Workforce Development Plan - Pima County

1 Workforce Development plan Table of Contents 3 Purpose & Introduction 4 Agency Profile 5 Pima County Health Department 8 Workforce Profile 10 Current Environment 11 PCHD Competencies & Education Requirements 14 PCHD Public Health Core Competencies 17 Determining Training Needs 18 Goals, Objectives & Implementation plan 20 Curricula 21 Public Health Core Competencies 22 Organizational Competencies 23 Monitoring & Evaluation 24 Sustainability 25 Thank you and Acknowledgements 26 Appendix A - PCHD Organizational Chart 27 Appendix B - Board of Supervisors Policy 28 Appendix C - Core Competency Self-Assessment: Overview & Findings 46 Appendix D - strategic plan Quarterly Progress & Updates 49 Appendix E - Training Descriptions 52 Appendix F - 2015-2016 Training Schedule For information or questions about this plan , please contact.

2 Marcy Flanagan, MBA. Deputy Director, Pima County Health Department (520) 724-7931. Approved this _____. 27 January 2015. day of _____. Francisco Garc a, MD, MPH, Director & Chief Medical Officer Purpose & Introduction Introduction assessment and improvement planning initiative. The health priorities identified were: Workforce Development and training healthy lifestyles, health literacy, access to constitute one part of Pima County Health care, and health equity. One of the goals of the Department's (PCHD) comprehensive strategic plan focuses specifically on Workforce strategy to further staff Development and Development .

3 Organizational goals. PCHD's Workforce Development program promotes a culture Workforce Development planning began with of learning and staff Development across the the formation of the Workforce Development department. The Workforce Development Team, a group comprised of PCHD staff from program seeks to enhance staff training and varying job classifications and program areas capacity for practicing quality improvement. representing each division of the department. Trainings are identified and developed to take The Director empowered the Workforce advantage of opportunities and eliminate Development Team to provide operational gaps in knowledge, skills, and professional leadership of Workforce Development efforts Development .

4 Within the department. strategic planning allowed PCHD to align This document provides the comprehensive its resources with the priorities of Healthy Workforce Development plan for PCHD. Pima, a comprehensive community health Agency Profile Location and population appointed by the County Administrator. The served Board of Supervisors also appoint an eleven member Board of Health to serve as an Pima County , located in southern Arizona, advisory body to the Health Department and covers 9,184 square miles and is home to the Board of Supervisors. In this capacity, it approximately one million residents.

5 It is recommends rules and regulations, reviews adjacent to six Arizona counties and shares and advises on public health issues, and 132 miles of an international border with monitors department operations including the Mexico. The majority of residents live in the budget for the protection and preservation of Tucson metropolitan area. Other population public health. centers within Pima County include Green Valley, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita, South Tucson, Vail, and the sparsely populated towns of Ajo and Sells, the capital of the Tohono O'odham Nation. The 2013 Census Bureau reports the population of Pima County to be just over 996,000.

6 Residents. The median age of Pima County residents is 37 years old. Governance Pima County is governed by a five member Board of Supervisors who appoint a County Administrator and three Deputy County Administrators. The Health Department is overseen by a Director and Deputy Director who are Pima County Health Department Vision Aspirational Tenets Client-focused We use our abilities and resources to address our clients' needs. We treat the diverse populations we serve with compassion and respect. Mission Community-centered We identify emerging health issues and The mission of the Pima priorities in response to stakeholder County Health Department feedback.

7 We reflect community values by providing is to ensure the health, strong leadership and developing safety, and well-being of collaborative partnerships. our community through Evidence-based leadership, collaboration, Scientific knowledge is the foundation of our and education. policies and programs. Our decision-making is based on credible data grounded in the best available practices. Integrated We recognize the complexity of our clients'. lives and honor our responsibility to address their needs in a holistic fashion. Our programs, services, and community resources are seamlessly connected and accessible.

8 PCHD Organizational Funding Structure PCHD programs and services are funded PCHD is organized into functional and through a variety of sources. In FY 2014- administrative divisions. An organizational 2015, PCHD's expenditure authority totaled chart was developed to describe the $31,808,945. In addition to Pima County administrative and program management General Fund support, PCHD sources of structure (Appendix A). The divisions revenue are summarized in the following table. collaborate in developing, implementing and coordinating department services and activities.

9 Learning Culture finding solutions and collaborating with each other and community stakeholders to improve PCHD supports and promotes professional the health of Pima County residents. Development for its staff. PCHD strives to be a learning organization where people continually expand their capacity to create Workforce policies a healthy community, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured Currently, there is a County Board of Supervisor and encouraged, where collective aspiration Policy D (APPENDIX B) in place to is set free, and where people are continually comply with the regulations applicable to learning together.

10 Trainings are available to the standards of a merit system of personnel all employees to maintain and enhance the administration as set forth by the Federal quality of services provided and strengthen Office of Personnel Management and public health core competencies. PCHD's authorized in the Arizona Revised Statues. Workforce Development program enables staff This policy outlines a variety of human to be creative, resourceful, and strategic in resource approaches that are currently available to support training and Development opportunities for all County employees.