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Recruiting and retaining a workforce is a major challenge for many organizations that provide mental health and addiction services. Vacant positions are common. Oranization-wide turnover rates have been reported as high as 50% per year. High vacancy and turnover rates are costly to organizations, place a burden on existing employees, and decrease access to care and quality of care for individuals in need. This one hour informational webinar is specially geared towards interested parties who want to learn more about the training before making a commitment. It is also an opportunity to meet Dr. Michael Hoge, the presenter, and ask specific questions related to the subject matter that will be covered. The deadline for the learning collaborative application submission will be on April 5, 2019.

This is the first webinar in a three part series on workforce recruitment and retention in behavioral health , with a specific focus on the field of addictions. These seemingly simple terms are quite complex, so this initial webinar will provide an overview of recruitment and retention core concepts, characteristics, workforce subgroups, and workforce development strategies. The webinar series is relevant for supervisors, agency leaders, state-level administrators and policy-makers. Future sessions will take a deeper dive into strategies to address these problems and will showcase some innovations. Presenter: Michael Hoge, Ph.D. is a Professor Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine and Director of Yale Behavioral Health. As a founding member of The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce, he was instrumental in launching a national, inter-professional effort to to improve workforce recruitment and retention.

This is the second webinar in a three part series on workforce recruitment and retention in behavioral health, with a specific focus on the field of addictions. The first webinar provided an overview of core concepts, the data on recruitment and retention, and showcased innovations by the State of Massachusetts. This second webinar will provide a broad review of recruitment and retention strategies, followed by a specific focus on recruiting and retaining people of color into the workforce. The webinar series is relevant for supervisors, agency leaders, state-level administrators and policy-makers. Presenters: Dr. Michael Hoge, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, and Dr. Manuel Paris, Jr., PsyD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Deputy Director, Hispanic Services, Connecticut Mental Health Center.

This is the third webinar in a three part series on workforce recruitment and retention in behavioral health, with a specific focus on the field of addictions. In this webinar, Dr. Christine Chasek, Director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, will discuss strategies for recruiting and retaining skilled behavioral health professionals to rural areas. Dr. Michael Flaherty will offer insight on recruiting and retaining peer support workers.

This is the first webinar in a three part series on workforce recruitment and retention in behavioral health , with a specific focus on the field of addictions. These seemingly simple terms are quite complex, so this initial webinar will provide an overview of recruitment and retention core concepts, characteristics, workforce subgroups, and workforce development strategies. The webinar series is relevant for supervisors, agency leaders, state-level administrators and policy-makers.

This is the second webinar in a three part series on workforce recruitment and retention in behavioral health, with a specific focus on the field of addictions. The first webinar provided an overview of core concepts, the data on recruitment and retention, and showcased innovations by the State of Massachusetts. This second webinar will provide a broad review of recruitment and retention strategies, followed by a specific focus on recruiting and retaining people of color into the workforce.

This is the third webinar in a three-part series on workforce recruitment and retention in behavioral health, with a specific focus on the field of addictions. In this webinar, Dr. Christine Chasek, Director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska, shares strategies for recruiting and retaining skilled behavioral health professionals to ruralareas. Dr. Michael Flaherty offers insight on recruiting and retaining peer support workers.

ATTC Embracing Change blog series post from Great Lakes ATTC One of the greatest aspects of NIATx process improvement is the adaptability of this model. Over the past several years, the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC have developed hybrid training series integrating NIATx principles with other in-demand technical assistance (TA) and intensive technical assistance (ITA) offered by our centers. Some of the special focus topics featured in these series are the National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards, suicide prevention, school-based mental health, recruitment and retention, telehealth services, and supporting the COVID-19 workforce. Behavioral healthcare and prevention professionals from our region who have participated in these hybrid courses consistently report greater success in implementing and applying the skills learned during training thanks to the inclusion of NIATx principles.   In the spirit of embracing change, I sat down with Alfredo Cerrato, Scott Gatzke, and Mat Roosa–three of the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC's subject matter experts and most experienced trainers–to better understand their considerations, planning processes, and experiences when it comes to "infusing" our TA and ITA content with NIATx principles and the Change Leader Academy (CLA) curriculum. Read the full article by clicking on the 'View Resource' button above.

