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Children's takes its roles as an employer and civic leader seriously and seeks to advance these roles through comprehensive workforce development efforts that provide community members, particularly local youth, with opportunities to explore health careers. In addition to hosting job fairs and partnering with Boston schools and colleges, the hospital also provides opportunities for local youth to experience health care careers. Children's own comprehensive summer jobs program, Community Opportunities Advancement at Children's Hospital (COACH), offers students employment in a wide variety of programs and also gives them a safe, meaningful and productive way to spend the summer. During the school year, the Student Career Opportunity Outreach Program (SCOOP) at Children's inspires 250-300 high school students to enter nursing through field trips to the hospital, direct nurse-to-student education, shadowing, career advice, and summer internships; along the way, SCOOP helps dispel many of the myths about nursing and offers students hands-on opportunities to work in health care. The hospital also supports the local community and ensures a diverse workforce by recruiting and retaining Boston residents as employees.
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