Coaching
There are Registered Nurse CCHCs that provide coaching to all Child Care Health Consultants (CCHCs) and implementation support to hiring and funding agencies in North Carolina.
theresa_stenersen@unc.edu
Child Care Nurse Consultant / NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center
lisa_shifflett@unc.edu
Child Care Nurse Consultant / NC Child Care Health and Safety Resource Center
Interim coverage for:
Bertie/Camden/ Currituck/Gates/ Pasquotank, Cabarrus/Stanley, Halifax/Warran, Lenoir/Green, Mecklenburg, Pitt, and Union counties: Theresa Stenersen
Beauford/Hyde, Cumberland, Martin, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Wake counties: Lisa Shifflett
CCHC Coaches provide the following to both new and experienced CCHCs:
- Orientation to CCHC practice
- Competency support before, during, and after the NC CCHC Course
- Ongoing consultation/coaching guidance in the implementation of services
- Support in using the NC Health and Safety Assessment and Encounter Tool
- Webinars and other regular communication
Coaches also support and develop strategies to expand the CCHC network by working with local health departments, partnerships for children, and other agencies that provide support to child care facilities, to advocate for child care health consultation. Coaches offer support for hiring and funding agencies including:
- Guidance to hiring and funding agencies on recruiting and hiring
- Oversight in CCHC model fidelity during planning for and in reporting of contract deliverables.