Some staff at health centers come into their roles possessing the skills for the job but not with an overall understanding of the position. In order to give staff the best chance at success in a new position, it is fundamentally important for staff to have a coach or mentor at the health center in which they are employed. These mentors can have a positive impact on the staff’s ability to carry out their role, increase satisfaction, and increase a sense of belonging for staff from a variety of backgrounds. Join the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved’s STAR² Center for a webinar that explores the financial support needed for successful coaching and mentoring programs, details strategies for implementing coaching as a tool that supports the needs of each individual, and highlights considerations for inclusive mentoring.
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Strong and empathetic leadership is crucial for the success of any organization including health centers across the nation. As health centers continue to see a growing need for well-trained staff ready to take on leadership roles, it is important to look broadly at the entire workforce, including those working in mental health. Identifying and supporting future leaders takes careful consideration, time, and investment. Mental health practitioners are highly-trained individuals uniquely positioned to excel as leaders. During this webinar, presenters will provide knowledge, tips, and tools that highlight the importance of leadership training and career pathways focused on the advancement of the mental health workforce.
Speakers:
Dr. Adijat Ogunyemi, DSW, LMSW, Therapist, Adjunct Faculty, Social Innovator
Dr. Tim Kearney, PhD, Chief Behavioral Health Officer at Community Health Center, Inc.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the strong leadership qualities of the mental health workforce based on their training and skill sets.
Identify career pathways that support mental health staff moving into leadership positions.
Understand the crucial role training plays in identifying and preparing future health center leaders.
As the need for mental health providers continues to grow, health centers must remain agile in their recruitment and retention strategies such as establishing and maintaining a culture of financial wellness centered on compensation equity and pay transparency. Join the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center team to learn more about this essential component of a thriving mental health workforce and its intrinsic link to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) – a cornerstone of the health center movement.
The STAR² Center team invites health center, PCA, and HCCN workforce teams to participate in the Workforce Professional Development Series. This session was conducted on December 15, 2022, and focused on manager training plans.
Join the ACU STAR² Center on for a webinar focused on trauma-informed leadership in health centers. Expert presenter, Cindy Manginelli of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, guides the audience through an introduction to trauma-informed leadership and provides strategies for staff interested in building their own leadership skills and those of others in their organization to better serve employees with a history of personal or vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, moral distress and injury.
Join the ACU STAR² Center and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council for a webinar introducing our upcoming Organizational Leadership and Resiliency Toolkit. Expert speakers and co-authors of the toolkit, Matt Bennett, MBA, MA, Optimal Innovation Group and April Lewis, CEO, A. Lewis Academy, Inc, provide an overview of resiliency in response to stress and trauma in the health center workforce. This webinar and accompanying toolkit will connect organization leaders with the understanding and strategies they need to support the health and wellbeing of their workforce and address some of the structural problems plaguing the healthcare industry even before the pandemic.
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Join the ACU STAR² Center for the second session in this two-part series focused on the retention and recruitment of specific workforce populations that highlight experts from the field to help give viewers the tools to start the work or continue in the process of building a more inclusionary and welcoming organization. While no group is a monolith and people live at the intersections of various identities, it is important to identify the specific needs of these highly-skilled employees and build workplaces that are diverse, inclusive, and equitable. This session focuses on retaining and recruiting from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Click here to access the first session in this series. It was hosted on October 13, 2022, and focused on retention and recruitment of veterans in the health center workforce.
