Transcript Workforce Development

Workforce Development
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Expand the concept of WHO the workforce is and HOW we train
that workforce to work together as equal partners in care in
systems that fit the outcomes people desire while being served in
their communities
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Use consumers and family members as central to training the
workforce
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Use the value of care providers who extend beyond traditional,
multi-disciplinary team (judges, pastors, etc)
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Envision a workforce that believes in recovery, even when the
individual has lost hope
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Incentivize and support the application/education process for
different groups, esp. those with lived experience
Workforce Development (cont’d)
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The future healthcare workforce will be integrated, networked, collaborative,
and community needs-driven, organized around the tenets of population
health and the principles of recovery, including primary, secondary, and
tertiary prevention, while sharing collective accountability
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Embrace principles of social justice throughout the system including
recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation to ensure reduction
and/or elimination of inequities, disparities, stigma and discrimination,
attracting and welcoming organized workers and consumers
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Workforce accountable for ensuring that the health and well-being of all
providers are as equally valued as those we serve
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Build evidence- and practice-based products and services that prevent
and avoid behavioral health problems
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Workforce change begins and review of “our” professions for areas of
co-accountability and shared responsibility
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Prioritize cross-training existing PCP, mental health, and other
community providers to provide effective, empathetic, empowering care
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Reduce fragmentation in services and financing by stimulating integrated
care through community participation and networking with organizations