{"id":5996,"date":"2021-11-09T17:26:23","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=5996"},"modified":"2021-11-09T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:26:23","slug":"new-behavioral-health-support-specialist-occupation-in-wa-could-help-fill-workforce-gaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2021\/11\/09\/new-behavioral-health-support-specialist-occupation-in-wa-could-help-fill-workforce-gaps\/","title":{"rendered":"New &#8220;Behavioral Health Support Specialist&#8221; occupation in WA could help fill workforce gaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While not an instant fix for deep problems in Washington\u2019s behavioral health care system, a new \u201cBehavioral Health Support Specialist\u201d occupation in the state could help fill gaps in the state\u2019s workforce, according to UW CHWS\u2019 Sr. Deputy Director Sue Skillman as cited in the <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/mental-health\/to-strengthen-washingtons-mental-health-workforce-uw-wants-to-train-undergrads-as-first-line-providers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/mental-health\/to-strengthen-washingtons-mental-health-workforce-uw-wants-to-train-undergrads-as-first-line-providers\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Seattle Times<\/a> 11\/3\/2021. The new bachelor\u2019s level role is being developed through the UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, with <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/14\/38-million-set-of-gifts-from-ballmer-group-to-address-behavioral-health-crisis-aims-to-bolster-workforce-resources-across-washington-through-uw-led-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/14\/38-million-set-of-gifts-from-ballmer-group-to-address-behavioral-health-crisis-aims-to-bolster-workforce-resources-across-washington-through-uw-led-programs\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">funding from the Ballmer Group<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s going to take every one of these potential solutions\u201d to improve access to behavioral health services, according to Skillman.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While not an instant fix for deep problems in Washington\u2019s behavioral health care system, a new \u201cBehavioral Health Support Specialist\u201d occupation in the state could help fill gaps in the state\u2019s workforce, according to UW CHWS\u2019 Sr. Deputy Director Sue Skillman as cited in the Seattle Times 11\/3\/2021. The new bachelor\u2019s level role is being [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5998,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5996\/revisions\/5998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}