Available Courses
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Getting Started With HIFIS
This course is a beginner’s introduction to HIFIS 4. In just over an hour, this course covers accessing HIFIS and getting oriented to the layout, as well as understanding client files, communications, and reports: basic information that almost every HIFIS user should know.
Shelter Worker Training
This course provides standard training for staff equipped with the Quick Start Shelter Worker rights template developed by ACRE Consulting. In 3.5 hours of content, it covers: adding clients, consent, families, and other client information; shelter operations; providing goods, services, and group activities; the VI-SPDAT assessment; incidents, turnaways, and service restrictions.
Day Program Training
This course provides standard training for staff equipped with the Quick Start Day Program Worker rights template developed by ACRE Consulting. In 2 hours of content, it covers: adding clients, consent, families, and other client information; providing goods, services, and group activities; the VI-SPDAT assessment; incidents; and service restrictions.
Housing-Based Case Manager Training
This course provides standard training for staff equipped with the Quick Start Housing-Based Case Manager rights template developed by ACRE Consulting. In 3 hours of content, it covers: adding clients, consent, families, and other client information; case management; the housing search process; VAT & SPDAT assessments; goods, and financial assistance.
Prevention Worker Training
This course provides standard training for staff equipped with the Quick Start Prevention Worker rights template developed by ACRE Consulting. In 2.5 hours of content, it covers: adding clients, consent, families, and other client information; housing loss prevention; providing goods and services; the VI-SPDAT assessment; turnaways, incidents, and service restrictions.
Case Management Add-On Training
This course includes additional training for staff who use HIFIS for case management. It is intended for staff who work in a role that may not typically include case management (such as shelter workers or day program workers), who have received training for other aspects of HIFIS, and also need to learn case management in HIFIS.
Health Support Add-On Training
This course includes additional training for any staff who use HIFIS to record health-related information. It is intended for staff who have already received training about the core HIFIS functions. In this course, we will cover such topics as: tracking a client's dietary requirements, recording health issues, noting what medications a client requires, securely dispensing medication to clients, and doing pill counts.
Shelter Supervisor Add-On Training
This course includes additional training for shelter staff who also perform supervisory functions. It includes: managing shelter beds; user accounts; service restrictions; coordinated access; and some light administrative tasks.
Housing-Based Case Management Supervisor Add-On Training
This course includes additional training for housing-based case management supervisors. It includes: managing the housing unit inventory; user accounts; the directory of services; people; coordinated access; and some light administrative tasks.
Supervisor Add-On Training
This course includes additional training for supervisors. It includes: managing user accounts; the directory of services; people; coordinated access; and some light administrative tasks.
HIFIS Local Administrator Training
This training covers many administrative functions in HIFIS that might be delegated to someone who administers a portion of the system - a "Local" administrator. Topics covered include: service providers; user accounts; rights; programs; reports; coordinated access; configuration for admissions, housing placements, food banks, waiting lists, and goods and services modules; lookup tables; the directory of services; people; custom tables and questionnaires; and some system settings and administrative tasks.
Total learning time is around 3.5 hours.
HIFIS System Administrator Training
This training covers all administrative functions within HIFIS and is useful for high level system administrators. Topics covered include: service providers; clusters; user accounts; rights; programs; reports; coordinated access; configuration for admissions, housing placements, food banks, waiting lists, and goods and services modules; lookup tables; the directory of services; people; custom tables and questionnaires; and various system settings and administrative tasks.
Total learning time is around 4.25 hours.
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Training
This course, for PIT Count volunteers, teaches how to complete surveys for the 2020 Canadian Point In Time Count in HIFIS 4.
Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Administration
This course, for PIT Count organizers, was designed to help Canadian communities set up HIFIS 4 for their 2020 Point in Time Counts.
Local Community Entity HIFIS Training (BC)
This training covers the high-level administrative functions that Community Entities, in their role as a local administrator of the BC Housing instance of HIFIS, might be expected to perform. Topics covered include: user accounts; programs; reports; configuration for admissions, housing placements, food banks, waiting lists, and goods and services modules; lookup tables; the directory of services; people; custom tables and questionnaires; and various administrative tasks.
Total learning time is around 2.5 hours.