Raising Awareness: Broad Recruitment Strategies
In this breakout session, panelists will describe different strategies they have used for raising public awareness about the direct service workforce field and attracting new workers into the field. These include joint recruitment initiatives with community partners, large-scale marketing campaigns and web-based worker registries. Attendees will be invited to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different types of recruitment strategies, as well as successes and challenges they have experienced in recruitment.
| Moderator: | Sheryl Larson, PhD, University of Minnesota Research and Training Center on Community Living | |
| Panelists: | Scott Sheely, Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board | Presentation |
| Paul Choquette, Rhode Island Department of Human Services | ||
| Renee Settles-Bean, University of Delaware, Center for Disability Studies | Presentation | |
| Tim O’Brien, Illinois Direct Support Professionals (IDSP) | Presentation |
