Workforce

As 988 call volumes continue to rise, Nashville, Tenn.-based Centerstone is investing in its “three-legged stool” approach — workforce training, quality improvement and clinical support — to prepare staff for increasingly high-acuity and socially complex calls.  Centerstone operates 988 lifeline…

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals and Project Renewal launched Care Corps, a workforce development program designed to train individuals for entry-level behavioral health roles within the public system.  The $2 million program aims to help fill vacant behavioral…

Behavioral health leaders are seeing a growing disconnect between how clinicians are trained and the realities they face in practice amid workforce shortages, rising patient acuity and operational pressures reshaping care delivery.   Leaders told Becker’s that many clinicians enter the…

As healthcare organizations continue grappling with workplace violence, staffing shortages and burnout across behavioral health settings, leaders are increasingly focused on creating safer environments for both patients and caregivers.  Sarah Hollins, director of behavioral health services at WVU Medicine Camden…

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is updating the behavioral healthcare model at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., a move that will affect about 40 positions, the health system said May 11. The changes will take effect July 14, according…

With only four states in the U.S. exceeding 50% of their population’s demand for mental health services, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is expanding its mental health career accelerator program with the goal of helping 1,000 master’s-level graduates complete licensure by…

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System is advancing a precision well-being framework that shifts clinician burnout efforts upstream, focusing on operational drivers of stress and individualized interventions rather than traditional wellness programs, Ryan Breshears, PhD, chief behavioral health officer and chief…

Leominster, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health-Community Healthlink will lay off 78 employees, effective June 30, according to a WARN report. The organization serves more than 22,000 patients across the Worcester County North and Central regions, according to its website. It is…

Aurora, Colo.-based Aurora Mental Health and Recovery plans to eliminate 111 positions, representing 14% of its workforce, amid Medicaid changes, effective June 30. Of the affected roles, 66 are administrative and support positions and four provide direct client care, according…

San Antonio-based Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, a 330-bed behavioral health facility owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, will lay off approximately 648 employees weeks after CMS terminated its Medicare provider agreement. CMS said it will terminate the…