STAR Services Professional Training & Education Services

STAR Services offers a complete line of training and education services for social service professionals.  Our topics are designed to apply to all individuals who work in disability settings including Direct Support Professionals, Managers, Designated Coordinators, QMRP’s, Human Resources, Finance Staff and Owners and Executive Staff. 

Our core courses are appropriate for all levels of staff and meet the requirements of the 245B Consolidated Standards and Adult Foster Care.  Many providers choose the following as their “orientation courses” for all new staff to both develop a solid understanding of the field and working with people with disabilities and also to meet training hour requirements. 

• A Day in the Life
• Alternative Intervention Techniques
• First Aid
• Adult CPR – American Red Cross
• Lifting and Transferring
• Medication Administration
  

We offer trainings at our location in St. Paul, Minnesota at convenient times including morning, afternoon, evening and weekend classes to meet your staff’s scheduling needs.  We customize our topics to offer half day, full day and multiple day training options, at an affordable price, for your agency.  Whether you are looking to train your own staff and incorporate a teambuilding approach or would like to collaborate with other area providers to pull resources and bring training to your city, we would love to work with you to design a training that meets your needs.  Please visit Training & Education Opportunities for information on upcoming trainings and classes.

STAR is proud to offer the Designated Coordinator Development Program (DCDP)  to train your lead staff, managers, Designated Coordinators, QMRP’s etc.  This training is designed to teach the ins and outs of the 245B Consolidated Standards.  Please visit the DCDP page for detailed information and upcoming starting dates.

With Foundations for Success, we offer our education services classes at a variety locations within Minnesota including: Rochester, Moorhead, Marshall, Brainerd, and Duluth throughout the year. 

Our professional development trainings differ from the generic trainings large, national companies offer because they tailored to Minnesota rules and regulations and are taught by trainers who have direct experience with the topics they teach.  Trainings include examples and practical applications for the situations staff will encounter in residential, vocational, in-home or educational disability settings and they are designed so your staff are prepared to take the knowledge they gain back to their workplace and apply it.  Our Course Directory contains descriptions of our training and education services classes.  Please see below:

Course Directory.pdf

For more information about STAR trainings and education services classes, please contact Jennifer May at (651) 644-3140, ext 257 or jmay@starsvcs.com.