Essential Learning Partners with National Human Services Assembly to Provide Online Staff Training Solutions to Member Organizations

Cost-effective eLearning solutions include interactive online courses, flexible reporting/tracking and CE credit through CEQuick and Elevate LMS platforms

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Learning, the leading provider of eLearning services to the health and human service nonprofit sector, is pleased to announce a new partnership with the National Human Services Assembly (NHSA) to provide flexible and customizable training solutions for NHSA member organizations.

“With nonprofit budgets already stretched, implementing an e-learning solution is a wise and cost-effective training method which assures staff have convenient, affordable access to professional development. We are pleased that Essential Learning can help support our members in this way”

Essential Learning offers online training services, including staff compliance training and continuing education for professionals in mental health, addiction treatment, community health, developmental disabilities, community action, child welfare and other human services organizations. Courses are offered either through an individual course-by course purchase option via http://NationalAssembly.cequick.com or National Assembly members also have agency wide course access via Elevate^TM learning management system and course libraries.

The state-of-the-art Learning Management System – Elevate^TM LMS – offers comprehensive course libraries, and enrollment, training management, tracking, and reporting features that will help members save money and deliver training more efficiently.

Benefits Include:

Access to a library of 900+ hours of courses covering a wide range of topics
Individual professionals can select and purchase courses with CE Credits
Completion certificates for continuing education
Develop career paths for employees to prepare them for a new position or promotion
Automate annual training – saves staff time

“With nonprofit budgets already stretched, implementing an e-learning solution is a wise and cost-effective training method which assures staff have convenient, affordable access to professional development. We are pleased that Essential Learning can help support our members in this way,” said Irv Katz, President and CEO of the National Assembly.

National Assembly members and their national affiliate networks receive an enhanced level of support from Essential Learning and a 10% savings on any course accessed through http://NationalAssembly.cequick.com as well as a 10% savings on Elevate^TM LMS licensing fees. Contact 800-729-9198 x266 for more information.

About Essential Learning

Essential Learning, based in San Diego, California, was founded in 2002 by Susan Erskine and Lorraine Watson, PhD. both former healthcare executives with extensive clinical and administrative experience in the behavioral health industry. Essential Learning has grown to become the largest provider of e-learning services to behavioral health, substance abuse, community health, corrections, developmental disability and child welfare service organizations in 49 states and Canada. It provides flexible E-Learning solutions to meet all needs: CEQuick for individuals, Elevate Learning Management System for organizations, Enterprise solutions for large organizations and partnerships.

For more information about Essential Learning, visit www.EssentialLearning.com, email [e-mail] or call 800-729-9198 ext 266.

About National Assembly

The National Human Services Assembly is an association of the nation’s leading national nonprofits in the fields of community development and human services. Many of the member organizations are national offices of large networks of local health & human service organizations. Others are national research or resource organizations or national programs.

The National Assembly is a forum for collaborative learning and action where leaders with parallel responsibilities at different national nonprofit human service organizations (e.g., CEOs, HR directors) share knowledge and expertise about their work in the sector.

For more information about the National Assembly visit www.nationalassembly.org or call 202-347-2080.

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