Free short-term career training in Healthcare and IT

North Shore Community College offers free training for careers that are in high-demand on the North Shore. Students who successfully complete courses will have greater access to job opportunities with employers who are actively looking to hire trained employees.

Career Training Courses

All classes are free thanks to grant funds provided by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Enrollment process and requirements may vary by course.

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Professional Role

A Community Health Worker (CHW) ensures the health and well-being of multi-cultural residents in a variety of community-based settings such as homes, schools, clinics, shelters, local businesses, and community centers. This training program has been developed to align with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s recommended ten core competencies for CHW’s. 

Course Content

CHW students will be training to carry out one or more of the following roles:

  • Providing culturally appropriate health education, information and outreach in community-based settings, such as homes, schools, clinics, shelters, local businesses and community centers

  • Bridging and/or culturally mediating between individuals, communities and health and human services, including actively building individual and community capacity

  • Assisting people to access the services they need

  • Providing direct services, such as informal counseling, social support, care coordination and health screenings

  • Advocating for individual and community needs

Program Requirements

  • Must be 18 years of age or older

  • Unemployed or underemployed or belong to an underrepresented population

  • Must submit Next Generation (Accuplacer) scores or transcript from college-level course for review

  • COVID vaccination (booster may be required)

Program Benefits

  • Course fee and textbooks

  • Coaching and tutoring

  • Two stipends totaling $1,000

  • Access to EnGen software for English language learners

Location

Courses are held in the evenings at NSCC’s campuses in Lynn and Danvers.

Contact

Denise Deschamps
Corporate and Professional Education Training Program Grant Manager
Workforce Education and Corporate Training Division

Telephone: 978-236-1203
Email: ddescham@northshore.edu

 

Professional Role

Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aides provide direct care to patients in hospitals, and residents of long term care facilities and private homes. They work under the direction of nurses and doctors, providing direct care and assistance to patients such as bathing, feeding, dressing, and transferring from bed to chair.

Course Content

  • Preparation for the State Board exam to become certified

  • Home Health Aide certification

  • CPR certification

  • CMS Hand in Hand Dementia Training

Program Requirements

  • Must be 18 years of age or older

  • Unemployed or underemployed or belong to an underrepresented population

  • Must submit Next Generation (Accuplacer) scores or transcript from college-level course for review

  • COVID vaccination plus booster

Program Benefits

  • Course fee and textbooks

  • Coaching, tutoring, scrubs, and shoes

  • Cost of State Certification exam

  • Two stipends totaling $1,000

  • Access to EnGen software for English language learners

Location

Courses are held in the evenings at NSCC’s campuses in Lynn and Danvers.

Contact

Denise Deschamps
Corporate and Professional Education Training Program Grant Manager
Workforce Education and Corporate Training Division

Telephone: 978-236-1203
Email: ddescham@northshore.edu

 

Professional Role

Recovery Coaches are individuals currently in recovery from addiction and/or co-occurring mental health disorders and have been trained to help their peers with a similar experience gain hope, explore recovery, and achieve life goals. Recovery coaches provide others with support in making positive life changes and in developing skills to facilitate their recovery.


Course Content

  • Thorough overview of addiction science (the various substances of misuse, their effects, and how addiction impacts overall wellness) 

  • Stages of change related to recovery 

  • Motivational interviewing 

  • Case studies 

  • Experiential exercises

Program Requirements

  • Must be 18 years of age or older

  • Unemployed or underemployed or belong to an underrepresented population

  • Must have experience with (SUD) Substance Abuse Disorder

Program Benefits

  • Training fee and textbooks

  • Coaching related to resume-writing and interviewing skills

  • Two stipends totaling $1,000

  • Access to EnGen software for English language learners

Location

Courses are held in the evenings at NSCC’s campuses in Lynn and Danvers.

Contact

Denise Deschamps
Corporate and Professional Education Training Program Grant Manager
Workforce Education and Corporate Training Division

Telephone: 978-236-1203
Email: ddescham@northshore.edu

 

Professional Role

An IT Technical Support Specialist may assist colleagues and/or customers with issues related to both computer hardware and software. Challenges for the Specialist to address may range from security compliance considerations to upgrading, repairing, optimizing performance and performing preventative maintenance.

Course Content

This course includes three distinct topics:

  • CompTIA IT Fundamentals

  • CompTIA A+

  • Cyber Safe

Program Requirements

  • Must be 18 years of age or older

  • Unemployed or underemployed or belong to an underrepresented population

  • Must submit Next Generation (Accuplacer) scores or transcript from college-level course for review

  • COVID vaccination

Program Benefits

  • Course fee and textbooks

  • Coaching and tutoring

  • Cost of 3 certification exams

  • Two stipends totaling $1,000

  • Access to EnGen software for English language learners

Location

Courses are held in the evenings at NSCC’s campuses in Lynn and Danvers.

Contact

Denise Deschamps
Corporate and Professional Education Training Program Grant Manager
Workforce Education and Corporate Training Division

Telephone: 978-236-1203
Email: ddescham@northshore.edu

Requirements

  • High school or college transcripts are required to assess your course placement.

  • You must be 18 years or older.

  • You are encouraged to enroll if you are unemployed, underemployed or belong to an underrepresented population.

  • COVID vaccination required for in-person classes.

Benefits

  • Free textbooks and reference materials

  • Coaching and tutoring

  • English language assistance

Accreditation

North Shore Community College is an accredited nonprofit institute of higher education where all are welcome and each is challenged. NSCC is accredited by NECHE, the New England Commission of Higher Education.