{"id":4051,"date":"2021-06-23T20:13:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T04:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threelinks.com\/?p=4051"},"modified":"2021-06-23T20:31:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T04:31:51","slug":"care-aide-job-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threelinks.com\/care-aide-job-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO Message: Care Aide Unification"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>#count-down-wrap-2794 .ult_countdown-amount { font-weight:normal;  font-family : ;\tcolor: ; } #count-down-wrap-2794 .ult_countdown-period{font-weight:normal;\tcolor: ;\tfont-family: ;}<\/style><div \" data-ultimate-target='#count-down-wrap-2794 .ult_countdown-period'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:13px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' \" class=\"ult-responsive ult_countdown   ult-cd-no-border ult-cd-s1\"><div id=\"count-down-wrap-2794\"  class=\"ult-responsive ult_countdown-div ult_countdown-dateAndTime ult-wptz\" data-labels=\"Years,Months,Weeks,Days,Hours,Minutes,Seconds\" data-labels2=\"Year,Month,Week,Day,Hour,Minute,Second\"  data-terminal-date=\"2021\/07\/25 21:12:58\" data-countformat=\"DHMS\" data-time-zone=\"-8\" data-time-now=\"2024\/05\/04 05:13:43\"  data-tick-col=\"\"   data-ultimate-target='#count-down-wrap-2794 .ult_countdown-amount'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"desktop:36px;\",\"line-height\":\"\"}'  data-tick-p-col=\"\"  data-tick-style=\"font-weight:normal;\"  data-tick-p-style=\"\"  data-bg-color=\"\" data-br-radius=\"\" data-padd=\"0\" >2021\/07\/25 21:12:58<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div align=\"center\">Further to previous updates on our family Zoom meetings and ongoing discussions with the Three Links Family Council, we are pleased to provide an update on plans to bring our amazing team of care aides in-house as Three Links employees.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">In March, ProVita announced their business decision to end their care aide contract with Three Links and lay off all care aides on-site as of<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">July 25, 2021.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">ProVita is a private health care agency that has been contracted by the Three Links Care Society since 2007 to provide a range of services, including accounting, recreation, rehabilitation and care aide staff.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">The accounting service contract was discontinued in 2018 and Three Links provided notice to end the recreation and rehab contract in January 2021. Three Links took these important services back in-house. These transitions have served the organization well and we expect to come out of this care aide transition stronger too.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">In response to ProVita\u2019s lay-off announcement in March, Three Links quickly reassured all care aides on-site of our intention to continue working with them at Three Links Care Centre. This news was well-received and we have been working closely with these health care heroes ever since to fully unify our team.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">In cooperation with the Hospital Employees Union (HEU), Health Employers Association (HEABC) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) we are in the process of finalizing a draft agreement to guide the transition and a new set of staffing rotations.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">With guidance from VCH scheduling experts, our Three Links team has been guided by five (5) principles through the complex work rotation process:<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em><strong>Inclusion<\/strong><\/em>: Ongoing engagement with care aides and continuous quality improvement.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em><strong>Focus on full time:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Move toward more full-time shifts.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em><strong>Respect collective agreements:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Work closely with HEU throughout the process.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em><strong>Care model<\/strong><\/em><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Maintain cohort model for staffing adopted during the pandemic.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em><strong>Smooth transition<\/strong><\/em><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Minimize disruption for residents, families and staff during the transition while individual situations are responded to.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">So far, we are excited to report 42 active care aides on-site have expressed their interest in joining the Three Links team. We are still finalizing the status of a small number of care aides that are either on-leave or off-site through BC\u2019s single-site staffing order.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">Their transition status to be finalized this week. We love all of the care aides working at the Care Centre and are honoured they have chosen to stay with us.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">We want to thank the HEU, HEABC and VCH for their collaboration and advice through this historic time at the Care Centre. We look forward to continuing to work with the care aids.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">We will keep you posted on progress over the coming weeks and safely celebrate the unification of the Three Links team together this summer.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2021\/07\/25 21:12:58Further to previous updates on our family Zoom meetings and ongoing discussions with the Three Links Family Council, we are pleased to provide an update on plans to bring our amazing team of care aides in-house as Three Links employees. 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