Alaskan Core Competencies Released
The Annapolis Coalition has played a central role in developing a set of core competencies for direct care workers. These competencies are cross-disability in nature, relevant to jobs in multiple health and human service sectors. Funded by the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority and produced in collaboration with the WICHE Mental Health Program, the Competencies were released in January of 2010. Competency assessment tools and a standardized curriculum to teach the competencies are under development. Click HERE for more information.
Behavioral Health Pacesetter Award
On March 31, 2010, the Annapolis Coalition released a national Call for Nominations for the Behavioral Health Pacesetter Award as part of its continuing efforts to identify and support exemplary workforce practices in community-based behavioral health. The Pacesetter competition is the result of a partnership between the Annapolis Coalition and the Hitachi Foundation and represents the shared desire of both organizations to improve conditions for direct care workers. An important part of this initiative is to develop the business case for supporting lower wage employees, many of whom are unlicensed staff who hold a bachelor’s degree or less, but who provide essential client services on a day-to-day basis. Click HERE for more information.
A Decade of Workforce Planning & Advocacy
The Annapolis Coalition is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the recruitment, retention, training and performance of the prevention and treatment workforce in the mental health and addictions sectors of the behavioral health field. As part of this effort, it seeks to strengthen the workforce role of persons in recovery and family members in caring for themselves and each other, as well as improving the capacity of all health and human service personnel to respond to the behavioral health needs of the individuals they serve. The Coalition is celebrating its 10th year as the nation’s leader in strategic planning regarding the behavioral health workforce; advisor to federal agencies and commissions on workforce issues; and provider of technical assistance to states and non-profit organizations on practical workforce development quality improvement initiatives. Read more
Action Plan on Behavioral Health Workforce Development Alaskan Core Competencies - Now Available
