Relocation of behavioral health patients from aging and overcrowded state psychiatric hospitals to smaller, closer community-based facilities has created an increased need for caregivers’ access to convenient, affordable and quality online training. Behavioral health and other caregivers statewide encounter training barriers such as inconsistent curriculums, skill variance, and accessibility to training (Sources: Washington Governor Jay Inslee Policy Brief, December 2018; May 2019 DSHS Training Unit survey report). These caregivers, serving over 23,000 Medicaid clients, must meet certification and ongoing training requirements per 388.112A WAC.
This online training solution will assist in reducing barriers to caregiver training and meet DSHS training and continuing education requirements.
The CareLearn learning management system (LMS) will support DSHS Aging and Long Term Support Administration efforts by improving the quality, availability, affordability, consistency, and portability of caregiver training.
You will need an account with Secure Access Washington before you can log into the the CareLearn site. Click on the link below and select Sign Up.
Your SAW email and Username must be the same value. Remember these; you will need them to log into CareLearn.
Follow the directions in the email to activate your SAW account.
We will process account requests approximately once per week, after verifying that you are eligible and that your SAW account email matches the one on your account creation request.
NOTE: There are two manual procedures we have to do to create an account for you. It may take up to a week. Please do not submit more than one account request.