Listen "Mental and behavioral health workers: how to attract more people to the field, and train and support and pay them properly."
Episode Synopsis
Julia O'Connor is a Health and Social Policy Advisor for the Washington State Workforce Board and a deep content expert on the mental health field. The challenges of building a diverse and capable supply of mental and behavioral health professionals is huge. We explore how issues such as availability, location, diversity, pay rates, student debt, and supervision affect our therapists, community health workers, peer support specialists and other important mental health specialists.