CT Launches Website To Connect Health Care Workers With Employers

CONNECTICUT — The Connecticut Department of Public Health has launched an online portal designed to match long-term care facilities in the state with potential staff.

The ConnectToCare online portal is a partnership between multiple states and the nonprofit organization Advancing States.

Job seekers eligible to register for ConnectToCare include those qualified for the newly created position of temporary nurse aide, but will also include those qualified for the following positions in nursing homes:

• Certified nursing assistants
• Registered nurses
• Licensed vocational nurses
• Social workers
• Activity aides
• Speech therapists
• Cooks
• Environmental service aides

There are currently more than 300 state residents who have successfully completed their training to become temporary nurse aides who can register with ConnectToCare as a job seeker.

DPH officials said they are reaching out to industry leaders, the Connecticut Department of Labor, labor unions, and local workforce boards to recruit to the portal other potential job seekers for these positions. The agency has already taken the step of registering all Connecticut nursing homes to the ConnectToCare portal, with the expectation of adding assisted living facilities and residential care homes in the coming weeks.

Anyone who wants to register as a job seeker in long-term care in Connecticut is encouraged to do so online here.