3.3% of 30 Australians are living with a substance use disorder, yet there are only 245 addiction medicine specialists and 68 trainees nationwide. With an average workforce age of about 62, many are nearing retirement, which raises urgent concerns about the…
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2nd chance hiring can expand SUD workforce
Groups Recover Together operates in 11 states, supporting employees in recovery from addiction through expungement processes and sometimes even appearing before licensing boards on their behalf. Behavioral Health Business explained the hurdles those with lived experience face when seeking employment.
Call for evidence: 10 Year Workforce
The government is seeking evidence and views to inform the next development of the 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, the biggest public and staff engagement exercise on the future of the NHS. The call for evidence closes…
Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services Workforce Census
The National Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Services Workforce Report: England data (2024) from OHID and NHS England’s Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Workforce Transformation Programme analysed data across local authority commissioning workforce and lived experience recovery organisations.
Supporting the Drug & Alcohol Workforce: Guiding Principles
The Scottish Government published the 6 Guiding Principles for employers to support to staff with lived experience of substance use. The principles are mainly for organisations providing drug and alcohol treatment and support services – the government wants the sector…
STAR Plus Scholarship Act to boost behavioral health workforce
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…
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…
