US Representative Andrea Salinas reintroduced the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Plus Scholarship Act to help address the growing shortage of behavioral health professionals across the US. The bill would create a new scholarship program that fully covers tuition and…
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Drugs-Alcohol Workforce Knowledge and Skills Framework, Learning Directory
The Scottish Government published the non-mandatory Drugs and Alcohol Workforce Knowledge and Skills Framework for practitioners, commissioners and service providers. With it is the Drugs and Alcohol Workforce Learning Directory with 5 themes: family-inclusive practice, stigma, harm-reduction, human rights, trauma-informed…
Capability framework for the drug-alcohol treatment and recovery workforce
Danos standards are inadequate so NHS England released Capability framework for the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce, to be read with the 10-year strategic plan for the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce (2024-2034). It underpins the…
FORE funds efforts to strengthen behavioral health workforce
The Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts in New York City announced 4 grants totaling over $2.1million in support of efforts to strengthen the behavioral health workforce and address critical gaps in substance use disorder care.
Capability framework for the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce
The government’s Capability framework for the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce identifies core capabilities for 15 core roles in the sector. It should be read alongside the 10-year strategic plan for the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery workforce (2024-2034) and underpins…
Take survey on drug and alcohol treatment/ recovery workforce
The Department of Health and Social Care wants crucial insights from people working in drug and alcohol services, support and commissioning. It invites all employees in local authority-funded drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, commissioning teams, and working in…
Behavioral Health Workforce Career Navigator,
Last week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched the Behavioral Health Workforce Career Navigator, designed to help current and aspiring behavioral health professionals identify state requirements for a range of behavioral health careers.
$22million in debt relief to aid addiction recovery workforce
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro and the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs are awarding $22million to assist about 400 practitioners in the substance use disorder treatment, prevention, case management and recovery support services workforce.
The peer-powered workforce
Brown University et al found that the likelihood of an overdose after an emergency room episode was no different if the emergency room intervention was provided by licensed clinical social workers or peer recovery support specialists. Monica Oss of Open…
Tampering with workforce drug tests up >600%
Workforce drug tests with signs of tampering increased 633% from 2022-2023, an analysis of almost 9.8million workforce drug tests by Quest Diagnostics found. In 2023, substitution affected 0.11% of tests. Invalid urine specimens rose 45.2%, to 0.45% in 2023. Invalid…
