Loretto

Loretto has hired ELEANOR WILLIAMS as employee coach. She is formerly an experienced social worker for Onondaga County. During a time when recruiting and retaining employees is challenging for the health-care sector nationwide, Williams will be instrumental in guiding and mentoring a new generation of frontline workers. She is Loretto’s second employee coach and will expand on the success of the original coach position. Williams will work closely with new hires, as well as existing employees to ensure each individual can find and access the appropriate resources to succeed in a career in long-term care. Different from a traditional management coach, Williams’ primary focus is to work with new hires to help them smoothly transition into their new roles and guide them through challenges as new employees in the long-term care sector. For many new hires, this is their first professional role in health care, and this group of new professionals’ benefits from not only career coaching, but assistance on a wide range of matters. Williams will teach new hires how to properly manage workload and stress and help remove barriers that prohibit them from being successful. Prior to joining Loretto, Williams spent more than a decade working in social services for Onondaga County, first as a social-service examiner and later as a caseworker. Most recently, Williams served as a child-protective caseworker, where she investigated case reports on behalf of clients, analysis of cases and directed clients to appropriate resources. Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Syracuse University. She is currently working towards a master’s degree in social work, also at Syracuse University, and is expected to graduate in May 2024.