of the nature, extent and impact of tobacco use on health. It also offers a detailed exploration of counseling and support strategies that Community Health Workers and other front line staff can implement with those patients interested in tobacco cessation or quitting.
* Looking for a different training topic? Contact us for a complete list of our available Training Topics.
About Our Trainings
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Trainings are held online via Zoom but in-person accommodations can be made upon request.
- All trainings are in real time and use popular education methods.
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Targeted audiences include the broader state of Oregon with a focus on those working with rural and culturally underserved populations.
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Collectively the trainers have over 40 years of experience in training, curriculum development, and human services.
- Continuing Education Units are offered for all our trainings and workshops.
Hear From Our Participants
"Really appreciate how well you integrate chat and breakout with the teaching portions". - Opioid Addiction Training Participant
"The content was great and very useful. It was delivered in a manner that was easy to understand." - Compassion Fatigue Training Participant