Welcome

BAWIB helps connect employers with job seekers.
We provide current members of the workforce, and
those seeking employment, with the training they need.

The Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board (BAWIB) is a business-led, policy-setting board that oversees workforce development initiatives in our ten-community region. BAWIB, along with the Mayor of Brockton, charters CareerWorks, the One Stop Career Center operated by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute and YouthWorks, the youth career and educational resource center. Providing oversight and leveraging resources, BAWIB works with our community leaders to respond to current trends in our region.

BAWIB works with employers to bring training resources to the region and to foster collaborations for regional priorities. We also serve as ambassador for the MA Workforce Training fund and conduct training sessions for employers. An additional focus of the Board is to respond to the need for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) resources into our region. Developing new strategies to build the capacity of the region, BAWIB has initiated a wide range of programming for ABE & ESOL residents. A full time staff manages operations and assists the Board in the implementation of policy and practices.

 

Employment Opportunites at BAWIB

BAWIB initiatives

 

Labor Market Information for the Brockton Workforce Region

 

Current Events

 

 

Professional Youth Worker Credential Regional Cohort Grant Program

Program Overview

The Commonwealth Corporation has made funds available to the Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board to implement a professional development program for front-line workers serving vulnerable youth. The Commonwealth Corporation, with full support from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, has created the P 21 Professional Youth Worker Credential (PYWC) to:

  1. Improve program quality by strengthening partnerships that increase smart use of resources within a region or community, and
  2. Develop the workforce through access to higher education, career advancement, and quality professional development for staff serving vulnerable youth, which utilizes a core competency-based approach and offers targeted curriculum specific to the needs of vulnerable youth within a region.

BAWIB will deliver the 13-month curriculum, which combines 50 hours of training and 2 credit-bearing college courses to create a common, competency-based curriculum for youth workers from partner agencies.  For more information, please contact Brian Hannon 508 584-3234

 

 

 
 

Mission

The Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board (BAWIB) is one of 16 Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) statewide working to build links between the business community and the workforce.

The Boards oversee and implement workforce development activities in the Commonwealth. They are composed of private sector business people, labor, education, and community leaders, and serve as conduits for federal and state workforce development funds.

John J. Costa, Jr. –Chair
B.C. Tent & Awning Co., Inc.

Anne Teri – Vice Chair
St. Joseph Manor Nursing Home

Suzanne Fernandes – Clerk
Community Bank

Heidi Chuckran – Treasurer
City of Brockton, Auditor

Ray Ledoux – Past Chair
Brockton Area Transit Authority

Dr. Edward Minnock, Chair Career Center Committee
Bridgewater State College

Avalon McLaren,
Chair Youth Council,
West Insurance Agency


BAWIB

Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board
34 School Street
Brockton, MA  02301

508 584-3234

 

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