Workforce Solutions Jam | Maximizing Existing Roles: Practical Strategies to Expand Capacity and Strengthen Integrated Care

The behavioral health field is facing a critical workforce shortage, one that affects both the present and the future. By 2038, the Health Resources and Services Administration projects shortages of nearly 99,780 mental health counselors and 77,050 addiction counselors. This Workforce Solutions Jam session explores how organizations can alleviate clinician burden, improve access and enhance integrated care models through traditional workforce extender roles, such as care managers, behavioral health technicians and medical assistants.

In this session you will:

1. Explore how workforce extender roles can offset clinician workload by supporting administrative tasks, care coordination and routine check-ins.
2. Learn about effective integration of extender roles within team-based settings, through role redesign examples and workflow innovations.

The Workforce Solutions Jam is a monthly webinar to build national momentum and encourage collaboration. It is hosted as a partnership between the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Health Management Associates and The College for Behavioral Health Leadership.