Alameda County’s vision is to ensure a robust Behavioral Health Department workforce sufficient in size, diversity, and linguistic capacity to deliver services and supports to consumers/clients and family members that are culturally responsive and integrate the values of wellness, recovery and resiliency. The Workforce Education & Training (WET) program’s goal is to support that vision to come to fruition.

Workforce Education & Training Details

Workforce Development Education and Training (WET) programs help address staffing shortages in Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (ACBH).

Alameda County’s vision is to ensure an ACBH workforce that is sufficient in size, diversity, and linguistic capacity to deliver services and supports to consumers/clients and family members that are culturally responsive and integrate the values of wellness, recovery, and resiliency.

For more information, please reach out to ACBH.WorkforceDevelopment@acgov.org

We use multiple strategies to build and expand behavioral health workforce capacity, including:

Workforce Staffing

Program Description: Provides infrastructure to manage the development, implementation and evaluation of all Workforce Education and Training (WET) programs and initiatives. Spearheads partnerships with community-based organizations, peer-run agencies, educational institutions and local, regional and state agencies.

• ACBHD Executive Summary – WET Needs Assessment 2024
• Workforce Development Education and Training – Needs assessment report
• CBHDA Needs Assessment FINAL Report 2-23 Workforce

Training/Technical Assistance

Program Description: Provides a coordinated, consistent approach to training and staff development. Develops, researches and provides a broad array of training related to mental health practice; wellness, recovery and resiliency; peer employment and supports and management development.

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Mental Health Career Pathways

Program Description: Develops a mental health career pipeline strategy in community colleges, which serve as an academic entry point for consumers, family members, ethnically and culturally diverse students, and individuals interested in human services education, and can lead to employment in the ACBH workforce.

Internship, Trainee, and Residency Opportunities

Program Description: Oversee and coordinate academic internship programs across the ACBH workforce. Conduct outreach to educational institutions to promote internship opportunities. Provide leadership, mentorship, and training to support students as they prepare for careers in the behavioral healthcare field.

For program details, visit our Internships and Trainees main page.

For more information, please reach out to us at:  ACBHInterns@acgov.org

Financial Incentive & Loan Repayment

Program Description: Offer financial incentives as workforce recruitment and retention strategies, and to increase workforce diversity. Financial Incentives are offered to eligible clinical staff employed in ACBH and to graduate interns placed in ACBH and contracted community-based organizations, and who are linguistically and or culturally able to serve the underserved and unserved populations of the County. Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program is for eligible clinical staff who complete a service obligation in public behavioral health in Alameda County.

Workforce Education & Training Details

Workforce Development Education and Training (WET) programs help address staffing shortages in Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services (ACBH).

Alameda County’s vision is to ensure an ACBH workforce that is sufficient in size, diversity, and linguistic capacity to deliver services and supports to consumers/clients and family members that are culturally responsive and integrate the values of wellness, recovery, and resiliency.

For more information, please reach out to ACBH.WorkforceDevelopment@acgov.org

We use multiple strategies to build and expand behavioral health workforce capacity, including:

Workforce Staffing

We provide the infrastructure to manage the development, implementation, and evaluation of all Workforce Education and Training (WET) programs and initiatives. We spearhead partnerships with community-based organizations, peer-run agencies, educational institutions, and local, regional, and state agencies.

Training/Technical Assistance

We provide a coordinated, consistent approach to training and staff development. We develop, research and provide a broad array of training related to mental health practice, wellness, recovery and resiliency, peer employment and support, and management development.

Mental Health Career Pathways

We develop a mental health career pipeline strategy in community colleges, which serves as an academic entry point for consumers, family members, ethnically and culturally diverse students, and individuals interested in human services education, which can lead to employment in the ACBH workforce.

Residency, Internship, and Trainee Opportunities

We coordinate academic internship programs across the ACBH workforce. We do outreach to educational institutions to publicize internship opportunities.

For more information, please reach out to ACBH.WorkforceDevelopment@acgov.org

Financial Incentive & Loan Repayment

We offer financial incentives as workforce recruitment and retention strategies, and to increase workforce diversity. Financial Incentives are offered to eligible clinical staff employed in ACBH and to graduate interns placed in ACBH and contracted community-based organizations who are linguistically and or culturally able to serve the underserved and unserved populations of the County. The Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program is for eligible clinical staff who complete a service obligation in public behavioral health in Alameda County.

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