Health Occupations Program at Oswego BOCES Expands Training
The Oswego County BOCES Health Occupations Program grows to meet rising demand for health care workers over 10 to 25 years. It offers in service classes for paraprofessionals and professionals, ladders of professional progression, and crossovers into nursing, mental health, and geriatric roles. A new mental health activities technician course trains students for care in mental health and geriatric settings, aligned with the planned $1.9 million Mental Health Center and Hutching Psychiatric Center projects in Oswego.