CBHPC Library - Workforce Development Publications
The CBHPC developed several publications exploring various aspects of developing a mental health workforce. Student recruitment, academic persistence, and the inclusion of direct consumer and family members as a vital and successful practice in workforce development are just a few of the topics covered.
Date |
Title and Synopsis |
2015 |
Peer Certification: What Are We Waiting For? Brief overview of the opportunities, advantages, challenges, and status of establishing a statewide standards, certification, and oversight entity for Peer Specialists in California's systems of care. |
2011 |
How Healthcare Reform Will Influence Behavioral Workforce Reviews the role of California Mental Health Planning Council in California’s public mental health workforce development efforts, opportunities provided by the ACA, and explores challenges and stresses recommendations for the financing of public mental health workforce development and deployment strategies. |
2003 |
A Guide for Developing Mental Health Components in High School Academies Provides information, resources, technical assistance, and contact information for consultants necessary for developing a partnership with school districts in order to promote a workforce pipeline to attract youth into pursuing mental health careers. |
2003 |
Consumer and Family Member Employment in the Public Mental Health System An individual’s desire to work must be seen as significant as the need for long-term services and supports. Consumer employment is not just a means of contending with California’s human resources crisis but also as part of an empowerment vision of recovery |
2001 |
Capacity of Postsecondary Education to Produce Graduates for Human Services Employment 2001 data on the number of students attaining degrees and certificates from postsecondary institutions that could lead to employment in human services, includes those eligible to enter graduate programs that train mental health professionals and breakdown by ethnicity. |