Lifespan Workforce Development
Lifespan Workforce Development provides the opportunities, inspiration, and education to help you find your career in healthcare. Lifespan partners with employers and youth mentorship programs to serve as a host career training site. Our partners include Year Up, Propel America, the Genesis Center, Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College.
Workforce and Youth Development at Lifespan offers practical work experience, mentorship under professional career experts, training, and education strategies. The programs also focus on building employability skills through work-readiness workshops that align with Lifespan’s mission, C.A.R.E values, and standard of excellence. By the end of the program, participants graduate with social and emotional learning, professionalism, and essential skills training.
Papitto Opportunity Connection Grant
The Papitto Opportunity Connection (POC) has provided Lifespan with a four-year, $10 million grant award to support career programs that help ensure our workforce and its leaders reflect the communities we serve.
Free Education and Training Opportunities
Serving under- and unemployed adults (18+), Lifespan’s Workforce Solutions, Training and Teamwork (STAT) program offers free education to become certified for entry-level healthcare positions. All programs are designed to be fully comprehensive, including in-field learning, job skill training, financial support for barriers to employment, and case management services.
Explore these opportunities within Workforce STAT and discover what is best for you:
Sign up to Learn about a Free Career Training Program
Are you interested in one of Lifespan’s Workforce STAT Free Career Training Programs? Fill out the form to be notified when the next program opens.
Youth Employment Programs
Lifespan offers the following programs for youth:
- The Summer Youth Employment (SYE) Program hires teens (ages 17 to 23) for an eight-week paid summer employment experience at a Lifespan hospital or within its corporate services division. Over 1,000 youth have participated as of 2020, with more than 50% of the program’s youth going on to pursue careers in healthcare.
- Seacole Scholars Program: SYE also offers a seven-week summer employment opportunity at Rhode Island Hospital for high school students who have their Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) licenses.
Apply to a Youth Employment Program
Explore your career options in a professional setting and develop the essential skills you need for the future.