People build the workforce. We help build the skills.
Career training works best when students, workforce agencies, educators and employers work together.
For 40 years, HealthStaff Training Institute has helped people prepare for career opportunities while working alongside workforce organizations, community partners and healthcare professionals. Whether you're looking for a new career, helping someone find training, or looking for ways to strengthen the healthcare workforce, you're in the right place.
You don't have to know exactly which career is right for you before you start exploring.
Some students come to HSTi knowing exactly what they want to study. Others simply know they want something different — a different job, a different direction, a chance to learn practical skills, or a career that feels like a better fit.
HSTi offers career training in healthcare and related fields, with online options available for many programs and campus-based training available where applicable.
What kind of work sounds more like you?
Work directly with patients
If you like helping people face-to-face and prefer an active workday, patient-care training may be worth exploring.
Work with healthcare information
Prefer computers, records, organization and the business side of healthcare?
Work with medications
Interested in pharmacy operations, medications and working in a pharmacy environment?
Help people through recovery
Interested in counseling, behavioral health and supporting people affected by substance use?
Not sure which direction fits you?
That's completely normal. Take the HSTi 2-Minute Career Path Check. Answer a few questions about the kind of work you enjoy, how you prefer to learn and what you're looking for in your next career — we'll help you identify HSTi programs you may want to explore.
Could workforce funding help with your training?
Career training can be a major investment. Some individuals may qualify for workforce-funded training through programs such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, commonly known as WIOA, or through other approved workforce and vocational programs.
Available programs, approved training, eligibility requirements and funding amounts vary by agency and individual circumstances. HSTi works with workforce organizations and referral partners throughout California.
If you're interested in training and would like to learn whether workforce funding may be an option, tell us a little about yourself.
HSTi does not determine WIOA or other agency funding eligibility. Final eligibility and funding decisions are made by the applicable workforce agency or funding organization.
Training has to fit real life
Going back to school isn't just an academic decision. There may be work, children, transportation, family responsibilities, changing schedules. That's why HSTi offers different ways to train.
Online training
Many HSTi programs can be completed online, allowing students to learn from home while receiving support throughout their program.
Explore online programsCampus training
Classroom and hands-on training are available for applicable programs at HSTi locations.
Explore campus programsAlready working in substance use treatment?
Workforce development isn't only about entering a new profession. It's also about continuing to grow in the profession you're already in. If you're already working in the field and wondering what your next educational step might look like, we'd be glad to talk with you.
Explore SUD Counselor EducationIf you're an RADT, recovery professional, support staff member or someone working toward a longer-term career in substance use disorder counseling, HSTi offers Drug & Alcohol Counseling education designed to help students build knowledge in areas such as:
Workforce development is more than training.
Successful career development usually involves more than one organization. A student may receive encouragement from a family member. A workforce counselor may help identify training resources. A school provides education and support. An externship site provides workplace experience. An employer provides an opportunity. When these pieces work together, workforce development becomes much more powerful.
Helping people move from referral to training
Workforce professionals often support an individual long before that person ever reaches HSTi — navigating unemployment, a career change, a disability-related employment goal, a return to the workforce, transportation or childcare barriers, training eligibility, or simply the uncertainty that comes with starting something new. HSTi's role is to make the education portion of that journey as clear and responsive as possible.
HSTi can support workforce partners with
Program Information
Clear information about available HSTi training programs.
Delivery Options
Information about online, classroom and hybrid options where applicable.
Referral Assistance
Admissions support for individuals referred by workforce and community organizations.
Enrollment Coordination
Help understanding program requirements and enrollment steps.
Student Support
Ongoing academic and student-services support during training.
Progress Communication
Coordination with referring organizations where applicable and authorized.
Externship Coordination
Career-related practical training opportunities for programs requiring externships.
Career Services
Support designed to help students prepare for the transition from training to employment.
Need current HSTi program information?
We want HSTi to be easy for workforce professionals to work with. Use the form to:
- Request an HSTi Program Matrix
- Request program information
- Ask about online training
- Request a virtual information session for your clients
- Ask a referral question
- Connect with an HSTi representative
- Discuss a workforce partnership
Help build the workforce that comes next
Students learn important knowledge and skills through education. The workplace teaches another kind of lesson — professional communication, reliability, teamwork, pace, customer and patient interaction, workplace expectations, confidence. That's why employers and healthcare professionals are such an important part of career education. During Workforce Development Month, HSTi invites healthcare organizations and professionals to become involved in student and workforce development in whatever way works for them.
Help a student experience the workplace. Organizations may be able to provide supervised externship opportunities for applicable HSTi programs.
Looking for entry-level healthcare candidates? Connect with HSTi Career Services and let us know about appropriate employment opportunities.
Tell us what you need from entry-level employees. Employer feedback helps HSTi better understand workplace expectations, skills gaps and changing workforce needs.
Sometimes 20 minutes with a working professional can make a lasting impression on a student.
- Guest presentations
- Career discussions
- Mock interviews
- Employer panels
- Workplace-readiness conversations
- Professional Q&A sessions
HealthStaff Training Institute began training students in 1986. Since then, healthcare has changed. Technology has changed. The workplace has changed. And the way students learn has changed. But the reason people pursue career education has remained remarkably familiar.
People want opportunities. They want practical skills. They want greater stability. They want to build something better for themselves and their families. For 40 years, HSTi has been privileged to be part of those journeys.
As we recognize Workforce Development Month, we also recognize the students, instructors, staff, workforce professionals, employers, healthcare professionals and community organizations that make career development possible.
Good workforce development happens when the pieces work together
The individual
Decides that something needs to change.
The workforce or community partner
Helps identify resources and possible pathways.
The training provider
Provides education, support and career preparation.
The externship site or employer
Provides exposure to real workplace expectations and opportunities.
The career
Where training becomes part of a person's next chapter.
Every career journey starts somewhere
I needed training that could work around my life.
I knew I wanted healthcare. I wasn't sure which direction.
Someone helped me understand that training could be an option.
Where do you fit into the workforce development story?
I'm looking for training
Explore career programs, schedules and possible workforce-funding pathways.
Explore My Training OptionsI work with people seeking training
Access HSTi resources and connect with our workforce partnership team.
Workforce Partner ResourcesI'm an employer or healthcare professional
Help students prepare for the workplace through externships, hiring, employer feedback or professional participation.
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