The ATTC Network Workforce Development Coordination Workgroup was formed to increase the perspective and understanding of the current challenges facing recruitment and retention for behavioral health jobs and how the ATTC Network could assist in addressing these challenges and opportunities. These three one-pagers were developed to focus on three particular areas of the many affecting this employee shortage: Portability of Licenses and Certifications, Recruitment of New Employees to the Field, and Competitive Pay. Each one-pager states the issue, provides recommendations, gives examples of what is already happening in that area, and contains possible action steps to adopt to further address the issue.  

Over the last six months the ATTC Network Workforce Development, Recruitment, and Retention Workgroup collaborated to create a report titled Strategic Response to Behavioral Workforce Shortages, focusing primarily on barriers to recruitment and retention in the field of behavioral health. This report highlighted three areas of focus: recruitment of new employees to the field, competitive pay, and portability of licenses and certifications. In addition to the brief-style report, the workgroup created three shorter one-pager versions to be printed and used for tabling events. The report highlights identified barriers under each focus, recommended responses to address these barriers, real-world examples of organizations and states that have attempted to remedy these barriers, and action steps for addressing the barriers looking ahead. The intended use for this report is to provide concrete steps for ATTC regional offices to inform future initiatives, as well as initiating conversations at the national level to address the behavioral health workforce shortage.

What is the Invitation to Change (ITC) Approach? The Invitation to Change model was developed by CMC: Foundation for Change and focuses on building communication skills, improving family relationships and self-care for families. Support groups can be facilitated by paid or volunteer commun

  Many of the people in the addiction services workforce are nearing retirement age, necessitating attention to workforce issues such as recruitment of new staff and workforce well-being for all staff. Multigenerational teams enrich the treatment environment, however, there can be conflicting training experiences and values between newer and more seasoned staff. Therefore, this webinar will focus on factors which enhance the supervision and leadership of a multigenerational team. After presentation of this content, we will engage in discussion that provides a platform for understanding how age diversity and other staff differences can be effectively leveraged to strengthen teams and healthcare delivery.   Objectives: Become familiar with the generational gap and its implications for the addiction services workforce Develop understanding of team generational challenges and possible solutions Review basic leadership skills with specific attention to skills likely to be useful with a multigenerational team   Presenter Bio: Dan Bizjak, MSW, LCSW, ICS, CSAC, is the Immediate Past President of Recovery & Addiction Professionals of Wisconsin, RAP-WI. With over 20 years of mental health and addiction experience, he provides interactive, humor-filled lectures on addiction, mental health, medicated assisted treatment and leadership. Dan has worked with mentoring and providing leadership throughout his career. Dan serves as National Association of Addiction Professionals’ (NADDAC) Student Committee Chair and a National Board-Certified Counselor Mentor for emerging professionals. Dan has worked across the treatment continuum and is currently the Substance Use Section Manager for Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services. He also serves as NADDAC’s Student Committee chair and a NBCC Mentor.    

By Maureen Fitzgerald, Communications Manager, Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC In 2023, the NIATx in New Places series shared the stories of how the NIATx process improvement model continues to shape transformation in both familiar and uncharted territories. From clinical treatment to school setti

"It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson This final issue in the series on integrating behavioral health into primary care will focus on working with another important potential partner on the

"The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest. It can break the chain." ~ Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1906-1966) Being a strong link in the chain of support for patients using Medication-Assisted Treatment can make a huge difference in their recovery. Forging the cross-discipline relationships that

By: Mat Roosa, LCSW-R “How can we improve our workforce?” In a human service environment filled with open positions, understaffed programs a low rates of worker retention this seems like a perfectly reasonable question.  As NIATx has continued to explore new places, we have turned our attention